Title: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
(Consider, therefore, that you were then Gentiles in the flesh,
Those who are called uncircumcised by those who call it the rite; then you will
He was outside of Christ and was outside the kingdom of Israel, and he spoke of the covenants of promise.
man, who had no hope and had no God in the world, but now he who once was far away
In Christ Jesus you are drawn near by the blood of Christ, who is our peace
Since you were flat, you made one of the two, broke down the wall in the middle, and became enemies, that is, doubt.
having abolished in his flesh the law of the commandments which pertained to
made one new man to make peace, and made them two in one body to God through the cross
that he might make you thirsty, who destroyed your enmity on the cross, and came again,
He has preached peace to you and peace to those who are close to you.
so that we both may have access to the Father in one Spirit.
Therefore, from now on you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints.
You are of the household of God, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets.
La Christ Jesus Himself has become the corner stone, in whom every building stands
It becomes a temple in the Lord, and you too are a dwelling place of God in the Holy Spirit.
being built together in Jesus to become cattle)
1. Our life is divided into past, present and future in time.
We live in the past with memories, the present with conflicts and worries, and the future with expectations and hopes.
People say the present is the result of the past, and the future is the result of the present.
This means that the past, present, and future are interconnected.
This type of life is the same regardless of East and West.
In the process of personal growth, in the flow of an era,
There is always a past and a future.
When today turns into tomorrow and tomorrow approaches today,
All the joys and sorrows of human history are piled up there.
People look back on yesterday in the life they have walked in this way, and find themselves in the problems of today.
It is characterized by the ability to stand and ponder while looking to the future.
This is especially true in the life of faith.
The Apostle Paul looked at the yesterday, today, and tomorrow of his faith,
It taught us a deep lesson.
We look back on our own faith through his life,
I hope that as we overcome the present, we will have the confidence of tomorrow.
2. What were E and E in Paul's life?
When Paul met Jesus, the evaluation of his life changed completely.
Before meeting Christ, Paul had a life full of self-righteousness, pride, and pride.
He lived a life with privileges that no one else would have.
It was from the origin, it was the social status, it was the curriculum, it was the Jewish tradition.
He always boasted about his origins.
Of the 12 tribes of Israel, the son of Rachel, Jacob's favorite
He boasted that he was from the tribe of Benjamin.
And he boasted that he was circumcised on the 8th day after birth, and was a rapper until he was 12 years old.
He boasted that he had memorized and kept all the laws required by Bibi.
Not only that, he was not a native Jew, but a foreign Jew, a famous foreigner.
He studied Greek philosophy and rhetoric under the famous Professor Gamaliel at Dasa University.
I was very proud of the sound.
Not only that, but no one had the citizenship of the Great Roman Empire at the time.
I was proud that I was there.
In a word, his past was full of human pride and glory.
But how has his life changed since he met Jesus Christ?
Even if people change, I have changed so much that I wondered if I could change like that.
So full of self-respect, pride, and pride, he couldn't put it into words.
This has become
This change is called the work of being born again by the Holy Spirit.
① He became a humble person.
He described himself as an immature being, and was one of the worst among sinners.
They were called criminals, they were enemies of God, and they were children of wrath.
I did.
That is why I said that what I am today is only by the grace of God.
② He crucified all the boasting of the past.
I have become a person who exalts only Jesus Christ.
All that was formerly regarded as good, because of the noblest knowledge of Christ Jesus
It was said to have been thrown away like dust.
He said, "The person of Jesus Christ must crucify his passions and lusts" (Galatians 5:24).
And “I have been crucified with Christ, and now I live
No, but Christ lives in me, and now I live in the flesh
is to believe in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me
to live in well” (Galatians 2:20).
And he said he would die every day.
Jesus Christ changed Paul's life in this way.
We should look into our present life from Paul's post-conversion life.
is.
① How humble have I been compared to before I believed in Jesus?
② How many of my fleshly greed have been crucified?
③ How much have I thrown away the things of the past that I was proud of?
We have to think deeply.
Believe in Jesus and discover for yourself that something has changed in you.
Your personality must also change.
Your lifestyle must also be different from what it used to be. (horse, gambling, hobbies)
Some people say that if they believe in Jesus, they can't get along with their friends, so they don't go to church.
There are people who can't. Hobbies and actually friends are also changing.
3. Paul lived a confident life with a guaranteed future.
People accept that the future is uncertain.
Because the future is not guaranteed, I often feel conflicts in reality.
So, take insurance to secure your living, and make your own plans for your old age.
set up. Still, people are taken for granted that the future is uncertain.
But today Paul was not like that.
As he sums up his past and present, he has assured confidence in the future
I had. “I have fought the good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith.
From now on there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, the Lord, the righteous
It will be given to me by the judge on that day, and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing.
to those who have heard it” (2 Timothy 4:7-8).
This was a very certainty of the future.
This confidence in the future gave him the courage to face reality.
This confidence in the future enabled us to overcome hardship and persecution.
This confidence in the future gave rise to the patience to deal with tolerance and compassion.
A life with a guaranteed future is so powerful.
Life with a guaranteed future is such a joy.
A life with a guaranteed future is bound to be grateful for this way.
In order for faith to become living faith, it must be faith with the certainty of hope.
When faith becomes hope, it is not true faith.
So, in English, Believe and Hope have different meanings.
Faith is the substance of things hoped for.
It is called this belief.
It's not an illusion, it's an illusion.
Believers are not people who wish for falsehood.
They are people who look at the reality and live with conviction.
The word 'real' is the Greek word 'hupostasis'.
The story is being told.
A Greek woman inherits her father's inheritance, but the land issue went wrong and she went to court.
I was put on trial. This woman, who had failed the first trial, was the deceased of Alexandria.
Gather all the legal documents and place them in a stone jar with a lid to appeal to the court
and sent a slave from his house to the High Court, where the slave
A fire broke out in the inn where we were staying, and everyone was burned to death.
Two thousand years after that event, archaeologists discovered the stone urn.
A long letter to the judge along with all the documents at that time
There was. At the end of the letter, he said, "I want the Chief Justice to know that my charges are true.
I am sending you here to let you know that it is."
said to have been
Hupotasis here refers to a certain belief in the evidence.
It is to believe in his promises and go out with the evidence that God has given.
The Bible always says that if there is a promise, there must be a realization, and if there is an eternal future
Current achievements are always emphasized. This is the faith the Bible speaks of.
That is why 1 Corinthians 1:18 says, “The message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but salvation
It is the power of God to us who have it.”
Even today, when I see people who mock the Christian faith and slander those who believe in Jesus,
Because the two of us are looking foolishly.
In their eyes, the cross of Jesus Christ looks foolish. nonsense
are told to believe. If it's nonsense, how can the church for 2000 years?
has been continued?
People who say nonsense should know that they are themselves.
People of our faith should know that the future is guaranteed.
Since there is no future, the people of the world seek only the things of this world and return to a handful of dust.
going. So he becomes a savage. We are never dead.
In the end, Son Ki-jung also left the world.
After the marathon of his long life, he finally passed away.
How pitiful if we live our lives without any guarantees for the future.
Will they be one?
Therefore, we must endure the hardships of the present and overcome them.
The sufferings of the present are not worthy to be compared with the glory that will be revealed.
We are all living in the past.
In a little while, we will reach the end of our lives.
Like the Apostle Paul, recalling the past and having confidence in the future,
We must overcome the current hardships and conflicts.
We too, like the apostle Paul, examine the past, present, and future of our religious life.
I hope you can live one life.
Because this is the right life of faith. ♣