Title Blessed People (April 13)
Content span id="writeContents">◆ Main text: Hebrews 6:13-20
A person called Woo Deacon, who moved over ten years ago, goes to church exactly once a year. Come and pray with tears and there is something I must say.
“I miss the church so much.”
I'm not very good at it when I go to school, but after I leave, I miss church so much.
Those words are so pretty. When I was in our church, I still looked good, but when I went to Changwon, I became too fat.
There are people who make people feel good even when they say the same thing. As you go through life, there are bound to be people who make you comfortable and make you feel good.
Now, today we are going to say hello to our church after a long time, but let's make a sincere confession with the person next to us.
“Why do I look so good when I see you?”
The writing is good, but the impression is not very good.
Second goodbye.
“Am I very proud?”
This is the third greeting.
“Are you happy because of me?”
A butler came to see me crying.
“Everything I’ve been doing since I got married is not going to work. I try a lot, but it doesn’t work.”
“What do you think is the reason not to?”
“The first is to sell. I guess I'm living with a bad nephew. Second, I have a hard time dealing with that person. Thirdly, even if I pray, I am not confident anymore and I do not have any strength, so I have given up praying for a long time.”
That's what I told the butler.
“You just have to change the seller, and you can change that person as well.”
“Pastor, do you want a divorce?”
"no. Change the image of your husband in your heart. Otherwise, you will never be happy. I'll give you a prescription, but first change your impression. Looking at you, I don’t think even God will bless me.”
He is a handsome deacon in our church. He's so handsome. But when I see that face, I feel really bad.
Everyone, there are faces that are blessed, and there are faces that pursue happiness. It doesn't matter whether a person is handsome or ugly, but depending on how we manage the face God has given us, we can live in a way that is comfortable for ourselves and for others as well. We are not the people of the world who live like the rest of the world. It's not my hard work. We live by the grace of God.
If we are people who live by the grace of God that cannot be helped, we just need to please God. Why can't we enjoy the blessings that have already been promised? A person of faith is a person who has received the promise. If we are people who believe in promises, we must live with a positive attitude in our hearts. The most important thing in your life of faith is to be positive. If you receive the word positively, it will come true. If we look at all our religious lives, we can see that our entire life is decided according to what our heart is.
The verse in today's text is a verse you are familiar with. Also, the churches that preach a lot with these words and the families who listen to these words during visits are truly blessed families. It is because God's greatest blessing is in these words. Everyone wants to be blessed. Sometimes they say too much about blessings and that Christianity is too ups and downs, but Christianity isn't the only thing. No one wants everyone to be blessed or to be cursed in life. Don't you want to be blessed today too?
Then how can we receive this blessing from God? Also, this blessing is a promise that God has promised us, and it is very important who made the promise. If you look at the parliamentary elections this time, you can see that they are making great promises to our district, such as the construction of a new town. Aren't the president's promises more certain than the promises made by lawmakers, and aren't the words of God more certain than the president's? What the Bible is saying today is that this promise of blessing is God's word of assurance given to those who believe. We live by believing the word of God.
If you look at the history of our church, we are all blessed. What is it? Our church members believe in the word of promise. Amen well. And we do not give up on our prayers until that promise is fulfilled. This is what faith is called an attitude. It is not easy to believe and give up easily. We live with the belief that God's promises and God's words will surely come true.
Everyone who attended this worship service today, no matter what the circumstances are, let's believe in this promise of our God. I'm definitely saying it's bound to go well. This is because the beings called me are people of God. God has made such a promise to us, and we have nothing to fear. Actually, sometimes it feels like the sky is falling, and it seems like this is the end of my life, but looking back over time, it's actually nothing. Everyone, did we die because of the things we were worried about and worried about? Has our life been ruined because of it? Do you not think that it was enough to win over it, and that it was also the beginning of a blessing after living there?
The people of the world say it is the end, but we call the time when we say the end is the beginning. These are the people of grace.
"again"
“again”
The Bible tells the story like this. Life is not always the end, but every time you look to God, you start over. That's why it is said that all of these things are grace if you are able to pray, live, and live.
I'm going to hold the 900th meeting from tomorrow, so where is it that I haven't been? I met a lot of people. Even though I go to so many churches, I confess that our members are very happy people. I've met members who have a lot, and some who don't. But our church does not have such a chaebol. If you are a chaebol, wake up. do not have. However, no one suffers from poverty. When you think about helping someone, there is no one to help.
Now, everyone, look at the face of the person next to you. It is the face of a person who lacks a little. It's not lacking much, it's not overflowing... Fun things are a little lacking, so whenever you're lacking something, if you say "Lord~~"... If you don't say Amen, the Lord doesn't fill you up... "Lord~~~" ( Amen) Then you filled it up. Oh, aren't we living a religious life for this fun? They say this is the happiest life. The Bible says so. “Neither rich nor poor…”
Today's word of promise seems to give us abundantly and abundantly, but the meaning of that abundance and abundance is “God fills us every time we pray because it is insufficient. This is the blessing that people of faith receive while living.” When we educate our children, we must educate them in this attitude. When Japanese people educate their children, they teach them not to harm others. It is to live without harming others. When Americans educate their children from an early age, they teach them about living together and living together.
But what about our education? I'm sure it'll be fine. When you go out, the cubs fight and get ripped off, and when they come in, they burst inside and run away. Even chaebols go out and beat them up with thugs... But that's not unusual, and I'm the same. I also have to see that everything goes well. So, study better than your religious life. Hee-nam Lee, Master Kwon, right? After studying well, after doing well later, after getting rich, after success... Then they say that if you believe well in Jesus then you will glorify God. The truth is, that's not the order. It's not about "everything goes well." The Bible does not teach us that way. The right life, people who put Jesus first, and people who think and act like that should be.
Even if the people of the world change well, people of faith should not change as much. The love that God loves me is an unchanging love. To say that we are different from the people of the world is that we have unchanging people and unchanging beliefs. Pure gold does not change. But when something goes into it, it changes. Diamonds do not rust. When you have a life of faith that does not change your faith, God will give you an unchanging blessing.
Today, speaking to us about the blessed father Abraham, he said that he believed God's promise until the end and did not waver under any circumstances. Guys, this is belief. So, they became the ancestors of blessing. Through the words of today's text, God has clearly made a promise to us, and I hope that those who believe in that promise will believe that that promise will be fulfilled in our lives.
The people of God will confess that they lack nothing. Whenever we lack, we pray, and whenever we lack, we look to God. This is because God is the One who fills in what is lacking. God has unchanging love for us and is the one who blesses us. The blessings that God gives are different from those of the world. The world's things come and go, and the world's things change so much, but God's things don't.
“I will surely bless you and bless you, and I will multiply you and multiply you.” I hope that the blessing you are emphasizing will be a blessing to all of you attending this worship service today. Now, we earnestly hope that you will be able to believe the Word, believe that the Word will come true, prepare to receive blessings, have the impression of being blessed, and live with faith to receive blessings. We will pray together.
“Thank you, Father God, thank you for your grace that is always with us. God, I want this blessing given to us today, that those words will be fulfilled in us. Give me faith to wait for what is promised, let me look to you whenever I am lacking, and help us to become blessed people who can live with unchanging love for God just like God's unchanging love. We thank and pray in the name of Jesus. Amen."