Title [Christmas] Let's be life savers like Joseph
Contents
* Text: Matthew 1:18-25
* Title: Let's Be a Saver Like Joseph
* Date of writing: December 24, 2009
* Sermon Location: Ansan Sujeong (12/25)
# The boy who waited for Christmas //
* There was a boy who looked forward to Christmas very much.
& Because you said that you give me many gifts.
** Then, / the child's parents added a word.
* Now, the long-awaited Christmas has arrived.
& I went into my room and lay down, // I can't sleep at all.
1) So, I pray to the Lord.
2) And, I lay down again, but I have to go to sleep / I get up again and pray more earnestly.
& You still think me cute, so please give me 50%. / God All Love!”
3) I lay down, but I can't sleep again, / I woke up again. //
4) But, I'm still anxious / so I can't lie down.
& I'm just running to the "Cathedral" in front of the house.
5) After a while this boy came in with something. // And then, pray again.
& I'm holding the Lord's mother hostage / so please give me lots of presents"
* Everyone! Did you receive many gifts this Christmas?
- Did you receive a card or text message?
** If you don't get anything / don't be disappointed.
- because? Because God has given us all the most precious and precious gifts today.
- The most precious gift that God has sent to us is “Jesus Christ.”
** We believe that we are satisfied with Jesus alone, even if there is nothing else.
# Joseph Story //
* Today, God’s most precious gift / “Jesus” / comes to this earth today.
& I would like to tell you [The Story of Joseph], which played a very important role.
* In life, / things that are done casually and carelessly often change history.
1) Someone woke up in the morning and was shaving / because he saw a hair on his nose, so he pulled it out.
- By the way, during the day, the tetanus bacteria entered / and died in the evening.
2) Columbus was walking on the beach / and saw a fruit.
- Because it was a fruit that was not there / Across the sea - Surely in an unknown land
& Believe that it was washed away by the waves / & cross over / After all, we discovered a new continent - America.
** Often these [tiny little things] // change history.
3) Abraham did.
* If there is a biggest problem on the planet right now / it would be [Middle East Problem].
- The problem between Israel and the Arabs is always a gunpowder, right? / It always makes the earth noisy
- The last war in human history is the [Armageddon] war.
- The war between Israel and the Arabs will be the last war.
** But where did this embers originally originate? = It was made by Abraham to be divided.
- My wife, Sarah, could not have children.
- So, I couldn't wait for God's promise / so I put Hagar, my maidservant, into Abraham's bosom.
- So, the son I gave birth to was [Ishmael].
** Then, / as God had promised, / Sarah became pregnant and gave birth to a son.
- That son is [Isaac].
** From then until now...there was a dispute between Isaac and Ishmael.
- This later went / and sparked a war in the Middle East,
& Today, we are living hanging out with each other.
* Today's text is such a story. (as opposed to Abraham)
- One righteous little act of Joseph / eventually shook the whole universe.
& saved Mary / saved Jesus / and saved all mankind.
- Perhaps Joseph / would never have imagined / that it would end up like this.
- But one small act of Joseph / made a great history.
* So, who was Joseph?
# wrapper //
1. First, Joseph was a man who covered up the mistakes of others.
* Without Joseph's [enveloping heart] / Christmas would not have happened.
* Verses 18-19
“This is the birth of Jesus Christ: Mary her mother was betrothed to Joseph, and before they lived together, it was found that she was pregnant with the Holy Spirit, and her husband Joseph was a righteous man.
* Joseph was betrothed to Mary.
- Not married yet. / We never lived together.
- By the way, his fianc e Maria / is pregnant.
** As you well know / according to the law at that time, if a virgin
& was supposed to be stoned to death.
- If Joseph said one word / Mary was to be stoned to death.
** But Joseph / did not.
- Joseph decided to break up quietly (quietly).
- You can clearly see the love that covers Maria's faults.
* Ordinary people / rather than cover up [other people's shortcomings] /
& I feel pleasure in it [spreading, lifting] it. (Anyway, it's grave)
* There is an example that covers wounds. / This is Jesus.
- Zacchaeus was a tax collector who paid taxes to Rome when the Romans ruled Israel. -
- People / did many wounds to Zacchaeus.
& was teased for being a dwarf. / I nailed it as maekookno. / Said the villain.
- No one dealt with it. / I was lonely.
- I was feeling lonely in the crowd. This is it.
** At this time, Jesus was passing by and saw Zacchaeus who was so lonely.
- Jesus went to Zacchaeus's house and slept for one night / covering Zacchaeus' pain.
- Revealing his faults and sins / without hurting him.
* Joseph was a [wrapper].
# savior //
2. There is a second characteristic of a righteous person.
- A person who saves lives.
- Always at the crossroads. / This is righteousness.
* If you look at the church... there are people who save / there are people who kill.
- Please always stand on the side of saving. = That's a blessing. that's the
* Noah tried to save people from the flood.
- Abraham tried to save his nephew Lot from the destruction of the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah.
* Joseph could have accused Mary of being engaged to death.
& to save Maria / without a word - tried to hang up.
**. One small act of Joseph shook the universe.
- You don't know how amazing Joseph's actions / have had.
* This behavior of Joseph / saved Mary.
- Also, you saved Jesus.
- Furthermore, I saved you and me today / and saved all mankind.
* A very mischievous person from a Jewish family entered the school.
** One day the principal called the parents and said,
- We can't teach this child, so take him.
- There are times when you have to beat children and take them to the hospital. / Break all the windows.
- This morning, I painted the front of my room and I fell and almost got a headache.
- Take it with you.
** I was expelled.
* So, I was admitted to another school. But so was it.
- Every school I went to was like that. / Now there is no school to go to.
* There is one Christian school left, but I couldn't send it because I was a Jewish family.
- But there was only one school left, so I had no choice but to send him to that school.
- If even that school was expelled, education is now over.
** A few days have passed.
- The principal called the parents.
- I thought I was scolded.
- I went to school with a worried heart.
* Said the principal.
- This kid is first class. / How did you raise such a solid child? I have to give you a prize.”
** Parents were bewildered. I went home and asked my son.
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** Said my son.
* Jesus saved all mankind.
* One small act of Joseph saved the entire universe. / You saved me and you.
- Today, we must do the work of saving lives.
- We must use all our energy to save
* As I saw on the news before / China's best action star Jackie
& I donated 400 billion won of all my fortune to society.
- It turned out that Jackie Chan / was so poor when he was young that he almost died of disease and starvation.
& A rich man saved me.
- He is one of the top 10 people in the world who donated a lot to society.
- We spent 1.4 billion on the last earthquake in China.
- We also donated 10 million won to the oil spill in the West Sea of Korea two years ago.
** He used it to save all of his property.
* The extent to which Korean celebrities donated to society has been published on the Internet.
- Unusual people stand out.
1) Moon Geun-young, the number one, lived with 30% of her income. - We gave 3 billion won over 10 years.
2) 2nd place Kim Jang-hoon / lived with 90% of his income even though he did not have his own house.
- In some years, I made 200 million won and gave 180 million won.
3) As Kim Je-dong in 3rd place.../ I lived by donating 20%.
* To revive like this, / we use materials, / because we have to use our power.
* But, at the same time, I'm not blaming society / I have to be quiet.
** When I saw Joseph today / I wanted to quit quietly - You lived quietly and silently, didn't you?
- brook - big river
- Airplane - Big Earth
# A person of obedience //
3. Also, Joseph was a man of obedience.
- God had a dream in a dream / and he told me to bring Mary / so I brought him.
- I did as the angel of the Lord commanded me.
* Verse 24
“Joseph woke up and did as the angel of the Lord commanded, and he brought his wife.”
* The man God needs today is not a hero / but a man of obedience.
- Not a powerful person / but an obedient person!!
** Those who obey are righteous.
* Today Joseph is a righteous man. - That means you have lived righteously until now.
- It means that you have lived / without breaking the law until now.
- By the way, when we obey the word /
& I could lose the reputation I had built up so far.
- When you obey, you'll have to be criticized and / stinged by a lot of people.
- “I pretended to be righteous all by myself / I was planting pumpkin seeds behind me! Joseph is no different.”
** But--Joseph endured such accusations and damages,
& obeyed the word of God.
- Because you obeyed / you saved Mary / you saved Jesus, and you saved the whole universe.
# conclusion //
* Joseph is a special person
1. the person who wraps the laver
2. Saver
3. Obedient