Title cross is a plus
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Title: The Cross is a Plus
Bible: Romans 8:28-30
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Today, I would like to share a message with the title of “The Cross is a Plus”.
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There was a father who had a son who had just entered the first grade of elementary school.
After worship, the father came out of the chapel and spoke to his son.
How did you listen to that difficult sermon?
Then the son answers.
“Dad, I didn’t know either.”
“Then how did you stare intently at the pulpit?”
Looking at the plus sign and believing in Jesus, you become an addition, not a subtraction. I was thinking of doing it.”
When the father hears his son's words, he speaks in surprise.
What do you guys think of today's article?
It's a story I knew all too well.
Do you think it's good for jokes when a young child realizes that?
God wants us to live a positive life.
If we look at the end of verse 28 of today's text,
“And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to his purpose.”
I did.
If the saints work together, good things can be achieved. If they work together with God, wouldn't it be possible to experience more amazing things?
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How do we experience the plus life as the saying in today's title says?
First, the positive life is experienced through the cross of Christ.
The cross symbolizes pain and suffering.
But this kind of justice is the standard of the world.
For us, the cross means salvation.
It is an expression of hope and hope for the eternal kingdom of God.
That is why the saints must be able to understand the correct meaning of the cross.
What the Church of God is promoting through the Internet these days is that Christianity has made the cross into an idol.
They say that Christianity values the cross, that it idolizes the cross, and they teach people the wrong beliefs.
But to us, the cross does not mean an idolized cross.
We want to commemorate Jesus Christ who saved us through the cross and live according to His will and thoughts.
It is not to believe in the cross that we see with our eyes, but to see Jesus Christ, who shed His blood for me on it.
The cross becomes a medium through which we can be united with Christ.
That is why the cross is a plus for us.
The cross shown is nothing.
However, through Christ realized in him, we become children of God and experience the grace of becoming God's people.
For us, the cross is not an idol, but a plus factor that makes us realize Christ once again.
Second, a life that fears God gets a positive life.
To fear God means that our life itself is not ‘self-centered’ but ‘God-centered’.
One of the hottest articles in Korea these days is the issue of “death with dignity”.
It is a law that causes people who can no longer recover their lives to die within the legal framework.
The first dignity saga was held on the 23rd at 20:30 am.
The court said that if you take off the respirator, you will die within 30 minutes to an hour.
However, they say that even after breathing out, his breathing is almost normal.
This is what my wife said after hearing this news.
“How are we going to solve people’s lives with human power?”
Regardless of God's will, I think that taking life carelessly with people's thoughts is a negative life for not fearing God.
What does it mean for us to fear God?
It means realizing God's will through worship and prayer and doing it according to His will.
Everything in our life depends on God's way.
If we live a life that fears God, our life becomes a plus, but on the contrary, when we disobey God's will and live according to our own methods and will, our life is mercilessly negative.
When God-fearing people gather like this, please realize that not only addition but also multiplication life is a guarantee for us.
Third, a life that resembles the image of Jesus Christ becomes a positive life.
We must become Christians who are thoroughly Christian.
If you say you believe in Jesus and you do not smell the fragrance of Jesus in it, it cannot be a plus for yourself and others.
The life of Jesus begins with a thorough humbleness of oneself.
And it can be found in preaching the gospel and doing service and devotion.
There is a saying “beautiful influence”.
The death of former President Roh Moo-hyun not long ago did not have a “beautiful influence”, but rather left a “unbeautiful influence.”
A person who used to be the president of a country has died, and through this, the parties are checking and fighting each other, and not long ago, an incense burner in Seoul took advantage of the early morning hours to destroy an incense burner.
Now, we are united as one, and even if we give each other strength, we may be able to recover, but the superiors are fighting each other and insisting only on their own interests.
As saints, we must pray at such times now, and we must first become saints who resemble Jesus Christ, so that we can have a beautiful influence on this society.
If we become like Jesus, lead this society by serving, and become the subject of change, that will be a positive life through the image of Jesus Christ.
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Organize your words.
As saints, we must become saints who live a positive life, receiving God's help through the cross of Christ, fearing God, and seeing Jesus Christ.
The way to receive God's grace is that I pray first, I humble myself first, and I become the subject of change first.
Therefore, in the name of the Lord, I pray that not only the saints who have an unfavorable influence on our lives, but the beautiful influence in the name of Jesus Christ will add to the history of experiencing a positive life not only for me, but for everyone with us, in the name of the Lord. I wish you my best wishes.