Title Dumb Dog, Deaf Dog
Contents
dumb dog, deaf dog
Text - Isaiah 56:10-11
56:10 The watchmen of Israel are blind, all ignorant, mute dogs, unable to bark, all dreamers, lying down, lovers of sleep.
56:11 These dogs are greedy and do not know enough; they are ignorant shepherds.
<Introductory words>
A dog that cannot bark is a sick dog. A dog barking is what the dog is talking about. There are many reasons why dogs bark. Short barking when welcoming the owner. A loud barking sound that warns of strangers. Soft noises that signal a neighbor's dog, etc. there is another If you go near a meal while eating, they will grab the rice bowl with both feet and growl at the owner. Are there any dumb dogs? I've never heard of a dog that has been dumb since birth. This means that dogs are born to bark.
<Word and Sharing>
However, there is a 'dumb dog' in the Bible.
"The watchmen of Israel are blind, all ignorant, and mute dogs. They cannot bark, they are all dreamers, lying down, lovers of sleep. These dogs are greedy and do not know enough. They are ignorant shepherds." (Isa 56:10-11)
The message God gave us today is what God said to the ignorant shepherds of Israel. Their transgressions had a detrimental effect on Jewish society. That is, they hastened God's judgment by neglecting the people even if they fell into the sin of idolatry and became spiritually immoral.
In the end, God decreed judgment and created a foreign nation to destroy Judah. Judah, Northern Israel, B.C. After being destroyed by Assyria in 722 AD, it was destroyed by Babylon after 132 years (586 B.C.).
So God mercilessly called them 'dogs'. They didn't even call them 'dog-like guys', but rather 'dumb dogs'. If we look at the characteristics of the dumb dog that God saw, it is that 'can't bark, it likes to lie down and sleep and dream.'
I can't bark, so there's nothing to do. So there's nothing to do but lie down and roll around and sleep. Then it is truly a 'dog dream'. People who are deaf are often unable to speak because they cannot hear. Dogs can't bark because they can't hear. deaf dog. So a dog that can't bark is a dog that can't do its job.
A person who is called as a prophet or a shepherd is a dumb dog if he does not hear the voice of God and the groans and cries of the people. Dogs bark when they hear unfamiliar sounds. A dog that does not bark at this time is a stupid dog.
Likewise, a person who is called to be a shepherd or a saint is a mute dog when he is silent on a voice other than the voice of God. God lamented when he saw the leader of Israel who had been reduced to a barking dog. The reason he couldn't bark was because he had food in his mouth.
When a dog has food in its mouth, it also growls at its owner. They do not bark with their mouths open to avoid letting go of their prey. It is because greed is so great that they do not know that they have enough (Isa.
Nowadays, livestock living with people and becoming obese are increasing one after another, but dogs and animals never overeat. Only people overeat. They overeat with greed, yet they do not have enough. In this case, a person is really not even a dog.
There was a couple who turned 50. They got along so well that people called them Parakeet Couple. One day, we were celebrating our wedding anniversary, and an angel appeared and said, "It's nice to see the two of you living so happily. So I'll grant you only one wish on your wedding anniversary." My wife said it first. “I want my husband and I to go on a European tour.” The angel put two tickets for a round-Europe flight into her hands.
And the angel asked her husband. After hesitating, the husband led the angel to a corner, and whispered in the angel's ear, saying, "I want to live with a woman who is 30 years younger than me." The angel smiled and granted her husband's wish. What would have happened? My husband, who was 50, suddenly turned 80. The woman in her 50s saw it and threw away her plane ticket saying she would not travel to Europe.
Human greed has no limits. If one desire is satisfied, the next sprout will sprout. In other words, if you have a property of 10 million won, you want 20 million won, if you have 100 million won, you want another 200 million won, and you want more... There is no end. If you do not control these greed, you will commit a sin and receive punishment accordingly.
Just as a dog cannot bark because of the food it has in its mouth, the reason people of God cannot open their mouths to social injustice is because they only think about their own interests. (Isa 56:11) God's justice cannot even bark at the world because he has done unclean things to fill his stomach.
That's the case with the people of Wall Street, a financial district in Manhattan, New York, USA. Although they are the main culprits of the economic collapse, they are not ashamed. It's the simple bloat who gets a bailout from the US government and uses it as a bonus feast, driving a huge number of people into bankruptcy and foreclosure.
So do people. The same goes for the clergy. Even if he complains that his house price has fallen, he is very hard on people who are driven to the streets. Even in this economic cold, church leaders who only look after those who pay a lot of tithing, close their ears to the moans of the suffering.
Rather, even when the world is up and down, they cover their ears and lie down and enjoy sleeping. Poverty is what God hates. Poverty is a sin. He also tells them to donate money to get out of poverty. Of course, there are people who have become poor because of being lazy. But there are also many diligent and poor people.
<Outgoing Words>
On October 28, 1787, a young 27-year-old British Parliamentarian William Wilberforce wrote in his diary:
"Almighty God has two great goals before me. One is to ban the slave trade, and the other is to reform customs."
Many people were moved by Wilberforce's dedication to reforming British society and called him 'The British Conscience'. As a result of his influence, a third of young British parliamentarians have become evangelical Christians. Wilberforce, a young and capable member of parliament, who was guaranteed a career path, accepted Christ one day. Abandoning his personal ambitions and determined to live only for Christ, Wilberforce did not yield to slander and slander such as threats of assassination, and cried to the end for the 'abolition of the slave trade' and 'reform of customs', which he received as a calling from God.
He had a long and lonely battle with the help of friends who shared a will, British clerics, and lay leaders, but he came to fruition after 56 years of establishing his will before God. And I went to Him leaving a confession: "I thank God that you let me die to witness the day that England gave up the 20 million that it earned through slavery." He is truly a man who lived for truth and justice.
This article was published in an internet newspaper yesterday.
Where did those high school girls who entered the Samsung Semiconductor factory to help the poor families go? Yumi Hwang, who joined the company at the age of 19, suddenly contracted leukemia and died four years later. Lee Sook-young, who was working with him, also died of an illness. Like them, Jeong Ae-jeong, who worked at a Samsung semiconductor factory after graduating from high school, lost her husband, Hwang Min-woong, a former factory colleague, to cancer. And Han Hye-kyung is suffering from a brain tumor, unable to move or speak properly. Another 20 people died or were ill. Workers are losing their lives amid the ignorance of businesses and governments.
On March 6, 2007, the Samsung Semiconductor problem became known to the world after the death of the late Yumi Hwang, a Samsung Semiconductor worker. It is said that workers working in semiconductor factories are exposed to numerous harmful substances as they are, resulting in various hematopoietic cancers such as leukemia, infertility, and various diseases. In fact, the semiconductor industry is known to be the most dangerous and the disease incidence rate is high. Even so, companies have yet to disclose the types of chemicals they use. Industrial accidents are also not recognized. A typical example is Samsung. Samsung boasts of 'union-free management', and in the United States spends a lot of money to promote it as an 'eco-friendly company'.
Dear saints,
What do you think of this article?
All animals can hear sounds only within a range called 'audible frequency'. Humans cannot hear the sounds that bats hear because the audible frequencies that bats can hear are different. It is the privilege and solemn responsibility of God's people to be able to hear the voice of God.
That is why, if you do not hear the cry of God to me and you today, you cannot say that you are already a man of God. Because it is a 'deaf dog'.
There is a program called 2 Days 1 Night on a TV program. As all of you are well aware, the cast of the program realistically broadcasts the process of deciding what to eat, wear, and sleep through many games.
But there are some amazing games they play. It is a 'game of bliss'. He claps his belly button and smiles as he sees the various painful appearances of the performers who have lost the game, shouting, 'It's only me.'
Everyone, really, "Is it just me?"
Most of the viewers who watch the program are young people, including children, teenagers, and young people. In their consciousness, the 'individualism' of 'if it is not me' is being brainwashed into their minds and hearts. I am really worried about the future of this country and this people.
Even now, you and I, who believed in you first, shake off your individualistic selfishness that 'it is only me' and cry out loud according to the word of the Lord through the apostle Paul, "Weep with those who weep" (Romans 12:15). Please take a look. Even in order not to be a dumb dog.