Title: Running and Living in Heaven
Title: The Kingdom of Running and Living (Matthew 13:31-33,44-52)
As I thought about the title, I was overflowing with hope for heaven. The people of the world will want to sacrifice anything if they can get heaven.
There are many people who try to avoid hell with death if possible. Among the talents, the late Choi Jin-sil went to church, but didn't he live without meeting Jesus? see.
How popular was the talent? He was good at acting, and he had a pretty face. There was nothing to envy, but I think he really didn't have Jesus.
Life without Jesus is hell. It is heaven when you meet Jesus. If you look at Zacchaeus, he hears the news of Jesus, runs, climbs a sycamore tree, meets Jesus, and his life changes to heaven.
Luke 19:2 There was a man named Zacchaeus, a tax collector and a rich man. 3 He wanted to see what kind of person Jesus was, but because he was short and many people could not do it, 4 he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore tree to see. that you will pass by
5 When Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said, “Zacchaeus, come down quickly, and I must stay at your house today.” 6 He came down quickly and met him with joy. 8 Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord, I will give half of what I have to the poor. And if I have defrauded anyone, I will repay you four times as much.
9 Jesus said to them, Today salvation has come to this house, for this man is also a descendant of Abraham. This is the family where the kingdom of heaven has been established.
I hope that we too will run and live in heaven during this time.
31 “And he gave another parable, saying, “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field. 32 It is the smallest of all seeds, but when it is grown it is greater than the grass and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches.”
The mustard seed is the smallest of the seeds (the size of a lettuce seed).
When this little seed is planted, it is bigger than grass and becomes a tree, and the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches. You will live with great influence.
Matthew 22:37-40
Love God and love your neighbor as yourself
When your faith grows, you will love God exceedingly, and the kingdom of heaven will come true, and because you will love your neighbor as yourself, the kingdom of heaven will come true. The kingdom of heaven makes Jesus love God and love his neighbor as himself, so he can influence and live as a heavenly person. Such life is heaven.
At first the faith was like a mustard seed, but it grew and became influential.
33 “He also told them in parables, for the kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and mixed into a powder to make it all swell.”
The leaven makes the flour rise to make big bread...
This refers to the process of being renewed through the words of Jesus.
2 Corinthians 5:17 “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away; behold, the new has come.”
All the old things die.. Complaints, discontent, negative thoughts, adultery, selfishness, greed, these things create hell. It will swell like leaven, and true joy and hope will come.
44 The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in a field, and when a man discovers it, he hides it, and rejoices, goes back and sells all he has and buys the field.
It's common. In the country of Israel, there was a lot of shouting, so the treasures were usually buried deep in the fields, but sometimes they were found while plowing the fields. Just as when you found this treasure, you sold all you had and bought the field, you must follow the steps to obtain Jesus, who would have discovered Jesus, and gain the kingdom of heaven.
According to the Sermon Handbook, Kim Myung-gil, who turned 70 this year, has been buying lottery tickets every week for the past 11 years. From episode 1 to episode 538, the time of the interview, I bought a lottery ticket and kept it at home without throwing it away. The amount is a whopping 251,435,000 won. It is an amount that most ordinary people cannot easily think of. Then, what is the total amount that this person won through more than 530 winning opportunities? 800,000 won once, 900,000 won, 1 million won or 1 million won, like that 3 times 500,000 won I dreamed of a huge windfall with over 1 million won in some episodes, but the winnings are not below expectations, but minimal.
Don't be chasing after illusion
1 Timothy 6:7 We brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. 8 If we have food and clothing, we will be content. 9 Those who want to be rich fall into temptation and a snare and many foolish and hurtful lusts. It falls, which plunges men into ruin and destruction. 10 The love of money is the root of all evil. Those who covet it have been deceived, and have erred from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.
You just have to follow Jesus.
John 8:12 And Jesus spoke again, saying, I am the light of the world; he who follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.
Heaven will come when you follow Jesus. You will not walk in darkness and will receive the light of life.
The same is true of the parable of the pearl.
45 And the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls. 46 When he finds one pearl of great price, he goes and sells all that he has and buys it.
Just as a pearl merchant sells all he owns and buys a pearl when he finds a good pearl, we believe that when we discover the kingdom of heaven, we should run and buy it.
When Abraham found God, he left his native relatives and his father's house and went to the land he had instructed, where he became the father of many nations and took possession of a land flowing with milk and honey, and he lived in heaven.
Look at Paul. When he met Jesus, he said that he threw away all his knowledge, family, and power like dung.
See the disciples who caught fish?
Matthew 4:18 As he was walking along the seashore of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon, called Peter, and Andrew, his brother, casting their nets into the sea, and they were fishermen. 19 He said, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. left him and followed Jesus.
21 As they went further from there, they saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, together with his father Zebedee, weaving nets in the boat and called him. 22 Immediately they left the boat and their father and followed Jesus.
The fishermen were Jesus' great disciples, Peter (Matthew 16:16) Andrew
James (James: Faith without works is death faith) John (Revelation of John on Patmos)
Those who have discovered Jesus are those who have discovered the kingdom of heaven. Just as we immediately follow when we find heaven, we rush to buy pearls to buy treasures with an impatient mind lest someone take over the heavens! Heaven is such a place.
We are followers of Jesus who found Jesus.
No matter what hardships, adversity, or difficulties you face, like Lot's wife, do not look back and follow only the Lord, so that your life in heaven overflows.