Title: Resurrection, I, and Us
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Resurrection, me and us
March 30, 2008
Second Sunday of Easter / Open pulpit
Opening the Sky: Jung Ju-Young Brothers
Luke 24:13-49
One.
Man is a linguistic being. This word means linguistic communication, that is, human beings grow and develop through speaking, listening, writing and reading. Especially in our daily life, we tell others about our existence, and while listening, we recognize the existence of others in our own body. Of course speaking and listening are all too important.
But in the world and in the church, I think the importance of speaking and listening is very different. Not everyone is accustomed to speaking in the world, but it is very difficult to truly hear it. Conversely, in the church, we see many of us who are used to hearing but hesitate to speak. In particular, our response to the sermon is even very interesting. Our linguistic life, which we have tried so hard to express ourselves, is very obedient and even gracious to the sermon.
The severance or duality between the world and the church is not what it is today. I hope that the image of me that is revealed in the world will not be visible in the church, and unlike my enemies who still live in the world, our belief that there are only gracious saints for each other in the church, however, is undoubtedly broken as time goes by.
The introduction was too long, but I think that preparing a sermon is a good way to break the religious life of the masses who only listens to the stories I want to talk about and does not want to reveal themselves. I realize that honesty and the realization of my lack of self are the driving force that takes the first step on the dreaded journey that reveals me, although I am ashamed and embarrassed by the vulgarity of it. The spiritual benefits of revealing yourself in the Word of God and sharing it in public are of course too precious. So, for me and for us, from now on, I am going to start preaching my shameful sermon. Please listen with a prayerful heart.
2.
It's been a tough month for me. As a first-year high school homeroom teacher, spending more than 14 hours a day at school is physically very difficult. My resolve to think of God and live a life with Him every time it is difficult like this is often shattered. I teach classes, handle administrative tasks, supervise self-study.. When I come home with my body exhausted from the ensuing routine, I fall asleep while immersing myself in TV and other things to pass the time, rather than praying to the Lord. And again the next day, I barely open my eyes, eat, go to school, and wrestle with work again. Even in relationships with people, in various situations, we speak and act according to our previous habits rather than asking the Lord's will. Deeply feeling that there is no room in my heart, my daily life is often similar to the life of an automatic machine without any switches. It is now commonplace for my life to be ruled by something out of my control and thoughts.
I'm actually asking myself these days. Why do humans live? Is my reason for living within me? Looking back, I realized that I was actually living because of other things. I became a teacher because of the students, I go to work because I have a job, and I go down to Osan because my parents are there. It's too little for me to enjoy myself. Also, things that you find enjoyable are not permanent and some lose their charm all too easily. Who am I?
3.
After the resurrection, Jesus appeared to the disciples on their way to Emmaus. But what is really surprising is that the disciples, who had been watching Jesus for several years, did not recognize him. It seems difficult to see that this is because the disciples have problems with their eyesight or perception. To say that your eyes were opened and you saw that Jesus means that you recognized the existence of the resurrected Lord. Why? My conclusion is yes. Because the appearance of the risen Lord was different from before. He has changed. To the extent that the disciples did not recognize it.
Jesus with a new face and a new body. How did he feel when he saw his disciples again?
4.
I thought about it from a disciple's point of view. Everything is over. It has been three years since he left his hometown for reasons that others could not understand. Even if they go back, they will no longer be able to live the same as before, and the purpose of living for something clearly has now disappeared. The emptiness must have struck among the disciples. There must have been the futility of the vow, ?쏧 will never betray Jesus,??and the emptiness of disorientation as to where the person who said, ?쏞an I sit at the right hand of the Lord??was lost in his absence. Although I learned a lot from him, there must have been some who struggled with the gap between theory and practice, not knowing how to use it, and there must have been some disciples who felt ?쐔he time I walked with Jesus??now felt like a nightmare. There must have been some who were yelling at what to do when they were so shrunken, and there were others who were silently concentrating on their pastimes and not thinking about anything else.
As you may know, what I am talking about now is who we are today. Some people are active and active, while others look too ugly. So we say that we have to be very active and strong, and that looks good. But do you know that? They all have something in common. There is no Jesus in it. At least to hide the emptiness, perhaps they were trying to overcome them in their own way.
5.
As he walks with his disciples on the road to Emmaus, Jesus explains himself throughout the Bible. As if he were not himself, to a disciple who he had taught over the years but did not know that he existed with them now.
At night, after breaking bread and blessing, the disciples recognize him. The moment you recognize him, Jesus suddenly disappears. At the most, the person who wanted to tell him about himself disappears the moment he realizes it. He wants to be with his beloved disciples, but he doesn't. Perhaps the reason for this is that the disciples' understanding of him and his plan were much more important. Because I couldn't live my whole life like a child in kindergarten.
Then the disciples exclaimed, ?쏡idn?셳 our hearts burn when we learn the Bible???6.
Among these disciples, women announce the resurrection of Jesus. It's unbelievable. It is said that the disciples who left for Emmaus also saw Jesus. Something is a bit strange. More and more specifically, the Lord was resurrected. But suddenly, Jesus is among us. ?쏱eace be among you??How much peace would it have been in the eyes of Jesus? Of course, like this great miracle of being raised from the dead, how should we accept this Jesus who suddenly appeared like a ghost? It's not as easy as in the old days. After eating, Jesus suddenly teaches us the Bible. To show his busy and complicated disciples that he is the same Jesus who lived with him before, he eats a grilled fish and tells the Bible about him. And he is commanding us to be witnesses and to stay here to receive the Holy Spirit.
7.
What is the resurrected Jesus preparing for? Why did he not come to all the disciples immediately after his resurrection, but at other times he appeared to the women and at other times he appeared unrecognizable to the two disciples? Would it have been said that the repentance received will be preached to the whole nation? The answer that we have learned through our faith life so far is to receive the Holy Spirit. The experience of utter emptiness after he disappeared due to the arrogance of believing in Jesus and believing in Him more than anyone else would have given them a thorough understanding of what kind of being they were. Although they existed as the greatest group of followers of Jesus as a community, I think it was a time to endure the time without Him and realize what they were like. Jesus came to them again, who must have had a very difficult time with fundamental questions such as the question of human existence and the reason for the existence of the community. And he is unraveling the Bible again and unraveling the Bible and his own story that can only be understood after the resurrection.
To me, who believed that the resurrection and my existence could not be established only by fire, I honestly confess that there was a separate image of the resurrection. What is the use of the Resurrection? At some point, I became tired of seeing my appearance that did not change or seem unlikely to change no matter how much time passed. And turn the arrow of blame. Why is the church in this country like this, and why is this society so wrong?
Dear family members, I hope that you will become a week looking after me. Just like the time the Lord gave us, I hope it will be a time to reflect on our relationship with Jesus. I wish we could be together in the true truth that he tried to show while hiding even his own image.