Title: The True Church/Acts 11:19-26
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The word “church” contains the members of the saints who gave their best to keep their faith.
There are sweat and tears of faithful saints in the midst of difficulties,
There is the blood of the saints who spilled their own blood and died because they could not throw it away.
Among the words used by human beings, there is no word that has a more painful history than the church.
will be. In history, many evil forces have come to destroy the church from this earth.
They used all kinds of evil methods to harass and tempt the saints. fact history
The various methods of inhuman torture within
method was developed.
The church in Jerusalem, where the church had barely begun, also suffered this pain. map of pillars
James the son was beheaded and martyred, and he was a faithful worker in the church.
Stephen, an ardent evangelist, was stoned to death.
The church in Antioch in the text was also organized with such pain. sude
After the half martyrdom, many saints gathered in Antioch. Even among the Gentiles
Hearing the rumors of the Antioch Church in West Island, they flocked to the Antioch Church.
It was a church built by people who had left their hometown because of their faith. belief
Because of this, it was a church formed by the believers who had lost their jobs and left. once well
It was a church that gave up everything in the world to believe and became one through faith.
Therefore, despite the many problems of the church in Antioch,
It has become a church like a long church.
Among the words we use, the word [answer] has many meanings.
All. It’s like a woman or a bookkeeper, like a church member, like an official, like a church. be like
means that its content is worthy of its name.
The Antioch Church was truly a church-like church. Many in the history of the early church
All the churches were great churches, but they all had some problems.
The Lindo church was a church with many conflicts and sects, and usually many churches were legal.
You can see that he had faith. But the Antioch church is a church-like model.
it had moisture.
1. A church that evangelizes is a church that is like a church.
If you read the Acts of the Apostles, you can see that the Jerusalem church is an example when the church is rapidly reviving.
Forgetting the mission of preaching the gospel to Jerusalem, to all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth
Let it go, and gather together every day, breaking bread, having fellowship, and listening to the Word.
I thought that I was fulfilling my duty of religious life.
At this time, terrible persecution broke out in Jerusalem, and all the saints were scattered.
The place where the saints who had no choice but to lose and were scattered to various countries to escape persecution were scattered
By establishing a church in Asia Minor, the gospel spread widely throughout Asia Minor.
One of the reasons the church suffers is because it does not preach the gospel.
All. Also, one of the reasons that the saints face trials is that they do not preach the gospel.
because it doesn't So woe to me if I do not preach the gospel.
said He also told us to always focus on preaching the gospel, in season and out of season.
All.
However, as the Antioch Church undertakes the church's growth and missionary mission,
It has become a central church. An important feature of the history of the church is that it is not a character history.
is. It's not about the building. The heart of the history of the church is the history of evangelism
to be. The story of the evangelist regardless of anyone's story is the history of the church.
So, starting with the evangelist Stephen's story, Philip's story of evangelism
The history of the church is recorded through the story of Paul's evangelism. The Bible is the history of the church
When writing this, only the history of evangelism is thoroughly recorded.
Therefore, a church that does not evangelize is a sleeping church that has lost its history and is evangelistic.
Those who do not do this will be people who do not belong to the history of the church. do not evangelize
The saints are the Gentiles in the church. The purpose of the church is to spread the gospel
is to do
Titus 1:3 In his own time he manifested his word through evangelism, which is our evangelism.
He said it was entrusted to me by the Lord God.
No postman ever spoke of such pride for his job.
There is this.
Even if the mail you deliver is only a piece of paper to you, you will receive it.
that it can be a content that can determine one's own destiny
All. Therefore, he delivered the letter with the idea that he was delivering a piece of paper.
Instead of delivering a letter with the mission of delivering one person's fate,
will be. So, beyond the material weight of the letter, the content has nothing
is to deliver the crab.
So is the mission of the evangelist. A simple message from me can save a soul
We must know that we can create a work to awaken and save the place of perdition
do.
2. A church that nurtures workers is a church that is like a church.
The church in Antioch had a good tradition, which produced good workers.
was the church. There was a worker like Barnabas in the church, and Paul the apostle
He was also a missionary sent by the Antioch church. as well as manaen
Herod's brother was there, and a black man like Simeon was in charge of the church.
was loyal.
You can tell the level of the church by looking at the workers of that church. any church
The level of the church can be seen from the figure of the workers it has established. the church
Because it is a gathering of people, not a building. The level of office holders in our church is
This is the level of our church.
The church in Antioch was a black man, Simeon, who held the second highest responsibility after Barnabas.
was sleeping Pursuing the faith despite the presence of influential people like Herod's younger brother Manaen
It can be seen that Arthur set up a direct ruler. This is the level of faith of the church in Antioch
It shows how high it is.
Our church must also be nurtured as a church where people of faith are respected. insect
The church should be nurtured as a church where holy people are respected. so that this church
You can develop loyal people. A person who prays is respected and evangelizes
We need to nurture it into a church that receives precious treatment.
The blessed age refers to the age in which faithful people are respected. the cursed era
It refers to an era in which faithful people were unfairly treated and deceitful people were treated.
All. The Bible shows us that.
3. A church that helps others is a church that is like a church.
The Antioch Church has been working hard for the difficult churches suffering from famine.
It was a church that gathered money and helped the churches in need through Paul and Barnabas.
Thinking only about our church, thinking only about my family, thinking only about myself
The idea is a very scary thought. Helping churches in need is helping the Lord
Helping neighbors in need is also helping the Lord. So the Lord is young
He said that not helping those who are crying is what you did not do to me.
A person is wise in estimating the profit that will return to him when he meets
There are some people who think first of all, and there are those who put the benefit to others first.
All. The one who seeks first his own good is the one who does not know the Lord rightly.
All. Love did it, not seeking its own.
Some people do something, but there is always someone who puts them first.
On the other hand, strangely, there are people who put the interests of others first.
All. It looks stupid and it looks sad.
Jesus' parable of the good Samaritan demonstrates this.