Title: Words After Resurrection
Last week we celebrated Easter Sunday.
To the disappointing disciples, they were skeptical at first in the face of the too great reality, but as the Lord Himself appeared to them and showed them, their faith began to be strengthened.
If it's from someone who's died and came back to life, you probably still need to listen carefully. In that sense, today's text was the words the Lord spoke to His disciples after He was resurrected. We need to think about the message it gives us today.
Looking at the background of today's text, the disciples were still locking the doors for fear of the Jews. The news of the Resurrection, which began to be transmitted from the women who visited the tomb, was passed from mouth to mouth, and now the disciples gathered again.
Peter and John also confirmed the empty tomb, so he asked, 'How did this happen?' They must have been gathered together in a very excited state.
They must have been gathered together in a state of excitement in one way or another, hearing the words of the women that the Lord had risen and told them to go to Galilee and that they would meet them there. In this state, the Jews were still closing the doors for fear, but suddenly the Lord appeared from the middle and spoke three words to the disciples. Today, we are going to share grace through the three words of the Lord after the resurrection.
1. First, he said, 'Peace be with you.'
This is also a Jewish greeting.
It means "Are you all in peace?"
When we meet people, we ask 'Hello?' Say hello.
The most precious thing to a person is .
However, the meaning of this word is very important.
In the original Greek text of the Bible, it is called 'Eirene'.
The English Bible translates this as "Peace".
When translated into Korean, it translates mainly as 'peace'.
If so, it would have to say, "Peace be with you...".
However, the word 'Eirene' here is a gift of God's grace from above. This is the gift of God's grace.
Therefore, clothes are the most precious thing for humans.
The Hebrews called this. means fullness without lack in all fields.
This is only when the mind and body are at peace.
For the mind and body to be at peace, it cannot be done by human strength.
Even if I try to be at peace, things don't go my way.
People mistakenly think that if they eat well, dress well, and live in a spacious house, their body will be at peace. However, it is not. Physical health is not something that I am careful about. Until yesterday, I saw a man who had been exercising every morning and rubbing cold water every day even in the cold winter, lying down overnight.
Also, if you want to have peace of mind, you do not have to have everything in your body. How many people suffer from heartache even if they have all the physical conditions? Therefore, true peace must be the peace of mind and body together, which is only a gift of God's grace.
is not something that humans can create.
If the voice that the risen Lord first heard to the disciples who were trembling in fear was peace, we should also have peace from the Lord today.
We are to live in constant vigilance from the forces of evil that threaten us. So, it is our reality to live with the door of our heart closed.
You don't know how great the stress of modern people is today.
Threats to life, threats to work, threats to health, vague anxiety about the future, etc... are all things that frighten us.
In the midst of this, we are living in a state of trepidation.
What we most need is peace.
People try very hard to be happy, but there is no peace. Peace is in a state of brokenness in individual hearts, families, and even between peoples and nations. The way to restore this broken peace is when the Lord of the Resurrection comes to our hearts. And we must listen to the voice of the Lord. A voice must be heard saying, “There is this to you.”
Even today, those who hear this voice rise again from their despairing reality.
Just as the disillusioned disciples were excited again, the only way to get back up from the disappointment in life is to listen to the voice of the Lord.
2. Second, he said, 'I am also sending you.'
This is your second statement.
What people need is to get approval from others and get a job.
There is nothing more difficult than playing without work.
And there's nothing more exciting than getting recognition from someone.
All the disciples were in despair.
When they think of Jesus dying on the cross, their future must have been insecure.
'Now, how should we live?' It would have been dumb.
I must have been in a very deep frustration.
At this time, the Lord appeared and gave them a mission, saying, 'As the Father has sent me, so I am sending you'.
Upon hearing this, the disciples gained strength.
The most powerful thing in the world is to obey the Lord's command and run errands.
When you think of it as the Lord's errand, you have nothing to fear, nothing to be ashamed of, and nothing to be ashamed of.
The disciples couldn't have been more happy than this.
How happy they must have been when the Lord, who they thought was dead, came back to life and told them, 'I am sending you too'!
In this harsh world today, it is our believers who have received the portion of this errand from the Lord. So for those who believe in Jesus well, they cannot sit down under any circumstances. Whatever you do, if you live with the sense of mission you received from the Lord, you can overcome everything.
How boring would it be if you were forced to live a real life?
We are not people who cannot die. No matter what I do, I am here to say that I have to live thinking that I have been sent by the Lord.
The Christian Presbyterian Church is a progressive denomination among the Presbyterian denominations, and the church felt that way. When he was playing in the field of the ministry at a very young age, he suddenly contracted tuberculosis that vomited blood. I did not know that a long time had already passed and I became a terminally ill patient.
On the other hand, it is said that he had doubts toward God. “Why are you giving me such trials?” she cried with regret. Upon arriving at the sanatorium, he saw that he was placed in the most intensive care unit.
It is said that not all of the people there were going to survive, but they were all going to the mortuary after a while.
Some of the patients in the room at night coughed and coughed up blood, and I took care of them. It is said that he discovered God's will at some point by wiping away blood when he vomited it, and starting to help those who could not control his body. I realized, "That's right, that's what God meant for me to be here!" Since there would be no one to take care of them with a healthy body, I realized that this was the will of God who sent me here, so I took care of the patients diligently. As a result, he forgot all his ailments, and his ailments got better while he was chasing after them who were dying every day. A miracle happened. He was discharged again and served as the president of a seminary that nurtures servants of the Lord.
As I read this article, I realized that there is no despair for the saints. The words of the risen Lord, “As the Father has sent me, so I am sending you” this is the voice we hear.
Now, we must live as those entrusted with the Lord's errand in the field of life, no matter what happens.
Whether I go to the police department, I am hospitalized, or I have been promoted to a high position, we must be conscious that they are the Lord's errands in the field of our lives.
In that case, there is nothing we cannot afford.
This means that you can win in any environment.
In any case, we must become witnesses of the resurrection and live strong in the field of life.
3. Third, 'Receive the Holy Spirit'.
The Holy Spirit is the source of and.
You must receive the Holy Spirit to realize the truth and to exercise your power. When we say that we are told to receive the Holy Spirit while taking a deep breath, it means that we are breathing together with the Lord. The Lord is with the believers even now so that they can live with power.
Poems that were like dry grass in the empty fields are like rain to the soul, the Holy Spirit has the power to revive. When the wind of the Holy Spirit blew, the dry bones became a great army. That was the vision of the Valley of Ezekiel, and it was experienced through the coming of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost.
After the weak and powerless disciples received the Holy Spirit according to the word of the Lord, they all went out and cried out together.
“Jesus of Nazareth is the Son of God and our eternal Savior,” he boldly declared.
This was completely the power of the Holy Spirit.
They were disciples who had no education, no possessions, and no social status. After hearing their words, they were moved and 3,000 people repented. They confessed, saying, "Then, brothers! What should we do..." and receiving the Lord happened. How could this be human power?
Today, the Holy Spirit empowers believers.
Come out boldly and shout.
Look at the people who evangelize.
It's bold. No fear at all.
It is said that when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, you will receive power.
When you receive the Holy Spirit, you will go out to Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and to the ends of the earth to be my witnesses.
That was Underwood who brought the gospel to us, and it was the Appen Sellers.
They were all young men in their twenties. It was never by their own willpower.
As a result, today's church on earth was created, and as a result, the gospel reached Korea and now it is a country that exports the gospel.
Now, I hope that all of us will become evangelizers in a life filled with the Holy Spirit. ♣