Title: Someone God Knows
Content Introduction
People have a desire for someone to know them. Children who have been recognized by their parents from an early age have a sense of self-esteem, and their thoughts are bright and healthy.
You don't know how important it is to an individual to be recognized by a person. But the world considers us worthless. The world constantly evaluates us as beings that cannot be accepted at all. “You are useless. What can you do?” In fact, we grew up hearing these words at school, at home, and from friends. We live in a world where we have to get ahead of others in order to be recognized by the world, and where we have to be superior to others. Otherwise, we are breathing in a cold world where no one recognizes us.
But, do you know that we are worthy of love and worthy of recognition? Do you know that the world has forsaken us, but God could not give up on us, so He sent Jesus to this earth? God now says, “I know you. I love you,” he says. The world may say, “I don’t need a child like you who can’t study and doesn’t have a family background,” but I hope you believe that we, who have accepted Jesus Christ as our Savior and become God’s children, are noble people. They are blessed people who have been loved by God. From God, “You are my son. Please believe that it is me and you who have been recognized as “my daughter”. Therefore, since we have been recognized as God's children through Jesus, shouldn't we be the ones that God knows above all else?
However, recently, there was a case in which two teenagers were arrested by the police on charges of gang-assaulting a classmate on the street for over an hour and seriously injuring them because they were not feeling well. According to the police, on the 3rd at 6:50 pm on the 3rd, Lee and others summoned Kim (15), who was going to the reading room to study in the mountain behind a middle school in Masan, took 1,100 won, and assaulted him for 1 hour and 30 minutes, causing acute renal failure. It is said that the internal organs were also injured.
The police said that they were in a bad mood because of an argument with their girlfriend on that day and thought, 'If anyone gets caught, I'll hit anyone'.
Dear young people, can we live like this? There are evil spirits that keep you from living as children of God. Please don't be fooled by them.
Please believe in Jesus, who was sent to this earth to make you children of God. Then the power of God to make your life beautiful will come upon you.
Rather than being accepted by the world, be a person who is accepted by God. When we become people whom God knows, we can truly be recognized by the world. No, even if we are not recognized by the world, God knows and acknowledges us, so what can we compare it to?
Snevana and his family appearing in today's text are being recognized by Paul. This is because the family of Stephanas was not because Paul was humanly good, but because he had an image that was acceptable to God. With a heart that longs for us to have that kind of image, we want our ears to be opened to the Word of what kind of person God knows.
1. A person who has a determination of faith (verse 15)
Stephen's conversion seems to have taken place when Paul preached the gospel to Athens (Acts 17:34).
When you see that the entire family of Stephana is being introduced as the firstfruits of Achaia, you can see that Stephana came home as soon as she believed and accepted Jesus as the Savior and preached the gospel so that her family and slaves all believed in Jesus. . And as a result, Stephen's family decided to serve other saints. Here, in the ' corresponding to "the line