Title: The Living and the Dead!
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Sunday day sermon
Text: Luke 20:27-40
Title: The Living and the Dead!
When humans speak of the dead, they call the dead because their lives are cut off and they cannot breathe. But when God speaks of the dead, he sees all human beings who live their lives apart from God as dead.
In the Garden of Eden, Adam became dead the moment he fell into the temptation of the devil, disobeyed God's word, and ate of the forbidden fruit in the middle of the garden. From then on, all human beings born as descendants of Adam became all dead before God.
In the biblical sense of this, it is said that the soul (靈魂) is dead. Only God breathed the spirit into man to become a living spirit. However, as the human spirit died in disobedience to the Word of God, the human soul also became corrupted. Here, the human soul (魂) refers to the human mind, the human mind. That is why our hearts have become corrupted.
The difference between beasts and humans is that animals do not have a spirit, only a soul. Therefore, even if an animal dies, it does not resurrect because it has no spirit. Therefore, they do not go to Hell because they do not resurrect. When an animal's soul dies, it disappears to the ground. However, the human spirit, whose sins are not forgiven through the Son God sent, is united with the soul (spiritual being) and wanders around the nine heavens, but they will all be resurrected at the end of time. That is why all human beings must be resurrected once they die.
In the last days, all human beings will be resurrected. Those who believe in the Son sent by God and receive forgiveness of sins while they are alive will be resurrected to go to eternal life (heaven) and receive forgiveness of sins because they do not believe in the Son sent by God. Those who do not receive it will be resurrected to receive God's terrible judgment. This is why we must believe in the Son of God.
For that reason, God sent His Son to be born in a sinless body so that when He died on the cross, He shed His blood. The unblemished blood of Jesus has the effect of reviving the spirit of a dead human when Adam disobeyed the word of God and the spirit died in the Garden of Eden. Only the spotless blood of Jesus can forgive original sin.
From then on, anyone in this world who calls on the name of Jesus will have their original sin (human spirit) forgiven through the shedding of Jesus' blood. As a proof, God sent the Holy Spirit to Gentiles who believed in Jesus. However, just because people call on the name of Jesus and have their original sins forgiven does not directly lead to salvation. In order for man to enter complete salvation, not only the human spirit, but also the human soul must receive the forgiveness of sins.
If the human spirit received the forgiveness of sins (original sin) through the shedding of Jesus' blood, the human soul must also receive the forgiveness of sins (self-criminal sins committed in the heart). At this time, the body of Jesus is needed. But Jesus, who came to the land of Israel in the flesh, came only to bear the sins of the people of Israel who lived under the law (sin against the law) in the flesh.
Therefore, the self-crime (sin against the Holy Spirit) that Christians commit in their hearts is not covered by the flesh of Jesus who came to the land of Israel. For Christians, only if they believe in the Son of God who is sent before Christians can they be forgiven of their sins (sin against the Holy Spirit).
“He was pierced for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities; his discipline gave us peace, and his wounds we are healed” (Isaiah 53:5). These words were prophesied by the prophet Isaiah of the work of Christ who would come to bear the sins of the people of Israel who were living under the law at that time. Therefore, the self-crime of the Gentiles who did not live under the law does not apply here.
Only when Christians believe in the Son of God who comes like this can they be perfected from their sins. Just as the Jews lived in disobedience to the law, did not all Christians live their own lives in disobedience to the Holy Spirit? The only way for Christians to be saved from these sins is to believe in the Son of God who is sent in the name of Jesus.
Today's Christians have only received the forgiveness of their original sins through the shedding of Jesus' blood. You cannot enter eternal life by receiving the forgiveness of original sins. You must be forgiven for the sins you have committed in your heart to achieve complete salvation.
Just because the Israelites barely escaped from Egypt and crossed the Red Sea cannot be said to be complete salvation. In order for them to enter complete salvation, they must pass through the Wilderness of Paran, cross the Jordan River, pass through Jericho, and enter the land of Canaan, defeat all the Amorites and occupy the land to enjoy peace (complete salvation). Before that, they are always being chased.
Likewise, today's Christians are just the Israelites at the time when they barely escaped Egypt and crossed the Red Sea. And the road that has been running for about 2,000 years so far is barely passing through the Wilderness of Paran. However, like the Israelites who grumbled and grumbled against Moses at the foot of Mount Sinai at that time, Christians today are all corrupted, unable to overcome the temptations of the world. There is still a long way to go across the Jordan River, but everyone is already corrupt.
When crossing the Jordan River, God abandoned Moses and used Joshua. Another name for Joshua is Jesus. Likewise, if leaders like Moses were the ones who have gathered Gentiles from all directions to support the church for about two thousand years, their work must end here. From now on, the Son of God, who has another name for Jesus, will lead Christians across the Jordan River to conquer the land of Canaan.
At this time, those who believe in the Son of God and follow Him will cross the Jordan River and enter the land of Canaan, and those who do not believe in the Son will remain in the Wilderness of Paran and Mount Sinai. The wilderness of Paran refers to the world today, and Mount Sinai refers to the church today. At the time of Jesus, the Jews and those who believed followed Jesus into the land of Canaan, but those who did not believe remained in Jerusalem until the end to protect the temple.
For the Jews who lived under the law, the law was the supreme law and the shortcut to eternal life. However, he said that the law only serves as a tutor to help the Jews realize their sins and guide them to the coming Christ. But they tried to be justified by the law, but eventually they all went to destruction because they did not believe in the Son whom God had sent.
For Christians who lived under the Holy Spirit today, the Holy Spirit is the supreme law and the shortcut to eternal life. However, just as the law played the role of a schoolteacher guiding the Jews to Christ by convincing them of their sins, the Holy Spirit also serves as a schoolteacher to help them realize the sins hidden in the hearts of Christians and guide them to the Son of God who is to come. You cannot enter salvation. Is there any Christian among them who will never disobey the Holy Spirit and live by keeping the law properly?
Despite this fact, Christians believe that receiving the Holy Spirit is salvation. It can be a really dangerous idea. In order for Christians to enter full salvation, Christians must also believe in the Son of God, whom God sent in the name of Jesus. Only then will you be forgiven of your sins hidden in your heart (sin against the Holy Spirit) and you will be able to enter into complete salvation.
Therefore, the living are those who believe in the Son sent by God in this way and become perfect, God recognizes them as living. Otherwise, those who are still living under the law are not regarded by God as living. Living under the law is similar to the parable of having just crossed the Red Sea.
Just as the Jews went out to the temple and slaughtered cattle and sheep and offered sacrifices diligently to God, their sins were not blotted out. cannot be free from In order for Christians to be forgiven of their sins of disobeying the Holy Spirit, they must believe in the Son God sent in the name of Jesus.
In order to enter eternal life, we must receive the forgiveness of sins through the Son of God. Original sins must be forgiven through the blood that Jesus shed, and our sins must be forgiven in the flesh of Jesus.
But Jesus, who came to the land of Israel, came only to bear the sins of the Israelites. Therefore, Christians today must believe in the Son of God who will come before the Gentiles in order to receive forgiveness for their sins.
No matter how great Moses was at that time, he was like a servant who worked in the owner's house. A servant never knows what his master is doing. Also, they do not have the authority that the master has. The reason Moses is called a servant in the house of God is because he is a servant and a servant.
I do not intend in the slightest to disparage the pastors. I just hope that those who do not know will realize by correcting the fact that they have misunderstood. Furthermore, do not be deceived by the false pastors who have the spirit of antichrist and the wage-earner pastors who work for them.
The best thing about faithful servants is that when the son of the master's house comes, he will pass his seat to the son of the master's house and step back. However, in spite of the fact that the master's son has returned from a long journey in due time, the servant insists that it is his church and his sheep, and persecutes the son of the master's household and drives them out.
Those who realize that they are sinners who have disobeyed the Holy Spirit, humble themselves and live humbly, will never play with the words of false pastors. However, those who covet the world and do not know how to play with their greed will be deceived by them as a false pastor will satisfy them. The greatest blessing today is who will hear and follow the voice of the Lord? will do -He who has ears, let him hear and understand!-