Title: Unity of Faith / Luke 5:18-26
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United Faith / Luke 5:18-26
People brought a paralyzed man on a bed to bring him in before Jesus, but the crowd forced him to carry him.
And because there was no way to enter, he went up to the roof, removed the tiles, and put the sick on a bed into the midst of the crowd.
They were brought down before Jesus, and when he saw their faith, he said to him, Man, your sins are forgiven.
So the scribes and the Pharisees consulted and said, "Who is speaking these blasphemies?"
Who can forgive sins except God? Jesus, knowing the reasoning, answered and said,
What are you discussing in your hearts, saying, Your sins are forgiven, and get up and walk?
Which is easier to say? But do you know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins?
Let it be known.” And he said to the paralytic, “I tell you, get up and take your bed.
Go home.” The man immediately got up from before them, took what he had been lying on, and prayed
When they returned to their homes, they were amazed and glorified God, and they were very afraid.
And he said, Today we have seen a marvelous thing (Luke 5:18-26).
The past week has been chaotic due to a terrorist incident that will astonish the world.
A terrorist attack that struck the heart of the self-proclaimed superpower America was something no one could have imagined.
It happened.
Just like the US attacked Pearl Harbor 60 years ago by Japan in 1941,
It is truly amazing that this time, at an unexpected time, he suffered several ten times and hundreds of times more than that.
It can't be work.
On December 8, 1941, at 7:45 a.m., Pearl Harbor was attacked in unison.
by star bombing
① 6 battleships ② 1 cruiser ③ 2 tankers ④ 188 airplanes ⑤ 2,280 soldiers ⑥ civilians 68
had caused deaths.
On the other hand, the hijacking of the airliner and the suicide attack terrorism this time happened in a few seconds,
), the material damage suffered much more than ten times, so the United States is now a national war
It is in a state of declaring .
The world is changing rapidly due to unexpected events.
Today, too, we are not going to watch fire across the sea, but remember what the Lord said.
I'll have to.
"The eighteen who died when the tower fell in Siloam were more guilty than all who lived in Jerusalem.
Do you know that there are more? I tell you, no, but unless you repent, you will all likewise
We need to reflect on the words He said that “will perish” (Luke 13:4-5).
In that sense, today we must once again close our collars and reflect on ourselves.
What should we think when we see so many people dying at once this time?
are you?
Is it because they sin more than us?
We must understand the teaching of the saying that unless you repent, you will perish likewise.
In that sense, we cannot help thinking about today's issue of unification on the Korean Peninsula.
Now, the ministers of the two Koreas are coming to Seoul to share their opinions for peace and unification between the two Koreas.
Also, tomorrow, ahead of the opening of the 86th General Assembly of this church called the Christian Firstborn Church, the
We cannot help thinking about the inter-Korean issues for half a century.
As I ponder this text, who is today's hemiplegic? I thought about it.
It may be an individual, but it can also be viewed as a country and a people.
In other words, it can be seen as a problem between the two Koreas that have not been united with our waists cut.
If we look at the problems between the two Koreas today, we are really suffering from a chronic disease that we cannot cure by ourselves
You should see that there is.
How can I fix this?
Let's think about a few things through today's text.
First, seeing that this patient was healed, it was not an individual belief, but the united faith of many people.
You can see that it started with the note.
1. First, we were united in showing compassion for the sick.
Many patients in the Bible came to Jesus on their own or were healed by their faith.
The sick person who appears in my text was healed by the faith of others.
There are features.
This can be seen in the faith that usually takes pity on him.
There were many people, but they were united in the belief that this paralyzed man should be brought to Jesus.
is the word.
Even today, if you look narrowly, there are many unbelievers who are half paralyzed and cannot stand up on their own, but they
They have not been able to lead them to the Lord because their pitiful spiritual eyes are not opened.
I see.
Also, if you look at this with a broad eye, there are many cases today that look at North Korea differently.
I did.
The fact that there are many different thoughts because they cannot be united in the eyes of pity for them.
will also have to admit.
However, for those who believe in our God, we are united in pitying our North Korean compatriots.
We must have faith.
The North Korean regime and North Korean compatriots should be viewed separately.
Just like seeing these paralyzed compatriots in the North who are oppressed and naked by the North Korean regime,
Faith that unites in the eyes of all Christians must arise.
What sin are these northern workers and peasants?
Moreover, how can you feel pity when you see the children in the north are starving to death?
wouldn't you?
Are you saying that if you unite in the faith to lead them to the Lord, they can be easily healed?
All.
If you become one with the belief that it should lead you to Jesus Christ, then the problem starts from there.
It is said that Marie is caught.
In that sense, autumn is the season of fruitfulness.
Spiritually, now is the harvest time.
At times like these, we are all like those who led this paralytic to the Lord,
Our gaze must be personally turned to the spiritual unbelievers around us,
As a nation, the perspective on North Korea must change.
And we must become one in the faith to lead them to the Lord.
2. We are united not only in our hearts, but also in faith in action.
There are many people who preach only with words.
There are many people who evangelize only with their thoughts.
But without action, there is no point.
Because miracles are the result of faith in action.
Today, political and economic support alone does not solve the problem.
The power of the Lord must be with you.
This does not mean that simply eating a pitiful heart is not enough.
Acting faith toward the Lord must follow.
That's what's important.
In what direction should help appear?
We must become one with the action that we must turn to the Lord.
Please see all the miraculous experiences in the Bible.
All were given out of obedience to the Lord.
The disciples, who had been catching fish all night, failed to catch a single fish, and the day dawned
When the Lord said, 'Go out into the deep and let down your nets',
They broke their will and showed obedience.
“We have toiled through the night, and have gained nothing, but at the word we will let down our nets.”
As we became one through the act of obedience, we experienced the experience of abundant harvest.
Today it is the same.
When you act in faith that your expertise obeys, you experience miracles.
Usually the word miracle is not in a rational or rational way,
These are the words we say when we see super-rational, super-rational results.
Here lies the mystery and great power of faith.
It seems impossible, and it seems impossible, but an amazing history takes place there.
It is a miracle to see.
Even one of these men who go to Jesus on their couches said this was in vain.
Had it been, this patient would not have been able to heal.
Let's say that there was the expertise of a doctor or pharmacist.
How do you make a patient give birth to a bed?
It would have been impossible to say.
The same is true of today's issues of unification of the Korean Peninsula and of individual salvation.
When the North and South Koreans who believe in Jesus become one in their action faith toward the Lord, they will be able to experience miracles.
I believe.
Therefore, first of all, efforts should be made in which the churches of the two Koreas participate in the action of becoming one.
All.
I believe that the vision for the reunification of our Korean Peninsula will come true as Ezekiel prophesied.
Ezekiel 37:15-17 "The word of the LORD came to me again, saying, Son of man, you are a stick
And take another stick, and write on it, Judah and his companions, the children of Israel.
Write above the stick of Ephraim, Joseph and his companions, the whole house of Israel.
Be united and become one; the two will become one at your hand."
Therefore, we should look to the vision of unity in the hands of the Lord.
But here we can see what we are today.
If you question each other, calculate, evaluate, and even do not believe and doubt,
In such a belief, miracles do not occur.
Maybe it's because our day-to-day lives are all miracles, not living with professional knowledge.
is.
3. We are united in the conviction of the Lord who breaks through the roof.
There were so many people that we couldn't afford to break through.
So I went up to the roof, pierced the roof and sent the patient down on a bed.
This was not normal.
This was usually not certain.
Their faith was a confident faith.
It was not an indecisive faith.
Today is a time when that kind of faith is needed.
Miracles are born out of this unified faith.
It is very important to become one with the heart toward the Lord.
This is the only power the church can show the world.
In the world, each individual has his own opinion, but in the church, being one with the heart toward the Lord
This is important.
'Therefore, make every effort to keep the unity of the Holy Spirit'.
Separation, party formation, and division are said to be the works of the flesh.
We need to beat ourselves up every day to become one in our faith toward the Lord.
We always talk about the unification of Germany.
The greatest driving force for German reunification was the power of the churches between East and West Germany.
The conviction that they could become one in the Lord's hand was in them.
I think this is the most important thing.
We should have that kind of faith.
In the act of lowering the paralyzed country from the beheaded back before the Lord, the churches of the North and the South become one
is a thing.
Terrorism will inevitably lead to another terrorism.
The act of punishing evil, but lowering the bed before the Lord so that it may be in the hands of God.
We must become one in faith.
In that sense, the autumn that leads the poor neighbors we have never seen before to the Lord.
I hope it will be the season of
Pray that this will be expanded so that the churches of the north and the south can go to the point where they can become one before the Lord.
We must pray. ♣