Title: Repent and receive forgiveness of sins!
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Sunday day sermon
Text: Hebrews 10:1-18
Title: Repent and Forgive Each One of Your Sins!
The people of Israel misunderstood that if they went to the temple in Jerusalem and slaughtered cattle and slaughtered sheep according to the law and offered only holy sacrifices before God, their sins would be forgiven and they would lead to eternal life. However, as the Bible says, slaughtering and sacrificing animals in the temple according to the law does not forgive human sins.
“For the blood of bulls and goats cannot take away the sins of men.” So the writer of Hebrews says, “The law is a shadow of the good things to come, not the true image.” This means that he was merely reproducing in advance what Christ would do when he came, and that such actions could never receive forgiveness of sins. However, the Jews at that time were unaware of this fact.
However, this is still happening today. Even today, Gentiles who believe in Jesus believe that if they go to the chapel according to the Holy Spirit to worship in the name of Jesus and offer gifts in the name of Jesus, all their sins will be forgiven and they will lead to eternal life. It is as if they are following the same thing as the Jews did.
The fact that Christians also worship in the name of Jesus in the chapel every day according to the Holy Spirit is just a preview of what Christ will do when He comes in the future. Just as Jews do not forgive their sins in the flesh no matter how long they go to God and offer sacrifices, Christians today also go to a chapel and worship in the name of Jesus for a long time, but the sins in their corrupt hearts are never forgiven.
Some Christians say that if you receive the Holy Spirit and attend church for a long time, you will automatically reach sanctification, but none of you can achieve sanctification through the Holy Spirit. If it was thought that Christians would attain sanctification by receiving the Holy Spirit, all Christians should be in the form of Christ by now. But even after washing my eyes, I can't find the image of Christ in Christians. Rather, it feels more degenerate than in the 50s and 60s.
The Holy Spirit acts like the Jewish law to Christians. Just as the law acts as a schoolteacher to find out the sins of the Jews and lead them to Christ, the Holy Spirit also acts as a schoolteacher to find out the sins in the hearts of corrupt Christians and lead them to the Christ who is to come. But the time had not yet come, and God had not sent His Son before Christians.
This is exactly what Jesus meant when he said, “Awake, and I will go as a thief!” The literal translation of these words is “Know the iniquity in their hearts, Gentiles!” I will choose one of the Gentiles, and no one will secretly go through him.” In this way, the Gentiles will not be able to recognize who is with Christ.
Moreover, it is said that about 30 fake Jesuses have already appeared in Korea and are installing them. Then, among the Gentiles, who could properly recognize and believe the Son sent by God? Ordinary believers will not be able to distinguish the real God-sent Son even because of the obscurity of the fakes, and will treat them as heretics and not believe. These are also the things that the devil, the father of lies, has done through his servants, the demons. This is because the saints will be confused and will not believe in the Son.
God sent His Son to the land of Israel in such a thorough way. Why did you do that? In our opinion, wouldn't it be better for everyone to know that everyone believes in the Son and achieves eternal life? But God's intentions are completely different from our thoughts. For if you send your son so that everyone can recognize it, it is not easy to separate the wheat and the chaff from among the believers.
If you send your son in a way that everyone can recognize, everyone will tell you he believes you. That way, it is not easy to tell who really believes in the Son and who falsely believes in the Son. However, if the son's identity is disguised as something lower than that of ordinary people, most people like big and flashy things, so it is easy to detect false believers.
Those who believe falsely will in all likelihood chase after the great and splendid thing, but those who feel that they are sinners through the law of the Holy Spirit will hear the voice of the Son and will chase them out, so they sort the grains by it. Even in the Bible, when he comes, “On sin! “About righteousness!” “About judgment!” will be preached. For in doing so, those who believe in themselves as righteous will certainly not believe in the Son, but all who think they are sinners will come out believing in him.
If the Jews had been perfected by one sacrifice, they would have ceased to go to the temple every day to offer sacrifices. However, since he could not be made perfect, he went to the temple every day, slaughtering cattle and slaughtering sheep, and offered sacrifices to God. This is the model of what Christ will do when He comes. But the Jews at that time did not realize this at all. At least we could know it because Christ came and made it known.
Likewise, if today's Christians could be perfected through one worship service, they would also stop going to the chapel every day to buy tickets. However, Christians also go to the chapel every day to worship because they cannot be perfected through such worship. Christians, like Jews, are merely practicing in advance as models what the Son of God will do in the future. But even Christians, no one knows these facts.
If Christians had known this, they would not have been able to say that they were saved. Because no Christian today knows this fact, they continue to use the modifier of salvation if they believe in Jesus and receive only the Holy Spirit. Today, no Christian knows how proud he is to say he is saved. If you look at the Pharisees who believed themselves to be righteous in the time of Jesus, you can guess!
Even from now on, Christians should abandon the idea that they are saved by the Holy Spirit, examine the sins hidden in their hearts with the Holy Spirit, realize that they are sinners, and humble themselves and have a heart to wait for Christ to come. God will bless such a person. -He who has ears, let him hear and understand!-