Title: The Experience of Jesus
Contents
Subject: The Experience of Jesus
Bible text:
Isaiah 43:1-7 Do not be afraid
Luke 3:15-22 Jesus Came in Wonderful Characters
Isaiah 43:1-7 Fear not!
Isaiah's experience is the fear of Israel, who first forgot God's covenant and became a captive of Babylon and a slave. When fear arises through the motive of an attack such as a storm and human nature reveals it, God's ability to overcome that fear is not sought in a psychological sense. It is understood from the term “fear” used by the priests in the context of the worship of God. After meeting Moses, Israel leaves Egypt and drives out fear by the appearance of God on Mount Sinai. In what circumstances did the fear arise to remind you of the divine promise of salvation? How does God drive out fear? Why should God expel fear?
1 Start with the oracle of salvation
2 The God Who Created Israel
3-5 Exploring Between Israel and God and Assurance of Salvation
6 The Promise of Israel's Exile Journey and Salvation Proclamation
7 Ends with God’s words to Israel, ‘Do not be afraid!’
The hopeless social situation of exile Israel and Israel's real enemy underscore the theological context, which emphasizes God rather than the Babylon of the world. Israel, who rejected God's Canaanite welfare, that is, a holy life of worshiping God, was in a situation of fear.
Only God's holy war can dispel fear. The covenant that redeemed Israel redeems the possessions of the world's lineage, and the lineage of Israel is presented as a duty in the Levitical Law in Deuteronomy (25). God is a reminder of the duty of the Levites by redeeming Israel from captivity from slavery in Babylon and bringing them back to Palestine, the Canaanite welfare. And an oracle proclaims to Isaiah that God will cast out human fears by the presence of the Holy Spirit with him.
It is not a role that promises to radically change in the oracle of God's judgment and salvation, so as to practice the repentance of Israel or to seek their forgiveness. Emphasize the God who created Israel. Emphasizes God the Creator as the motive for the holy act of covenant redemption. Instead of a holy war against Israel against God, the emphasis must be placed on the redemption of the covenant. God, who promised to save Israel, dispels human fear. This is because the lineage of Israel is in the context of recognizing God's covenant of redemption through the holy war of the Word rather than 'fear'. By praying to God the Creator, God's promises will be fulfilled and fear will be conquered.
Luke 3:15-22 Jesus Came in Wonderful Characters
The experience of Jesus was baptized at the flowing waters of the Jordan River through John the Baptist along with prayer and the process of hearing the word of God, confirming His becoming the Son of God and righteousness (justification and righteousness). In the book of Acts, the baptism of the Ethiopian eunuch was realized through the help of the Holy Spirit while reading the Bible and revealed the origin of God the Creator who received baptism.
The proclamation of revelation concerning John's baptism is John's own divine commission, and has the function of witness in Jesus Christ, who witnessed the coming of God's power. The sermon of John the Baptist, who promised judgment, expresses revelation. It articulates the authority and will of God in the work and person of Jesus Christ. After Jesus' baptism, Jesus' prayer is a self-conscious understanding of the message from heaven. It reveals the reason for overcoming fear in the character of experiencing faith in the death and resurrection of the cross through the ministry of the Word along with righteous baptism that forms the good kingdom of God.
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In the new year, let's have a worship set apart from the faith of the Exodus. Let us faithfully fulfill our duty to preach the gospel in the new year. Let us obey the Word so that we too will have the experience of Jesus in the new year. Let us pray for the fulfillment of these three. Let's pray without ceasing.