Title For Love
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For love (Isa 5:19-31)
War has winners and losers.
It is either to live or to die.
The victory of war is all that maintains the existence of the Korean people, and that joy will give you satisfaction as if you had gained life and everything in the world.
So, as a victor, Deborah praises God for bringing victory, and sings with joy about how God fought ahead and helped in the war in detail like a painting.
“The stars have devastated their enemies from the sky, on their path, and in the Kishon River, so that our souls who believe in God are strengthened,” they sing.
For those who believe in God, these words are the indicators of life that can help them win in the midst of this rebellious world, and they are lessons that make them look back on themselves.
However, these detailed descriptions of killing and even cursing their people who did not participate in the war shudder at the horror and horror of war, and make us feel fear and hopelessness about humanity that we do not want to think about again.
For those who have overcome death, all these things must have been a joy and a blessing, but -
Then, was the God of that time a God only for Israel?
I believe that God, who transcends time and space, is the same now and then.
Even though they were a chosen nation, they forgot God and left, putting sinful Israel in their suffering and taking control of their suffering
Not only did they forget God because they were not chosen, but they also left the Gentiles they did not know to make their gods and serve them, and used them as tools for Israel's repentance. For the restoration of Israel, they had to fight in front of them and face death and defeat. He is the same God who is the same ruler now and then even to those who have placed them in the middle.
Deborah is praising this God who chose Israel and gave victory to those who believe.
In addition, Sisera's mother appears and sings with ridicule of the vain victory dream of waiting for her son, ignoring the sorrow of a mother who will soon see her son's tragic destruction and death.
Although always the same God, the God of the Old Testament is a fearful and trembling person who thoroughly distinguishes between good and evil, shares justice and love, and acts rightly.
Serving Him must have been a difficult task for those prone to sin.
:31 Let all the enemies of the LORD perish, and those who love him like the sun rising with power.
Please do. The land was at peace for forty years.
The hope of the days of the Judges was to destroy the enemies and make those who love the Lord like the sun rising with power. But that year was lost again after forty years.
Now, the God of justice felt this human weakness and sinful nature too desperately in the countless repetitions, and fell into a dilemma where God's absolute justice and love - neither perfect justice nor perfect love - could be unfolded.
In the meantime, he was feeling the pain of the lives of countless strangers that had been given to Satan because of sin and justice. Although they represent sin.
Romans 12:14 Bless those who persecuted you, bless and do not curse.
:19 Do not avenge yourselves, but leave it to wrath, for it is written,
Vengeance is mine; I will repay, says the Lord.
:21 Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
So enough to give himself up and die in pain,
With that great love in it
the unbearable sadness
By the blood on the cross,
He was exposed enough to defeat Satan and destroy it.
So now, instead of 40 years, He accomplished eternal salvation.
Now, our song should sing that if we believe, we will all be saved and become children of God and dwell in the eternal kingdom.
It is not a blessing like the rising and setting sun
You will live in the eternal light of the Lord's glory!
1 Peter 2:22-25
He has committed no sin, and no deceit is found in his mouth.
When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but entrusted himself to him who judges righteously.
He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sins and live to righteousness. By His wounds you were healed.
You were once lost as sheep, but now you have returned to the shepherd and overseer of your souls.
Now, the Lord reserved the judgment of justice in the world for that love.
By the sacrifice of the Lord, we Gentiles who had to be judged in the world were also saved,
Now, in this world, there are far fewer places where the Gospel has not been heard. On the other hand, in the chosen Israel, the majority of the population denying Jesus and claiming only the God of the Old Testament.
What is our mission in these times?
Now what we have to bear is not to kill the enemy to win,
It would be to bless and love the enemy.
Sisera and his soldiers are now objects of love.
It is to make everyone know God.
This is why we must restore Israel and preach the gospel to the ends of the world.
This is the reason why the life of the witnesses we have been asked to do is most important to the Lord.
Now, at the end of the year, we want to offer our devotion to the Lord.
We also want to return the love of Jesus, who bore our sins for love.
Break free from the cursed life when we do what the Lord wants us to do together
The joy of victory like Deborah and Barak revives my soul,
I pray that you will be freed from judgment and enjoy the blessings that last forever.
We pray that such blessings will overflow in our church at the ‘Meeting of the Fall Day’ on December 16th.
Today, I have to call a friend who remains like an unsolved homework in my heart.
Even as a light joke.