Title Consider Me Loyal (1 Timothy 1: 12-17)
It is the afternoon of the first Sunday of the new year in 2005.
From today onwards, each of us has been given new positions and missions, and new
We are welcoming the new year with a promise of dedication and service.
In the early morning of this morning, according to the words shared in Revelation 21, spiritual grace, gifts, and mission
You can realize your preciousness under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, and you can know it only by living for the glory of God.
You must bear it with yin to bear fruit.
(Revelation 21:10) Take me by the Holy Spirit and go up to a great and high mountain, from God out of heaven
I saw the holy city of Jerusalem coming down
In that sense, the positions and missions we have been given are precious and precious.
The office God gives us is not something we entrust based on external conditions.
Because this has to do with the kingdom of God, what is given according to my will and my request
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God sometimes gives us offices when the time is not yet right and we are not able to handle them.
He gives you a mission even if you lack the will to fulfill it.
This does not mean that we should not reject, disobey, or disobey what God has given us.
If you disobey once, you never know when an opportunity will come again.
Having rebelled once, returning to me will have to bear so many spiritual losses and spiritual stagnation.
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Therefore, we cherish the office and mission we have been given today, and ascend to the holy city
Until then, I hope that you will be able to fulfill this mission with pleasure.
So how does God use us?
1. God empowers me.
We all say we lack, and it is also true that we lack.
No one says that he is capable or that he is full of the gifts he has received.
When we are called or when we receive our mission, we are not all prepared, and we do not have enough vessels to bear.
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But God empowers me to use me.
If I work only in my ability, my experience, my knowledge, my means and my method, I will make a name for myself in the results
They will try to establish themselves, and in anticipation of rewards for their achievements, they show off their cause, rather than joy and pleasure.
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When we wander in the work of God at times in a fuss, noise, confusion, and disorder.
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There must be a person who clings to his name, his cause, and his self-promotion.
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Now we must be Christians who can comfort and encourage one another, build up and acknowledge one another.
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And we must cherish the order of the church and the order of its offices.
Because order is the channel of peace, peace, and grace in the church.
Because I am not doing it by my own strength, but by the grace of God who has made me possible.
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(1 Timothy 1:12) I am grateful to Christ Jesus our Lord, who has strengthened me, for counting me faithful.
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(1 Timothy 1:14) The grace of our Lord abounds abundantly with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
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The church should not allow anyone to base their thoughts and judgments on their own.
With the pastor as the center, we must obey the pastoral policies and order and build it together while cooperating with each other.
(Ephesians 2:21) In him every building is joined together to become a temple in the Lord.
(Ephesians 2:22) You also must live together in Jesus to become a dwelling place for God in the Holy Spirit.
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2. God considers me faithful.
Even when we say we lack, if we are true Christians, there is an instinctive loyalty.
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This is a gift of the Holy Spirit.
(Galatians 5:22) But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
If we disobey once or twice and disobey our allegiance, just as our gifts are destroyed, so do our offices and missions.
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Then, from then on, you will live your life of faith like a guest.
Even if we lived like that in the past, now we have a sense of ownership and take the lead and become loyal.
You must serve.
(Ephesians 2:19) Therefore, from now on you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are the same as the saints.
People, the household of God.
We may be passive about the glory we should receive as a member of God's household, but
You must be very active and loyal to the mission you have to fulfill as a member of the family.
Because God is faithful to me.
Don't cling to your past self.
You don't have to fall into yesterday's reality.
The me of the past should be the foundation stone for a greater challenge in today's reality.
It would be unfortunate if the me of the past binds me negatively and passively in today's reality.
The Apostle Paul confessed himself about the past, but the mission to be faithful in today's reality is completely different
became self.
(1 Timothy 1:13) I used to be a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a rapist, but on the contrary, I found mercy
For when he did not believe, he did not know and blasphemed.
(1 Timothy 1:16) But I found mercy because Jesus Christ was patient with me first.
that he might set an example for those who later believe in the Lord and have eternal life.
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Now we have to be who we are today, not what we were yesterday.
To persist, to disobey, and to deny oneself is pride.
Rather, being bold and loyal is humility.
God delights in loyalty and humility.
3. God gives me grace.
If you fall into self-righteousness that you have to handle everything, you are easily disappointed, complaining, and resentful.
It is easy to become a person.
It's true what I have to do, but my strength, my abilities, my thoughts, my judgment, my standards are risky
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Because if it goes too far, relationships with people can become antagonistic, adversarial, and even enemies.
Therefore, I must do it, but I must bear it with the grace of God.
When I am capable enough, I give thanks and do my best, and when I do not succumb or become unprepared,
When it is time to pray and ask for it, we should be more zealous and serve the Lord.
If you do that, God will give you faith along with grace, and you will also give you power and gifts.
(Romans 12:11) Do not be lazy in diligence, but serve the Lord with zeal.
(1 Peter 4:8) Above all, love one another zealously, for love covers a multitude of sins.
He also covers all tribes and changes them to love and serve each other.
When we carry out our mission in this way, the fragrance of Christ comes out of it, and the glory of God and the work of the gospel come out of it.
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(1 Timothy 1:14) May the grace of our Lord abound with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
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(1 Timothy 1:17) Honor to the King of ages, the incorruptible, invisible, the only God
and glory be forever and ever Amen
It is an honor and an honor to be called and set up in a world of many things to do.
What positions have we been given?
What mission did you receive?
Don't worry or be afraid
God empowers me.
Don't be anxious about the consequences of our position
God is loyal to us.
Don't even worry about what to do
God gives me grace and gives me gifts.
Be loyal to your task and serve your best
That is our mission and God's will.
Congratulations on opening the new year of 2005 with loyalty.
Hallelujah