Title: Shemaisrael
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Look into your heart now. Some of what we ask of the Lord will come true and some will not. This does not mean that the Lord hears some prayers and does not hear others. The Lord hears all prayers. But the answer to that prayer has already come to us. Because of that answer, we live life and we will live life in the future. It is a miracle that we live life.
Do not seek our wholeness in my demands. Find it in the life that the Lord has given you, and live with gratitude and joy. Do my neighbors slander me? Listen to God's voice through him and find the way for me to live correctly.
Does the disease bother you? We must listen to the voice that speaks to us through illness. The Apostle Paul was ill. He prayed three times to the Lord, but his illness was not healed. Was he not healed because of his lack of faith? He had more confidence than anyone else. But his disease could not be cured.
8 I begged the Lord three times to take this away from me.
9 But the Lord said to me: "My grace is sufficient for you. My strength is made perfect in weakness." Therefore, in order that the power of Christ may rest on me, I am more glad to show off my weaknesses.
10 Therefore I rejoice in infirmities, insults, privations, persecutions, and hardships for Christ's sake. Because when I am weak, I am strong. [2 Corinthians 12:8-10]
The Lord hears the warnings of the Pharisees. The warning is that Herod will kill the Lord. The problem of death is the worst-case scenario anyone accepts. There is no greater frustration than this for a human being who cannot transcend death. One of the biggest reasons we have our limitations as human beings is the insurmountable tunnel of death. We think that death is a result of thought. But to the Lord, it is only a door through which we pass. For those who believe in God like the Lord, it is just a door through which they can pass. The question depends on which door you enter. Is it a big door that anyone can enter or a narrow door that people don't find because it looks cramped and difficult? The way the Lord has gone is a narrow gate that no one seeks. Everyone tries to escape, but the Lord finds the door. Why? Because we know the paradise that will unfold next. As the Lord knows, so do we. So a Christian is a secret person. The secret of God is the one who knows it. The problem is that even though you know the secret, you can't keep it. The gospel is an open secret.
Among the stories I talked about, I once said that the answer to the test was ‘Go, go, go, go, go’. It is known as such, but because you do not believe it, you cannot write the correct answer.
Listen to “Shema Israel”, which means Israel.
Why did they kill the prophets? It is because it is different from their own thoughts, because it is disadvantageous to them, or because they think that it is not the will of God that they know.
What do we think when we hear the word of God?
Do I throw it away because my thoughts are different?
Do I have a hard time following it or throw it away because I don't like it?
We must listen to the prophets. The Prophet is speaking sometimes as a child, at other times as the person I hate the most, or as the family I love.
How many times have I gathered your children together for them, as a hen keeps her young under her wings! [34]
We know our faults, we know our contradictions, but the Lord covers all things.