Title Comforter Church
Contents
October 23, 2009 (Fri)
Subject : Consolator Church
Verse: James 1:27
The function the church should have - It should be a comforter.
* It is our mission not to turn away from the suffering, but to help and comfort the weak.
You must become a church and saint who can comfort you effectively.
** The depth of the wound cannot be seen with the naked eye.
Therefore, ‘comfort’ should also be done carefully.
First, you need to understand the feelings of the injured person.
1) If you look at the book of Job, you can see that three friends of Job came to comfort him.
* Was Job really comforted by the friends who came to comfort him?
On the contrary, you will be seriously injured.
Job's Confession - "You are comforters to trouble, you are useless physicians."
2) Why couldn't Job's friends who came to comfort him?
** The mistake made by Job's friends reacted to 'words' rather than 'feeling'.
In the midst of great suffering, Job said, “I am righteous. The pain is so severe that I can't stand it. I want to die,” he says.
By the way! what about elivas?
There is a debate about Job's words, such as taking a pod and discussing the injustice of those words.
3) When a person suffers, his mouth becomes rough.
** Eliphaz caught only harsh words, and did not understand the feelings of Job behind the scenes.
Eliphaz did not hear Job's cry with his 'heart', but with his 'ears'.
So I couldn't be a real comforter.
[ Our church and members? ]
* It must be a warm-hearted saint, a warm church.
4) The father is so angry with his child who is upset without studying!
** "You don't study anymore, fuck it all!"
What does this mean?
It means to study harder.
- Not the words at face value, but to understand the feelings of those words.
5) ex) Decision on Siamese twins
“One-Body, Two-Headed Siamese Twins”
- Is this really one person? two people? (Going to the Rabbi)
- Solution: Rabbi's Answer
Hit one of the heads with a stick!
What if the hit head and the side hair cry together? One, crying separately, it's two.
[ conclusion ]
* The church must be one body in Christ.
really one body? Everyone feels the pain of one member.
Our Juwon Church members? We must become one body, feel one pain, and live as one family.
Second, a church that shares the burdens of brothers
1) If you understand the sufferings of others against the background of your own selfishness, it will be a huge wound to the person who suffered.
** Job's friends were afraid when they saw Job's suffering.
“I can be like that too”, “Am I not supposed to bear Job’s burden?” I felt like
2) Job 6:21-23
** Job's friends feared whether to feed him or fight for him.
3) There should be a lot of giving and sharing.
** The meaning of the blessings of the world and the blessings of Christianity are different.
* The happiness of the world - and happiness: it happened by chance.
A person who is happy today can be unhappy tomorrow, and a person who is miserable today can be happy tomorrow.
What is the world's happiness? that there is liquidity.
* Christian Blessing - Blessing. : means to bleed.
What is a blessing? It is a true blessing to sacrifice by the shedding of my blood.
It is a blessing based on service and sacrifice.
So “Blessing is a mission”
“It’s not that we don’t give because we received a lot, but that we have to make sacrifices for each other.”
our church? It should be a church to share.
It should be a church that shares and serves each other.
Third, the church must do its best to encourage.
1) It should be a church that encourages each other.
** “I gain strength from the way I carry out my mission”
“Thank you for doing what I can’t”
“You are a very good person in our church”
** Missionary's confession - “I will never come to Korea again”
- “I lived faithfully, but it doesn’t seem like it”
“I lived through hardships for the sake of righteousness, but it is useless.”
2) What if you face difficulties while living your faith? We are to be encouragers.
** A church that acknowledges, comforts, and encourages each other is a healthy church.
Timing and time is not allowed.
A church with true consolation!
It should be a church where there is comfort between the saints and the saints.