Title Leaving Hometown to Hometown (September 14, 2008)
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Date: September 14, 2008
Word: Genesis 12:1~5, Hebrews 11:13~16
Title: From Hometown to Hometown
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The term reverse return has been around for a long time. Even here, people who left in search of their hometown are divided into those who have returned to their hometown. Even in the text, there are people who leave their hometown and go to an unfamiliar place when everyone is returning to their hometown. He is Abraham, the father of faith.
The road from home to home
This is the land God has given me.
People who have good conditions or where they go to work, people who are a little wealthy build and live in an eco-friendly place. However, Canaan, which Abraham went to search for, is not of that kind at all, but a land that God has instructed, a place where only God is served, and a land with God's promise, that is, a life lived according to God's word.
It is the road to forming a great nation.
Abraham was ruthless, but he believes in God's covenant and goes to the ground where he will become a great nation. A Christian prepares by faith for a future that has not yet been grasped.
It is a path that is the source of happiness.
“The Source of Blessings” It is a glory to yourself, but what more beautiful and greater blessings can your descendants also have?
Abraham was 75 years old.
It is already too late for Abraham to jump into this work. A decision must be made on the road to the path of new history, leaving the dark world buried in the world. Abraham made a decision at the age of 75.
The attitude of those who leave their hometown and go home
They are the ones you see from afar and miss.
Israel's chosen people have lived in front of the Jordan River for 40 years, longing for Canaan. Saints long for that day, wait for it, and light a lamp to live with a feeling of preparation.
I witnessed and lived as a foreigner and a stranger.
Abraham was always a stranger. Before entering Canaan, the Israelites were strangers. Dear saints, We are strangers. However, they are not foolish wanderers who wander without knowing where they are going, but the best nation and family living in the light with a clear destination.
Those who have found a better home than their hometown.
Why do so many people miss their hometown and take hours to find them? We believe that the true hometown of saints is heaven. We await the kingdom, and there we will find comfort and rest. As the book of Hebrews testifies, we lived according to our faith and then died according to our faith. Isn't that the prepared life of a believer who truly believes in God?
Saints! When it comes to holidays, let's do our best to live for the country that we will return to forever, just as we prepare this and that.