Title: The Lord's Work (Luke 09:37-45)
Content Man spends a lot of time boasting and showing himself, but the Lord shows his glory only for a short time, and he spends a lot of time saving and healing those who are afflicted. A life of giving rather than a life of receiving He lived a life of others for others rather than a life for himself.
1. Behavior of parents with problem children (38-39)
"Teacher, please take care of my son, for this is my only son." Parents who suffer from problems with their children suffer together and ask the Lord to bring this problem to him and solve it. Children are the joy and hope of parents and the fulfillment of life. Such children can be a headache for parents and cause great anxiety. At this time, we must be parents who put their children's problems before the Lord and ask for the Lord's help. The earnest prayers of parents for their children lead them to the right path. Monica's prayer turned the prodigal into Saint Augustine.
2. The Lord is willing to come to families suffering because of their children and solve problems (41)
"Bring your son here. He has healed him and has given him back to his father." We can see the merciful love the Lord gives to his parents by healing a son who is a burden and then turning him into a son who is joy and joy again.
The stories of today's delinquent youth surprise and embarrass society. Even when they say they should be put to death, few feel responsible for why they did it and how to fix it right away. If the Lord has solved these problems, the Korean church must solve these problems.
If the L'Abri movement has contributed in Europe, it is a good thing that this movement is quietly starting this month in our country.
3. The truth of the cross is a mystery that is difficult to understand.(44-45)
"Listen to these words, for the Son of Man is about to be delivered into the hands of men. It has been hidden from the understanding." The disciples who followed the Lord did not know that the Lord was resurrected because He was important on the cross. Even believers who have been attending church for a long time and have held offices do not live as they are because they do not actually realize the truth of living by death, gaining through abandonment, and being freed by giving up. Even a plant that bears many fruits only when a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies cannot learn the truth.
By dying like a grain of wheat, the Lord lived forever and saved many people. Because he did not live for himself, but for others, he gave up everything, even life, but became the master of everything in the spirit world and on the earth.