Title: The Lord Who Made Me (2008.1.27)
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Date: January 27, 2008
Word: Ephesians 2:10
Title: The Lord Who Made Me
Contents :
How should I live in the presence of God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, who are the Trinity who made me? In order to live a proper life of faith, we need to know what kind of relationship we have with God. In order to become good saints, members must remember that they always have two sides in their identity.
For example, it should be a military and gentle flock. In the church life, you must have the heart of a master while having the spirit of a church worker. Before God, you must have the spirit of being a son and a servant, and you must feel your lack of loyalty while being faithful. You must always have the heart of a new believer while being close, and you must become strong and weak, and weak and strong.
You need to know that there is a relationship between the creator and the creature. (The potter and the clay)
God created both the visible and the invisible world. All creation of the world contains the good grace of God. In particular, when He created humans, He created them to resemble the image of God. The Bible describes the relationship between the absolute sovereign and creation as the relationship between the potter and the clay. What a lump of clay is made of is absolutely up to the potter. God made me and you as His people, so we must live with gratitude.
It has a master-slave relationship (head and body).
A beautiful relationship between a master and a servant is when the master commands and the servant obeys. God is not only the owner of me, but also the owner of the universe. We only manage God's things, and the purpose of our lives and the grace of our lives are determined by God for God's sake. I believe that is the greatest blessing.
It has a relationship between a shepherd and a sheep (vine and branch).
The shepherd is the owner of the sheep. A sheep cannot exist on its own apart from its shepherd. You must always live in the care of the shepherd. A sheep that leaves the shepherd's hand will be torn by wolves and become food for lions. If the sheep runs ahead of the shepherd, it will get lost or become food for wild beasts. The good sheep trust the shepherd, listen only to the voice of the good shepherd, and follow only the shepherd.
I have a father-son relationship.
The son is the heir to the father's inheritance. Now, the status of the saints stands in the glorious place of calling God the Creator as Father. That is the grace of the cross of Jesus Christ. Dear saints, our Father is God.
The purpose of creation is to do good. A good work is to believe in God, the one who sent him. And to please him, and to make him known to the world.