Title: Reorganization of Life - April 11th
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《Reorganization of Life》
(John 20:19-23)
(…) If you want to live your life of faith well, you need to rearrange your heart. We also need to rearrange our listening ears. When you enter the chapel, you must prepare through prayer and meditation before the service begins. The knocking sound of God is heard louder and clearer when the surroundings are quiet. have you lived according to Pray and meditate on these questions as you ask them. Then we can rearrange ourselves and receive grace.(…) To rearrange our lives.
① There must be peace. (20:19)
The disciples looked to Jesus for three years and followed Him. How frightened and afraid must be when they saw Him die on the cross. The doors were tightly shut, and he was anxious and discouraged. The resurrected Jesus said to them, "Peace be with you." True peace and joy began to overflow in the hearts of the disciples.(…) In fact, what people most need is shalom. The cross that the Lord carried for us is to show the foundation of peace between people.
②The Lord has given us a mission (verse 27).
“As the Father has sent me, so I am sending you” (…) The essence of Christianity is to reorganize all of our lives together with the Lord by believing that the Lord died for us, conquering the power of death, and resurrecting Him. The Lord appeared to convince us and send him. (…) When he sent him, he commanded us to go into all the world and testify of the gospel. We must receive the resurrection life and go to the lost sheep in our homes. You must go to the lost sheep at work. I have to go to the side of the road and forest and force myself to fill my house.
③ He told us to receive the Holy Spirit (verse 22).
We are children of God, disciples of Christ, and witnesses of the gospel. This mission requires receiving the Holy Spirit. As Paul told Apollos, we must receive the Holy Spirit when we believe. In today's text, the resurrected Lord gave us peace and gave us a mission.
④ He gave a huge amount of money. (20:23)
“If you forgive anyone's sins, they are forgiven; and if you leave the sins of any, they remain.” It is the word to forgive. Forgiveness is the greatest spiritual gift. Forgiveness is the crystallization of love. This is the completion of the resurrection message. We became new people through God's infinite love and mercy on the cross. When we live with forgiveness, we become a beautiful church and a peaceful society where grace flows like a river. Amen.