Title: The Way to Maintain Blessings
Contents Date 04.2.29 Weekday Daytime Hits 9 Preacher Pyo Se-cheol Text Message Deuteronomy 4:40 Title The Way to Maintain Blessings “Keep the ordinances and commands of the Lord, which I am giving you today, so that you and your descendants may be blessed, and the Lord your God will give you I will live forever in the land you are giving me.”
For the Israelites who had been slaves for 430 years under the oppression of Egypt, the Exodus was God's blessing and grace.
Also, the abundant life in the land of Canaan is God's blessing.
The Israelites, who inherited a land flowing with milk and honey, are clearly a nation blessed by God.
This was the fulfillment of the promise already made to Abraham and inherited through Isaac and Jacob.
However, in order for the Israelites to enjoy this wonderful blessing for a long time, several conditions were necessary. It was none other than the conditions for enjoying God's grace as God's people.
This is the same as the saints who have become children of God must live righteously as children of God in order to fully enjoy the blessings of salvation.
1. Remember and obey God's blessings
The biggest reason the people of Israel have absolutely no choice but to obey God's commands is that they have received God's blessings abundantly.
Israel is a nation created by God's grace and blessing, and a nation that has received the land of Canaan as a promise.
If God had decided to judge them only with the blade of justice, none of them would have survived.
However, God did not forsake Israel either in Egypt or in the wilderness, but loved them and led them to the Promised Land.
This is just as the saints received the blessing of salvation only through the grace of Christ's work of redemption.
Although we have no merit, we have become children of God through the grace and blessing of God who saved us.
Therefore, we must obey God's Word just as the Israelites had to obey God's commands.
"God's Miracles and Mercy toward Israel"---Moses warning against idolatry, though he was warning against idolatry, knew that they would eventually serve idols and be driven out of the Promised Land.
Thus, Moses prophesies of Israel's idolatry, exile, and restoration to the Promised Land, and once again emphasizes the Almighty God who restores them.
Just as the Lord undoubtedly lifted the whip when his beloved child goes astray, true love must be able to lift the rod of love when his or her child goes astray or commits iniquity.
However, many parents today become 'Sweet Fathers' who cannot discipline and discipline their children just because they are adorable, and not only fail to show true love for their children, but also make them grow into children with great problems in society. is to drink.
Yes Tue---Share the pain
This is a story from the short story 'Remarriage' by Mark Rotherford.
There was a woman who remarried with a teenage daughter.
Watching her daughter clash with her stepfather every day, the woman fell into extreme despair and eventually fell ill.
At that time, the daughter stayed up two nights to nurse her mother.
But after taking care of her mother, the daughter became a very different person.
After experiencing the pain of others, he became a new being.
A person who participates in the pain of others, while understanding, throws away prejudice and becomes a new person.
2. Believing in the promise and obeying it with joy
It is the natural duty of those who have been saved by God's grace to always remember God's blessings of salvation and to voluntarily obey His Word out of love for God.
Surprisingly, however, God has promised that he will grant abundant grace to those who have done something too natural.
In other words, God promised that if they absolutely obey His commands, He will strengthen them, grant them possession of the land of Canaan, make them live in the land for a long time, and grant them special protection and blessings of abundant fruit and prosperity. .
Therefore, the Israelites had to firmly believe in this promise of God and obey it with a more joyful heart.
This also applies to the saints who are going toward heavenly Canaan. Truly, when we obey God's word with joy, we must do our best to follow God's word while looking at the promised reward that God has prepared, just as an athlete strives for the prepared reward.
God not only saved us from sin and death, but also gave us the blessing of the kingdom of God.
It is the result of God's blessing that we can hope for the kingdom of God.
However, in order to fully enjoy this blessing, just as the Israelites received the promise of the land of Canaan and were tested in the wilderness, they must keep the fidelity of their faith in this world.
As we have already seen, the way is to remember God's blessings and obey God's Word.
Yes Tue---Looks good
Good things can't always happen. Sometimes we fail and sometimes we feel frustrated.
As if our life is like a life in a wild wilderness, failures and setbacks can always be with us.
Don't say "you're ugly" to someone who fails at something and comes in on grass.
A counter punch to a person who is staggering and unable to control his body, causing him to fall completely.
Don't pour cold water that says "it's ugly" on a burning bonfire. Whoo~~~ and blow a wind of encouragement.
That bonfire will be a fire that illuminates the darkness and melts the cold.
Say “You can do it” or “This failure is a good experience.”
Dear brothers and sisters, we should always use positive and hopeful words. A single word can save a dying person. If possible, it should be a blessed life that saves dying souls by spreading the word of God.
I hope that you will become believers who remember and obey God's blessings and maintain the blessings God has given you. I hope that you will become saints who believe in the promises and obey them with a happy heart to maintain the blessings God has given you.