Title: What is Happiness? /Matthew 5:1-12
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A Frenchman 젋 came to see a psychiatrist. He told me about his emotional anxiety and depression and asked for a prescription. While the doctor was talking, a famous comedy actor came to the city and put on a show, and it will help you in your treatment. I made a recommendation.
Then the young man stood up helplessly. And as they open the hospital door and walk out, they mumble as if moaning. 'I bow my head and move forward helplessly, knowing that the comedian is me...
The comedian who brought laughter to many people and made them happy for that moment was not happy and was suffering from depression.
Where is true happiness?
As a poet once said, “Going to find happiness beyond that mountain, and then returning with only tears.” would be what we are today.
The God who created us came to give us true happiness and teach us true happiness.
Galilee is a very geographically beautiful and prosperous place.
To the north is Mount Helmon, which is covered with snow all year round, so melt water always flows into the Sea of Galilee, and in the morning dew wets the wide land.
The Sea of Galilee was always clean and there were many fishermen living there.
Although it is a lake, it always contains clean water because it takes in the melt water of Mount Hermon from above and flows it down into the Jordan River. It was a peaceful Galilee.
But the people of Galilee were not at peace and not happy. Many were suffering from disease, poverty, and Roman oppression.
The Lord came to Galilee.
Jesus chose his disciples and traveled all over Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom and healing many sick people. And at night he took his disciples and went to the mountain to pray,
As he comes down from the mountain with his disciples in the morning, he meets a large crowd of people who come to Jesus on the mountain.
These unhappy people of Galilee came to the Lord in search of happiness and to obtain happiness.
The Lord did not even eat breakfast, but the Lord did not settle in a place where they could be seen. And he opened his mouth and began to speak the truth of happiness, this message is the famous Beatitudes.
Our Bible says, “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.”
However, if you look at the text of the Bible, the order is different.
“Happy, blessed, blessed. You poor in spirit/ for theirs is the kingdom of God.”
“Blessed are you. Mourners ./ for we will be comforted.
What do we want to enjoy the most?
Among the things that human beings long for the most, it is probably happiness.
I got married to be happy, and to be happier, I ask for this and that and work.
So what is true happiness? What is the true blessing?
The traditional blessings of Korea are known as 'living long, getting rich, becoming successful, having many children, being healthy, and so on. [#51220] Of these customs, when we ask God for blessings, we tend to have ups and downs of faith in seeking worldly blessings rather than the teachings of the Bible.
The first words that Jesus taught when he opened his mouth taught us what true happiness is and what kind of person is a happy person.
The word “blessing” that is repeatedly used in the text is macarios (μακάριοσ) in Greek. This word has several unique meanings, but I will mention three.
1. Used to indicate the existence or characteristics of a god.
1 Timothy 1:11 This teaching is the gospel of the glory of the blessed God, which has been entrusted to me.
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1 Timothy 6:15 When the time comes, God will show his appearing.
Blessed and the only mighty one, King of kings, Lord of lords,
Paul says that God Himself is blessed. That God Himself is happy.
He tells us that the source of human happiness is God Himself.
The source of happiness lies in God. Human happiness comes from God.
Only through a right relationship with God can we achieve happiness and enjoy happiness.
Paul learned the best of science and was a promising young man who was recognized by a good family, Roman citizenship, and the leaders of the time.
In today's political terms, it was a smart and capable 젋Eun who was recognized as the undisputed leader of the next generation.
But not everything he had made him happy.
Zeal and passion for religion did not bring happiness.
After meeting Jesus on the road to Damascus, Paul experienced what true happiness is.
Paul was happy because he threw away everything that was in his heart and lived only with God, the source of blessing.
They were happy even when they suffered, and they were happy even when they suffered persecution. Even if we were faced with the danger of death, if we were beaten, if we were poor, or if we were tormented by disease, it did not matter because we have the Lord who is the source of happiness.
Happiness begins from the moment we humans come to the cross of the Lord, repent of our sins and accept Jesus Christ as our Lord and Lord of salvation.
It is to enjoy happiness the moment we call God our Father through the Holy Spirit of Jesus Christ.
The moment our Heavenly Father _____________ is, happiness springs up in our hearts.
2. The etymology of the word blessing has the meaning of offering to God.
It is said that the word blessing in English is derived from the word ‘sacrifice of blood’ (blessing).
When they offered blood sacrifices, they found the meaning of blessing in the sacrifices offered by consecration.
Happiness is not just having possessions. How much you have is not a measure of happiness.
True happiness lies in giving. True happiness begins with giving to God. This is the teaching of the Bible.
Happiness does not come to those who are full of the selfishness of possession. No matter how much he has, he is never satisfied.
But those who live a life of devotion are indescribably happy even when they give the least.
There is some truth in the words of communist Karl Marx, ‘the more you have, the more alienated you are from human life’.
The passion of possession makes humans obsessed with desire. Sometimes this desire causes us to sin against God. But from the moment we learn to know and give to God, the Lord of all things, we feel happy and free.
The spirit of worship is the spirit of dreaming. Happiness is not in possessions, but in dreams.
3. The word “happiness” has the meaning of “contributing to the lives of others.”
No matter what a person says about me, a person who contributes to their life by telling good stories about them is a happy person.
Romans 12:14 - “Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse”
Destroy both those who take vengeance and those who seek vengeance.
Forgiveness alone makes both the forgiver and the forgiven happy.
Happiness is a gift from God that comes to those who bless their neighbors.
Happiness comes to us when we love God and love our neighbor.
The Bible teaches that happiness is a gift that comes when you make a beautiful contribution to the lives of others.
How do I contribute? By teaching the word of God, by praying, by guiding us in the right way...
By standing up when you fall...
closing words
We must pay attention to the fact that the happiness Jesus speaks of is spiritual and personal, not material and temporal.
The poor in spirit, those who mourn, those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, those who are merciful, those who are pure in heart...
Happiness lies in what you have; I say that it depends on what kind of person I become.
Please believe that our happiness comes from God the Creator who made us in His image.
We have happiness when we live a life that we give to God.
There is true happiness when you make a beautiful contribution to the lives of others.
Today is a historic day when the Lord broke the power of death and rose again.
By the death of the Lord, our sins are forgiven. This is our happiness.
The Lord rose from the dead on the third day. We who are in Christ have a resurrection to live again even if we die. This is our happiness.
The Lord's death and resurrection set us free from sin and its wickedness. This is our happiness.
I pray that you believe that you have found your lost happiness through the resurrection of the Lord.
I bless you with full of spiritual happiness with the risen Lord.,
I wish you personal and family happiness in the Word.