Title: The Grace of Water/ Ezekiel 47:1-12
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Naturally, water and life have an inseparable relationship.
All. In particular, summer is a season that requires a lot of water, and many people enjoy it.
It is the season of gathering to a place where there is water for crawling.
Life cannot sustain life without water, and not only life, but all living things.
You cannot live without it.
When the Viking 1 arrived on Mars to detect Mars, water
Whether or not there was, this was a matter of great interest.
Where there is water there is life, and where there is no water there is no life. Greece
A philosopher named Thales, the ancestor of the Douimiletian school and the founder of science, said:
This world, the philosopher said, is a world made of water,
He claimed that the source of the Lord is water.
When the Bible explains the truth of our Christianity, it compares it with water.
(1) God is the source of living water (Jeremiah 2:13). My people do two evils
He did it, that he forsook me, the fountain of living water, and that he dug a cistern for himself.
Said.
(2) Jesus Christ is said to be the One who gives us living water that never thirst.
(4:14) Whoever drinks the water I give will never thirst.
The water you give will become in it a spring of water springing up to eternal life.
(3) The Holy Spirit is said to be a river of living water (John 7:23). If anyone thirsts,
Come and drink. Whoever believes in me, as the bible says, out of his belly will flow rivers of living water.
flowed out.” For half of those who believed in him, he spoke of the Holy Spirit.
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(4) The blood of Jesus is a fountain that washes away sins and transgressions (Zechariah 13:1). In that day sin and more
The fountain of washing is the house of David, and the fountain of filth is the house of David and Jerut-rahem.
It will be opened for the inhabitants.
(5) God's horse is called water (Amos 8:11). saith the Lord GOD
Behold, the days come, and I will send a famine upon the land, and not hunger without bread.
It is not a thirst without water, but a hunger of hearing the word of the Lord.
Then how great is the grace of water?
1. Water is the source of life (2 Peter 3:5).
The philosopher Thales argued that the world was made of water, but it was not made of water.
According to the Bible, it is said that they were created in water. the earth comes out of the water
It was said that it was achieved through the word of God.
Water occupies six tenths of the earth's surface area, so to speak, the whole world is in water.
It's like being wrapped around.
In other words, since this earth came out of water and exists surrounded by water, the water
It is said to be the source of old life.
There is no life that is not related to water, as long as it is life, even if it is a very small life between animals and plants.
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It is said that our body is 70% water. A person who is 70% water is short without water.
You can only live with time. So, don't you know that water is the source of life?
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(1) Water is the source of life.
(2) reviving life.
(3) to purify life;
(4) It enriches life.
(5) Enriching life.
(6) Let life bear fruit;
(7) Keep it alive.
(8) Satisfy yourself with life.
(9) It makes life fat.
Come, you who thirst, come to the waters (Isaiah 55).
(1) Isaac's family is a family centered on water.
(2) The Israelites who were struggling in the wilderness drank living water from the rock and were satisfied.
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2. Water is the driving force of prosperity and development (Ezekiel 47:12).
Without water, there can be no cultural development.
(1) Mesopotamian civilization developed through the Euburades River (Tigris River),
(2) Indian civilization developed through the Indus River.
(3) Chinese civilization has developed brilliantly along the Yellow River.
(4) Egyptian civilization developed along the Nile River.
(5) It was the Hudson River that developed New York.
(6) It was the River Thames that developed London.
(7) It was the Seine that developed Paris.
(8) It was the Rhine that developed Berlin
(9) It was the Han River that developed Seoul.
(10) It was the Taedong River that developed Pyongyang.
(11) Gongju and Buyeo are believed to have developed the Geumgang River.
Also, water
(1) produce food, (2) raise livestock, (3) reforestation and
(4) generate electricity;
Even karma cannot develop without water.
Looking at it this way, we can see that there is no prosperity and development without water, regardless of time in the East and West.
At the same time, in particular, modern civilization is truly a water civilization.
The grace of water is indescribable.
The revival and development of the church also requires water to revive and develop.
Like the river of life flowing from under the threshold of the temple that Ezekiel saw, in our hearts
Only when the living water of God's grace flows can there be satisfaction in the heart, peace in the family, and
The society overflows with love, revival, and life.
3. Water is the element of peace (Genesis 2:10-14).
The Garden of Eden, created by God, was filled with water. river
He soaked the Garden of Eden.
The Pishon River watered the land of Hawili, the Gihon River the land of Cush, and the Hiddekel River east of Assyria.
and the Euphrates watered the rest of the region.
A garden without water cannot be a garden of peace.
In the Bible, we see that a drought came as a price for the sins of mankind.
In Israel, there was no rain for 3 years and 6 months because of King Ahab's sin. like this
Conflicts, anxiety, and complaints do not go away in a town or home without water.
is.
Hagar and Ishmael, who were expelled from Abraham's family, could not find water in the Arab wilderness.
and wept bitterly, and Isaac's shepherds and the Philistine shepherds
W He fought many times and complained and complained when Israel had no water in the wilderness.
will be
Why do we have no peace of mind today, no peace at home, and why the church?
Why are there conflicts between family members and complaints between classmates? Eun Lee
It is because there is no living water of Hye.
(1) Just as the four rivers of Eden water Eden (2) The Nile overflows and the plains of Egypt
(3) Living water overflowed from the rock, and the barren straw that the Israelites walked through.
(4) The living water of grace overflows, (5) The living water of the Holy Spirit overflows as it waters another wilderness
All caution, worry, anxiety, anguish, and fear disappear and complain, dissatisfaction, resentment, poetry
There will be no rain and conflict.
And peace abounds in the soul of an individual, and joy and peace abound in family life.
Then, the church will become a garden of love and the history of new life will overflow.
The grace of God, the grace of Jesus, the grace of the Word, and the grace of the Holy Spirit
It's like. Life cannot live without water.
Water is (1) life-giving water (2 Peter 3:5).
(2) Water that gives development and prosperity (Ezekiel 47:12).
(3) It becomes water that gives peace and joy (Genesis 2:10-14).
a) The number of trees is very large
b) living things prosper
c) There are too many fish
D) There are many trees bearing various kinds of fruit.
E) The leaves do not wither
F) Every month a new fruit is made
g) The leaves became medicinal materials.