Title: Worshipers / Matthew 2:11 - 12
Contents
Text: Matthew 2:11-12
Subject: “Worshipers”
If you look at the lives of Christian martyrs, you can discover that they are heroes of faith who ended up worshiping only God.
In the case of Korea
He was martyred while in prison because he did not bow down to the emperor other than God despite all kinds of conciliation and torture during the Japanese colonial rule.
1) object of worship
Who do you worship?
It really can't be that important.
◎ Life, the lord of all things
◎ Life created in the image of God
◎ Life with your head facing the sky
Who do you bow your head to? leaves the ego and tells who the worshiper is.
Some bow to the pig's head,
Some bow to strange rocks
Some bow down to another figure who cannot speak,
God,
The first commandment to the people of God, Thou shalt have no other gods before me,
You shall not make any image, you shall not bow down to them, you shall not serve them;
It was given as the second commandment.
So to whom are you bowing? indicates where he belongs to, the address of his faith.
◎ If you see and worship a Buddha, you are a Buddhist.
◎ If you see and worship strange rocks, you are an idol worshiper.
◎ If we worship only God and Jesus, we are saints and people of God.
There cannot be two shapes here.
Just as the bride and groom keep each other's chastity, they must have clear hearts, thoughts, and even actions.
These days,
There is one aspect that appears to be great.
◎ Middle school and nuns get along together and sing a hymn on Christmas Day and a hymn song on the beginning of April.
Now, we are raising love in front of a charity pot together with Jungdo.
Furthermore, a temple
We put up a banner saying congratulations on the birth of baby Jesus.
The world sees this and has great faith. Love may be good, but
In reality, it is the image of the fall that has been separated from each other.
It is a degenerate form of serving two masters.
It is like the image of a chastity woman serving two husbands.
Of course, not only the saints, but also people must make clear their affiliation.
Matthew 6:24 “No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, but he will be devoted to the one and despise the other.”
◎ The Israelites in Elijah's time worshiped two gods.
God has good faith in them. You do not praise the great love,
Why are you hesitating? He rebuked
If the LORD is God, follow him;
If Baal is God, he urges us to follow him.
Maybe in the world and in the world,
◎ How about these things, how about those things, the heads of Mt. Mansusan are entangled with arrowheads, I don't know what to do,
in the faith
In particular, in the Christian faith,
There is no compromise.
Only, this body dies and dies, heals and dies a hundred times.
You have to learn to be single-minded towards you.
So did Daniel and his three friends.
Even in captivity
He chose death to keep the cleavage of faith.
Saints anytime, anywhere
You must be a worshiper who worships only God and Jesus.
Look at the wise men.
He wasn't even an angel, he had Joseph and there was Mary, but he only worshiped the baby Jesus.
As for Jesus,
◎ Whether it is baby Jesus in the manger,
◎ Whether Jesus shed the blood of the cross,
◎ Whether it is Jesus who came as the Holy Spirit,
like the wise men from the east
We must worship regardless of age, occupation, or circumstance.
This means that God as Creator
And because it is an act of faith that confesses Jesus as Lord of all things.
2) the appearance of worship;
There are two things to keep in mind when worshiping God and Jesus.
① You must follow the revelation.
Often we worship.
They say we are praying
This worship service can be called a temple with courtesy.
What is the etiquette based on?
It must be done according to the worship model based on the Leviticus Sacrifice Law.
◎ Why is the psalm read during worship?
◎ Why is there a Sung Si Gyodok?
◎ Why is there a proclamation of the Word and a benediction?
Because God has revealed all of this.
So, don't neglect anything.
If interpreted differently,
God does not exist in a temple built by human hands, but in a temple built by his own hands.
Likewise,
adoration,
It is not the worship that man intended,
The Lord is satisfied with the revealed worship.
For example, the ark of salvation was not the will of Noah, but
Because it was built according to the pattern of God, it was able to float on the day of the flood.
It became the ark of salvation that endured the flood.
The same is true of the tabernacle in the wilderness.
It was not built according to the will of Moses or the people of Israel.
According to revelation,
Later, the glory of Jehovah, which was built, could fill the tabernacle.
therefore
As it was said, “It was as he was commanded” that Noah and Moses and we today can do.
It is worship according to revelation.
In the case of the early church
sacrament,
An example is the case where he ate and drank arbitrarily without revelation and then caused himself to become angry.
What are the characteristics of worship by revelation?
◎ No worship without blood.
Today, it is the worship of faith that believes in the merits of the blood.
◎ I had to worship with all my heart.
Matthew 22:37 “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind”
This worship is “worship in spirit and truth.” This is true worship.
These worshipers also dress differently.
The elder couple I know,
Whether it was early in the morning or on a rainy day, I always went to worship in a formal dress.
I asked
to worship God
He said that the day and time cannot be different.
Because he is a good worshiper.
It's a little hot, so take off and worship
Write that it is a little cold and refrain from worship
You must imitate this person.
② It should be done with gratitude.
Psalm 50:14 “Sacrifice to God with thanksgiving, and pay your vows to the Most High.”
Worship, the essence of worship,
Praise to God.
God's glory.
Thank God.
It is not a bargain or a bargain with God.
Because the wise men of the East knew this essence
He opened the treasure chest and offered a gift.
How are we?
When do you open the baby shower?
Open to whom?
A grandfather lives with his 96-year-old grandmother and has no children.
It took decades to prepare a place to be buried.
And I bought a mash field and donated it to the neighborhood.
◎ Do you open the treasure chest during worship?
◎ Do you offer gifts to the Lord?
Matthew 6:21 “Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also”
The true meaning of these words is because he wanted the hearts of worshipers rather than treasures.
indeed
What gold can I give you?
Myrrh? frankincense?
It may vary from person to person, but the important thing is
We must be able to open the treasure to the Lord, not me.
The complementary combination,
It can only be opened when the mind is first opened.
3) Seeking God
There are two kinds of faith.
I have faith to seek God,
We have faith to see God who seeks us.
All of them are great beliefs.
It is clear that the upright worshiper
God will surely find you.
◎ He also visited the eunuchs who came to worship in Jerusalem,
◎ The current magi are also looking for them.
You are worshipers.
Worship is both a great duty and a privilege.
Because not everyone can be a worshiper.
We don't entrust our heads to anyone.
Who can praise God's name and the saving grace he has bestowed upon us?
you allowed me
allowed us
like a magi from the east,
Let us worship with offerings and worship.