Title: The Merciful 1 _ Will Be Filled
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The merciful 1 _ will be filled
“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied” (Matthew 5:6).
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Then He brings us to the stage where we say, “We will be filled.” This means that we can be justified by faith, that is, by the grace of God.
Even when you go through the wilderness, you can receive forgiveness every moment when you sin. However, it is only when this sinful nature, which can be called the original sin, is removed and liberated from the law of sin that appears in the heart, only then can a righteous life be more perfect, so there is no choice but to develop a heart for longing for it.
This is what we call a heart that hungers and thirsts for righteousness because it constantly struggles and strives to live according to God's will, because it struggles while thinking about it.
‘We will be filled.’
This is God's promise to be resolved by justification by faith, that is, by grace. So, if you look at this part in 『The Journey of the Old Man』, it is said that through the narrow gate, the house of the first generation, and the hill of the cross, it allows you to taste God’s grace of justification, that is, the grace of being born again through God’s life, for a short time.
By doing so, what you said, 'I will be filled,' is empirically fulfilled. This means that you will surely believe in God who, through grace, makes the wishes of your hunger and thirsty heart come true.
However, there is still a process in which 600,000 people must die. So, in reality, the fullness cannot continue. In the future, these 600,000 people will have to keep dying, and only 600,000 new ones will be born before they can enter the land of Canaan.
By allowing 600,000 people who are to die to continue to experience the same ‘Jehovah Nissi’, he breaks his ego.
Just because you say, 'I will be satisfied,' doesn't mean that it will all be fulfilled, but only a brief taste.
Even in the first or second refinement process, the self is broken a lot. Isn't it?
Yes, it is true that the ego is broken even then. But then, that is to say, after passing through the second refinement, all that remains is cleaned. It mainly breaks the inner self.
So, when you go through Jehovah Nissi, you win by making them give up on what they were trying to do. As you thoroughly repent, you receive forgiveness. Also, if you give up what you were trying to do and leave it to God, the Lord will fight and you will reap the fruits of victory. That experience is “Jehovah Nissi.”
Therefore, the process in which we fight and try to win through our efforts is essential. However, there is no true victory in the end through this process. Only when God helps us can we achieve the victory of ‘Jehovah Nissi’.
That is why He said, “The Lord will fight from generation to generation” (Exodus 17:15-16). It will be completed over and over again, in other words, killing these 600,000 people over and over again.
“Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy” (Matthew 5:7).
Now, let's take a look at the fifth stage of the beatitudes, the stage of the one who shows mercy.
‘He who is merciful will receive mercy.’
To paraphrase this verse a little, we can say, 'Blessed are those who show mercy, for they will find mercy.'
To be merciful means to have pity, to show love, to have mercy, to be merciful, usually like that.
If you look at 『The Journey of the Heavenly Passion』, you will feel full as you pass through the narrow gate, the house of the first generation, and the hill of the cross, which can be said to be a rich experience of grace in Christianity.
After going through the tedious refining process because of hunger and thirst for righteousness, I received abundant grace and became full. Now God is leading me to a life of compassion, that is, a life of practicing love for my neighbor.
So, as we learned about the kingdom of heaven, if you look at the saints entering the second floor, it is that they have more love for their neighbor than love for God. It can be seen as a process of much love for neighbor.
So, God allows us to taste various heavenly gifts while we live a life of love. Because, in order to be able to do better in the work of serving, in other words, giving to others, by showing various gifts, we grow spiritually.
God makes the seeds that fall on a good field grow rapidly so that they can bear 30, 60, and 100 times more fruit.
Through the 'Spiritual Growth Theory' in the 『Explanation of the Core Truths of the Bible』, the saints who have passed the second refinement process to fight the Amalekites and are recognized as good land will pass through the narrow gate of the journey of the first generation, the house of the first generation, and the hill of the cross. I learned that I will be armed with abundant grace and truth.
In this way, the saints who have been recognized as good fields, that is, those who have received the Law at Mount Sinai and have a clear knowledge of the land of Canaan, are trained to follow the Word thoroughly in order to enter the land of Canaan flowing with milk and honey and live forever. is.
These saints are thoroughly trained to break their self and keep the Word. In order for a person who used to be self-centered to live centered on the Word of God, he must continue to undergo training to break down the self, that is, to break the old self in the flesh.
To do that, you need a life of compassion, and God will make it happen. Because if you sit still and pray and worship by yourself, you can't really know what kind of self you have, and you don't even know what kind of self you need to be broken, how can your self be broken?
So, if you live a life of serving your neighbors, you will come to know that you have a bad self, and you will come to know that you need training to throw it away moment by moment.
In that way, God has set the stage for showing mercy so that we can become people who fully practice God's word. So, if you are a pastor, you have to lead a life of serving the saints, and in some cases you will see a sarcastic side, and at other times you will see a hateful side.
At other times, he sees a very ugly face, and at other times he makes him suffer from excruciating anger. That's what it's like to keep appearing in the living environment you serve. In the midst of this, in order to practice perfect love, God keeps breaking our selves.
In this way, in order to become saints who fully practice God's word, he makes many circumstances where they can only show self-righteousness, pride, lust, or sexual immorality, and lie and become jealous.
In the midst of this, He makes us obey the command to deny ourselves, take up our cross and follow Him. You break your self by doing that kind of training. So, it is necessary to be sanctified.
It means that he sets them up for work, and makes them appear and breaks them one by one. At first, he blamed others, but later he confessed, "It's all my fault."
This is what God does in the stage of showing mercy. It is training in order to fully practice the word of God.
I love my neighbor completely, I love my enemies, and if I try to take my underwear, they take off my outerwear. He also makes us practice the word to overcome evil with good.
Love is not provoked, not rude, meek, patient, and seeks the interests of others rather than self-interest.
Also, in order to get rid of bad habits and behaviors that are controlled by sinful nature or lust, he makes them do this kind of compassionate work, in other words, creates an environment where they can practice love for their neighbor and trains them.
Without such a process, there can be no gradual sanctification. So, if we practice compassionate life, that is, love our neighbor thoroughly, and strive to practice it without blemish, and lead a life of constant repentance, an environment will be created in which we can receive mercy.
It is the principle that if we treat ourselves first, we will be treated. God certainly does.
"You will be treated first, and you will be treated as well."