Title: You must repent (Matthew 11:20-24)
1) Chorazin, Bethsaida, Tire, Sidon, Capernaum, Sodom
2) The three cities (Tyre, Sidon, Sodom) were famous cities for evil in the Old Testament times.
<Tyro>
- An important port city for the Phoenicians on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea,
station ship, city of merchants
- It was a really wealthy city in the Old Testament times: cloth, paint, wheat, wine, cooking oil,
Export of timber, horses, minerals and slaves
- Idol City: Melcart (God) was proud
26:17, Zechariah 9:3)
<Sidon>
- 40km north of Tire, a Mediterranean coastal city, one of the four major ports of the Mediterranean in the Old Testament
De Hana, Canaanite tribe inhabited, commerce and industry development
- Furniture, architecture, ornaments, ivory products, ivory sculptures, luxury goods
- Idol City: Eshmur (Idol) The proud city
<Sodom>
- The most famous city of sin in the Old Testament. City of fornication (Gen. 18:19-20, 13:13)
- Sodom and Gomorrah were the pronouns of the evil city in the Old Testament times, and they are still the same.
- Sodomy, which means homosexuality and bestiality, is an English word derived from the name of the city of Sodom.
3) The remaining three cities (Corashin, Bethsaida, and Capernaum) were the cities of Jesus' time.
- Sins of the 3 cities: 1. Pride, 2, hypocrisy (Legalism)
ㅁ Hearing the Gospel of Jesus and rejecting God before Jesus
ㅁ Not Recognizing Jesus as the Son of God: Why He Performed Miracles
ㅁ You can be saved without repenting
<Korashin>
- The city of Capernaum 4km northwest
<Bethsaida>
- The city across the river across from Capernaum
- The sea in front of Capernaum and Bethsaida is a golden fishing ground (the birthplace of James and John)
<Capernaum>
- Jesus, the key city of Galilee evangelism (Mark 2:1-) - Peter, Andrew's hometown
- It was not a homosexual city like Sodom, but Capernaum was ignorant of Jesus.
and rejected the Son of God (the proud city)
2. Reason for giving the words of the text (11:20)
1) The towns where Jesus gave the most power (Korasin, Bethsaida, and Capernaum)
Because he did not repent (Matthew 4:13)
ㅁ Details of transfers in this area
Mark 1:21-28: Healing a demon-possessed man
Matthew 8: Healing the centurion's servant
John 6: Feeding 5,000 people (a miracle of five diseases)
Mark 2: Healing the paralytic
Mark 9: Teaching
John 4: Healing the son of the king's servant
2) To rebuke (rebuke the unrepentant city)
3) To repent: to those who see and hear these words
ㅁ Details of transfers in this area
Mark 1:21-28: Healing a demon-possessed man
Matthew 8: Healing the centurion's servant
John 6: Feeding 5,000 people (a miracle of five diseases)
Mark 2: Healing the paralytic
Mark 9: Teaching
John 4: Healing the son of the king's servant
4) To talk about the importance of repentance (how important repentance is for people)
did you?)
- The original meaning of "repent": to change one's mind, to change purpose, to change direction (bad thing)
to a better condition from)
Confess and mourn for my sins (David)
It's Ini"
- John the Baptist's first sermon: Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand (Matthew 3:2)
- Jesus' first sermon: Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand (Matthew 4:17)
- Repentance is one of the purposes of Jesus' coming to earth.
Luke 5:32 - “I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
I'm here to do it"
- Contents of the disciples' sermon (Mark 6:12)
Acts 26:20 First to Damascus, and then to those in Jerusalem, and to all the land of Judea and to the
“Repent,” and turn to God, and do works worthy of repentance.
<Results of Repentance>
* Forgiveness of sins: Acts 5:31, 8:22, 1 John 1:9
* Joy in Heaven: Luke 15:7, 10
* Joy and happiness of the soul: Acts 3:19
* Received the Holy Spirit: Acts 2:38
* God removes curse and wrath: Jon 3:4-10
* Salvation: Samaritan, Zacchaeus. Prisoner's home in Philippi prison, cross robbery
<Unless you repent>
Psalm 7:12: Unless a man repents, he sharpens his sword;
you have prepared the gear
*Romans 2:5 But according to your stubbornness and unrepentant heart, in the day of wrath,
I am storing up on you wrath for the day when righteous judgments are revealed.
* Matthew 11:21: Woe to you, Korazin, to Bethsaida!
* Luke 13:3, 5: Unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.
* Luke 16:30: Fall to Hell
* Revelation 2:22: Fall into the great tribulation
* Revelation 2:16
5) Characteristics of end-time people
Unrepentant: Rev 2:21, 9:20-21, 16:9, 11
6) Some do not have the opportunity to repent
Hebrews 12:17
7) The elect people must repent
2 Peter 3:9, Revelation 3:3
8) Repent when you are rebuked: Revelation 3:19
Conclusion: If you sincerely realize how great a sinner you are and repent according to the word before Jesus, you will receive the grace of forgiveness of sins and the great blessing of salvation of your soul. Let's repent.