Title: Right purpose, right means
Contents
Mark 10:35-45 Right End Right Means
Once upon a time, there was a poor filial son. He was a moral man and a scholar. And I read a lot of books, and the art of cloaking was great. One day, his mother was bedridden, waiting for the day she would die. Rep. Yong-han came and said that if you eat a thousand dogs, you will get better. Hearing this, this filial piety practiced magic in the middle of the night and turned into a tiger. Then he traveled around the country stealing dogs.
He brought 999 dogs and gave them to his mother, and he was almost cured. Now just eat one and you will be as good as washed. However, the wife, who thought her husband's actions were strange, burned the book of magic. Then, the filial son who turned into a tiger could not return as a human, so he ran wild as a tiger and was shot to death by a hunter. Then his mother died, and his wife also died. It is a story of an unjust theft to save his mother, and the entire family died.
This story is a warning that no matter how good or good an end may be, the means to achieve it must not be wrong. In other words, the Western proverb, "You must not steal someone else's candles under the pretext of reading the Bible," is also trying to understand this. In other words, in life, the purpose must be right, and the means and method must be right.
First, we are designed for God's pleasure. Second, we are born into God's family. Third, we are created to be like Christ. Fourth, we were created to serve God as we are today. Fifth, we were created for a mission. In other words, it is to lead a right life through the right purpose of life.
Ladies and gentlemen, having a purpose, in other words, having a dream and a vision, setting goals and moving forward is just as important as a sailing ship sailing with a compass. Without a compass, even the most luxurious ships cannot reach port properly. You will become a ghost ship of death wandering to and fro in the endless sea. Likewise, life without purpose in life is itself wandering.
Let me ask you. “Do you have a purpose in life? isn't there? If yes, what is your purpose?” High school students in Korea will answer this question so many times. “Yes, I aim to go to a good university.” And to those who answer like this, after graduating from college, if you ask, “What is your purpose now?”, they will answer, “Yes, I am looking to get a good job.” Then, finding a good spouse and getting married is the answer. A lot of people answer that the purpose is to earn a lot of money or get a promotion at work or in society.
Everyone, if the purpose of going to college, earning money, or earning fame by becoming a career is in itself, wouldn't it be considered a good life? In other words, even if you go to college, you must have the right purpose, even if you are married, you must have the right purpose, if you go to work or run a business, you must have the right purpose. Wouldn't you like to feel the satisfaction and happiness of life?
Think of a watch. The watch does not exist to go round and round on its own, but to teach people the time. If the watch forgets this purpose and
If you know that your purpose is to keep you busy with the music, and you are passionate about spinning and spinning, the watch will become a waste that you have to throw away.
In the same way, it is not the purpose of human existence to eat, sleep, work, have children and live a busy life. There is true happiness and satisfaction when we believe in the God who created human beings, serve God, and glorify God. When this purpose is violated, or when this purpose is not realized, no matter how much honor and property you possess, you will never be satisfied. However, those who set the purpose of a right life to please God and glorify God have the true meaning of life. You can live with real happiness.
There is a place that everyone who visits London, England wants to visit. It is the famous Westminster Abbey. Interesting anecdotes like this have been passed down to us from the mouths of visitors to this temple long ago. When visitors visited this famous church, there was a guide to guide them. This guide explains the historical history of the temple and the lives of the brilliant heroes of past centuries buried in the tombs. It also provides a lengthy explanation of what programs the church is currently running.
After these explanations, the guide turned to the visitors and asked if they had any questions. At this time, any goddess who visited this place from the US state of Iowa asked a question to the guide. "Thank you sir for your wonderful explanation of the various contents and history of this Westminster Abbey. But I will only ask one question. How many people have been saved through this Abbey recently?"
In front of this unexpected question, the guide, who did not have an answer ready, had to be embarrassed. Ladies and gentlemen, the purpose of the temple or church is not to show it to others as a tourist destination. If the purpose of the church is to show it to others, the church should focus only on decorating and decorating it like an exhibition hall. However, the purpose of the temple is, as one visitor asked earlier, “Did this temple act as an ark of salvation or not?” is to do
There are so many pavilion churches in Israel. For example, 'St. Joseph's Church' built where Joseph, the father of Jesus, worked as a carpenter, 'Church of the Annunciation,' where Jesus' physical mother received a revelation from the angel Gabriel and conceived Jesus, and where Jesus gave to Roman soldiers. There are many churches such as the 'Whip Church' built at the place where Jesus was beaten, the 'Ingredient Tomb Church' built on the site where Jesus was buried, and the 'Visiting Church' built where Elizabeth, a relative of Mary who was pregnant with John the Baptist, visited Mary who was pregnant with Jesus. they come out
However, the role of these churches is being emphasized not as a place that plays a role as the Ark of Salvation, but as a pavilion to be seen by onlookers. In other words, it has lost its proper purpose as a church. And to lose the right purpose is to follow an illusion and to distort the truth. If we have not yet set the right purpose of life for ‘the glory of God’, it is evidence that we have been wandering. It is evidence that we have lived a false life.
Everyone, please. Find the right purpose in this foreign land. Realize the right purpose. Move forward towards the right purpose. Jesus clearly understood the purpose of his coming to this earth. In today's text, Jesus clearly stated his purpose: “For the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many” (Mark 10:45).
Jesus came to this earth with a clear purpose to save me and you. And to achieve the purpose of salvation, He used the method of the cross, the method of service, and the method of sacrifice. but my
People often lose their purpose. In today's text, the disciples quarrel with each other and say to the Lord this. “In your glory, give us one to sit at your right hand and the other at your left” (Mark 10:37). And the method of success was envy and strife.
Gentlemen, we must use the right means and methods with the right purpose. However, satanic ideology, communism, says that "the end justifies the means." To expand communism, it commits murder, war, lies, and any means. But the truth of the Bible is not like that. No matter how good God's purpose is, do not do it using evil methods. The devil's method cannot be used for God's work.
For example, when a thousand people are starving to death, it is a good thing to kill an old, useless old woman and take the money to help the poor, but it is never possible. In other words, you cannot use an evil or wrong method for a good or right purpose.
Jesus said, “He who takes the sword will perish by the sword.” In other words, don't use bad methods to achieve your goals. If you use a bad method, you will eventually fail. And Jesus said, "If anyone strikes you with the right span, give him the left." That is, do not use the method of violence and slander, but the method of patience, sacrifice and love. Even if you are killed unfairly like Jesus did, you must stick to God's method until the end.
What Jesus taught us on this earth was for the right purpose. It was the right way. And Jesus ended his life on this earth after using the right method for the right purpose to the end. We call him the Messiah because he died while using the right purpose and right method. And God said Jesus
Dear brothers and sisters, what purpose do you want to live in your short life? And what method will you use to achieve that purpose? Is it the right purpose? Wrong purpose? Is this the right way? Is this the wrong way? That choice is up to you. But keep in mind. At the end of your life, you are responsible for how and for what purpose it is. I pray that you will live for the right purpose and the right way like Jesus, and stand in a place where you are praised by God.