Title: What is Salvation? Matthew 16:13-20
What is the biggest mistake Christians make? They do not know the gospel well. Paul said that the depth, breadth, and height of the gospel cannot be measured. Even though they know Christ and the Gospel, in reality the Gospel does not belong to them and they cannot taste it. As time goes by, it gets harder and harder, but I don't know why difficulties come.
1. What is salvation?
No matter how long you live your life of faith, it is of no use unless you change your status. Being caught up in sin, hell, and Satan is called destiny. Getting out of here is called salvation. Since man can never escape from his destiny, God sent Christ to set us free from sin, curses, calamities, and the power of Satan. The moment you believe in Jesus, the problems of the past, present, and future are completely resolved and you become a child of God, and this is salvation.
2. People's illusions
When Jesus asked his disciples, “Who do people say that I am?”, they answered John the Baptist, Elijah, Jeremiah, and one of the prophets. This is the wrong answer. There are many people who still think this way. It is misunderstood that the essence of life of faith is to cry for justice and social movement like John the Baptist, to exercise mystic power like Elijah, to be philanthropic like Jeremiah who weeps, and to live a religious life like a prophet. Religion worships idols and worships demons, not the gospel.
3. What does Christ mean?
The original meaning of Christ is “one who is anointed”. In the Old Testament times, when priests, prophets, and kings were established, they were anointed with oil. Combining these three words is the meaning of Christ. He came as a true prophet and opened the way to meet God. He came as a true priest to solve all sins on the cross, and came as a true king to completely break the invisible power of Satan. Christ is the solution to all problems. If you taste this taste, the work of great answers will happen.
4. How can we enjoy the blessings of salvation?
Because we cannot be saved through our actions or efforts, we will be saved if we just believe, and we will enjoy the blessing of salvation even if we change our constitution even a little. Even if you enjoy the gospel a little in the midst of conflict, the evidence will appear.
[Forum Topic] Pray that you will taste Jesus Christ and the mystery of salvation and see the true answers.
The response of the church given by God
Don't run to the fulfillment of work, be guided only by the Word
However, God, who gives the Word and fulfills the Word, gave a wonderful response from the church before the year ended in December 2006. At the time when the possibility of several church relocations was thwarted, our hearts became humble and we held on to the pulpit like life, when all the saints united and built an invisible church in the field, there was no place to sit in the small underground church. When even mothers stood and worshiped, the God of the covenant gave the church the answer as promised.
Ten years ago, the weak World Gospel Church that had worshiped with a banner hanging on the mountain received a response from a wonderful church that would conquer culture. God, who gave the Word according to the time schedule of world evangelization, allowed us to obtain a “large and beautiful temple that was not built.” A startling has occurred that will not be understood by our unbelief, calculation, and wisdom.