Title: The Road to True Happiness
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title; The road to true happiness (Ephesians 2:1-7) 2010, 5, 16 (Sunday day)
<Introduction>
Only when we know what misfortunes humans can face can we know what true happiness is. Do you know what life's misfortunes are? And do you know what true happiness is? And do you know how that happiness comes to us?
<Body>
1. Do you know the happiness and unhappiness in life?
It is unfortunate to leave God. To depart from God, who is the source of human existence and the source of life, is death, failure, and a curse. God is the source of life, the source of life, the source of power, the source of blessing, the source of mission, the source of fruit, the source of prosperity, and the source of the eternal glory of heaven.
To depart from the Word, that is, to sin, is to depart from God. Do you know that it is unhappiness to leave God's truth, the Word? All of God's blessings that make us happy come through the Word. But if you leave the Word, you will be unhappy. The wages of sin is death, and sin deprives man of absolute life and power, life's mission, eternal inheritance, and prosperity on earth. Sin begins in the human heart and dominates life.
But if people don't have eyes to see God, they don't know how deadly sin is to their soul and life. Also, they are unaware that there are many lies spread by evil spirits who have gained power in the air among common sense common in the world.
The soul accumulated in sin rather trusts itself in sin, and even if it thinks it rejects it, in reality, it cannot escape from the nature of pursuing sin, and in essence, it falls into a child of wrath.
The happiness we feel with sin is either false or only temporary. The happiness that a person should enjoy has eternity and must be at a level that is not affected by the temporal conditions of the world.
Those who have sin are affected by the winds and waves of the world. So, depending on the conditions of the world, you may feel happy or unhappy. However, the true happiness that God created human beings should enjoy is eternal happiness that is not affected by the conditions of the world, can rejoice, enjoy peace, and love others in any situation. This is called the heavenly experience.
2. Go on the road to find lost happiness
You must first know the way to true happiness. And you must adore You must know that it is worth longing for with all your heart, with all your mind, and with all your life. Those who do not desire are those who do not know.
Do you hate, oppose, and cut off everything that makes you unhappy? You must choose with absolute values. Jesus cannot be said to be Lord except through the Holy Spirit. Longing for Jesus, the Lord of true happiness, is also the knowledge and will of the Holy Spirit. Life is not capable of finding happiness on its own.
Above all, we must free ourselves from sin, which is the decisive cause that robs us of happiness. The only Lord who sets us free from sin is Jesus Christ. The love of God who created man made Jesus die on the cross to set us free from our sins. He is the Almighty God who makes life and knows life.
Do not live your life of faith in the Lord Jesus in a formal way! It is no exaggeration to say that true happiness cannot be enjoyed through a formal religious life. However, many church members today are hesitant to go to the goal of freeing themselves from sin as the foundation of their faith and enjoying true happiness. Why? They are caught up in the false persistence of seeking happiness in a place where sin still reigns supreme. get out! Don't be stubborn! Search for the happiness of salvation from the Lord! Pray to enjoy the happiness of heaven that you have never experienced before!
Faith in the Lord Jesus is not confined to the knowledge and formality of doctrine. This belief is what makes us real change. But how can we experience the power of the cross of the Lord if we do not actually need the Lord Jesus, who shed His blood on the cross, do not discover and mourn for our sins, and pray daily knowing that we do not have the strength to live God's commandments? !
Let's discover ourselves by reading, listening, and meditating on the Word every day! And let's pray to repent of our original sins and our own sins! If you do, you will surely answer those who ask, and you will experience true happiness. It will allow you to experience heavenly happiness unaffected by any conditions in the world.
When they experience heavenly happiness in the Lord Jesus, that person will become an unstoppable witness of the gospel. The generations to come will reveal the riches of Christ's grace.
<Conclusion>
Let's seek the knowledge of true happiness! Let's seek the faith that cuts off misfortune! Let's seek the Lord Jesus Christ, the way to true happiness, and go on the way to enjoy His grace every day!