Title One Year Reflection/Ephesians 5:15-21
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Reflection on a year/Ephesians 5:15-21
Be like men and save time, for the times are evil; therefore do not be foolish, but the will of the Lord.
Understand what this is. Do not get drunk, for this is debauchery; but be filled with the Holy Spirit.
Speak to one another with hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making hymns to the Lord with your hearts,
We always give thanks to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, and escape from the fear of Christ
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All of a sudden, this year has passed.
A Western poet said that there are three things that do not return to the world.
It was said that arrows shot at the target, words spit out in a hurry, and opportunities like gold. ooh this year
It means that all the opportunities given to Lee have passed.
Now, 2000 years have gone away from us forever and flowed into the past. going down
Standing at the last summit of this year, looking back on the steps we have made over the past year
I'll go.
1. The years of looking back always leave regrets.
On the last day of the year 2000, which ends with today, on the last Sunday, look back on the steps of the year.
Otherwise, your heart will be heavy.
Because the regret and shame of not being able to properly fulfill all the plans made at the beginning of the last year
because it is.
Shame on God is greater than shame on oneself.
how long have you been living
How obedient were you?
As believers, this is the standard for all our actions.
How much have we lived in obedience to this Word?
What was left of those years of disobedience? I can't help but reflect deeply.
Reminds me of the story of the eagle.
The eagle rises triumphantly to catch the deer in the morning, but it goes through the mountains and fields all day long.
I couldn't find a single rabbit, so I went back to work in vain and just found a rotten mouse in the gutter.
It is the story of seeing and filling the hungry intestines.
On the first day of the year 2000, we all started the new year in rosy colors.
Everyone greets the new millennium, the 21st century, and the millennium with such high expectations.
did you?
But now, our faces are now spending this year with ashes rather than roses.
The common people did not know what the IMF was and had to suffer IMF.
I had to go through the turmoil of the real-name system without knowing what the real-name system was at the bank.
I had to go through the inconvenience of buying medicine without knowing what the division of labor was or why it was needed.
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'Now we are out of the IMF tunnel after two years,' the president said in person in front of the people.
It seemed like the day before, but there were again homeless people on the streets, conflicts due to restructuring,
We are faced with the reality that many unemployed people who have lost their jobs are living this year with a sigh.
If you look at our society these days, the word love of country is not the same as each other's resentment, transfer of responsibility, and collective selfishness.
We're just seeing a lot of backlash.
Meanwhile, some criticize the president's ruling style, and say that the government's policy is unprincipled.
There are those who criticize, and because of the stock crash, and because of the immoral financial accidents,
The reality is that people are going through this year more depressed than hopeful.
It is not only in our country to spend the last of 2000 like this.
It is said that it is the first time that the Christmas of the Lord's birth is so quiet as this year in the holy city of Jerusalem. baby yes
It is said that even tension circulated in Bethlehem, where water was born.
It has been a year marked by terrorism, disasters and accidents around the world.
Just as our physical years have been stained like these, our spiritual life of faith
I think it was the same with the book.
The disobedience that we took our father's inheritance and went out and squandered everything
Like the second son, the things we didn't obey Heavenly Father's word over the past year
I don't know how many.
We have a year-end and a new year, so reflect on ourselves and look back
It would mean standing. Organize things to clean up and welcome the new year with a new heart
In order to win, there is a year-end and a new year.
2. If you spent the year 2000 with regret, how should you greet the new year?
Today's text tells us not to live foolishly.
Here, 'living foolishly' means living only for yourself.
Living only for yourself means living according to your own instincts.
There is no gratitude in such a life.
In a life without gratitude, love does not sprout. Love begets life, love is life
grow and eventually bear fruit.
Even if you own everything in the world, life without love is meaningless.
Because love is the great force that completes everything.
Living without love is like walking on a dark and dark road.
They say they see with their own eyes, but they grope like a blind person.
When love reigns in the heart, everyone sees them as brothers and sisters.
As long as you have covetousness and greed in your heart, your neighbor will not be seen as your brother.
Aren't we the ones who say that we are Christians and have not yet embraced the heart of Christ?
We must repent deeply and repent.
"Take my yoke upon you and learn from me," said the Lord, for I am meek and humble of heart.
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For the love and comfort of the Lord will be with those who take on the yoke of the Lord. at that time
He said that there is peace of mind.
When I look back on the past year, I see nothing but vain things like shadows rather than for and for
I don't know if I've been busy living for the sake of it.
We need to quietly think about why we have been so busy living like this.
The psalmist says in verse 39:6, "You lay up wealth, but you do not know who will take it." Who
Have you not been so busy living to amass the wealth that you might get? reflect deeply
I'll have to see it.
Reflect on how much you have contributed over the past year for the cause of the Lord and for our poor neighbors.
I'll have to try it out.
David puts his hope in God, because God forgives our sins and transgressions.
said.
If we look back closely over the past year, it has been a year marked by faults, mistakes, and disobedience. That
Even if there are such shameful faults, if you repent before God now, He will give you a new year.
it will be true
3. I hope the new year will be a year of embracing you.
When the early Christians heard the word {Christian}, they lived a different life
It was named after the meaning of people who do.
They set the example of all their lives in Jesus.
In today's meaning, it corresponds to the meaning of a 'Jesus-man' who was dedicated to Jesus. 'Jesusman', 'Jesus
It is nicknamed 'People of
Wouldn't it be great to hear something like this today?
The problem these days is that we don't have the smell of Jesus.
The old Pharisees and scribes had their own odor. Although they
They were rebuked by God, but their lives were thorough. They live separate lives
people who did it.
But what about today's Christians?
What does it smell like? Even if you do one-tenth of life like the Pharisees
You will not be insulted by people.
But look at the life of so-called Christians these days.
How many times have you made a frown impression on the world? in the court of the world
How many times have you been humiliated and humiliated? Now we go out with the tracts
I have become ashamed to evangelize.
I'm not trying to tease anyone.
Why do you think it happened?
Perhaps it is because the smells of Jesus have disappeared from our lives. Receiving Jesus as Lord of Life
Saying that we live high, we still live according to material things, just like people in the world, and we are the axis of wealth.
It's because he worked hard for his sake and lived only for himself without looking at his brothers' difficulties.
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If we continue to live like this, in the future, the Christian Church will all disappear, just like in the homeland of Christianity
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It is a proven phenomenon in Buddhism.
Why did today's Buddhism disappear from people's attention? Silla became a state religion for a thousand years
Buddhism has disappeared, and its powerful power has lost its legacy today, and can only be seen at the Gyeongju Museum.
Why did it happen? It was because I couldn't give any more visions in the minds of the people.
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The Korean Christian Church is no exception. The Lord has also foretold this.
?쏽ou are the salt of the world, and if salt loses its taste, with what shall it be salted?
They are useless, but are thrown outside and trampled on by men??(Matthew 5:13).
What is the essence of Christianity?
God's love. The love of the cross.
It is the love of salvation. Atonement love.
As long as you practice this in your life, it will last forever. But let go of this and like the people of the world
If you are only pursuing personal happiness, if you only live according to that style of life, you will not be able to taste it in a while.
They will become lost salt and they will be thrown down on the road and trampled on.
I hope you will leave it. If the Korean church goes out in this state now, it will be in the 2050s - 2100s.
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Dear saints!
Please see the animal world.
All grass-eating animals are docile.
There are no wild beasts for herbivores such as cattle, sheep, roe deer, and deer.
But look at the beasts that eat other people's flesh and eat other people's flesh.
They live in the eye and so on.
Tigers, lions, wolves, hyenas, and other carnivorous animals that prey on others are all poaxes.
I like it.
We believers are not docile,
If you try to eat others, how can you call it a Christian? People like this these days
there are many A person who pretends to be a member of the church and tries to betray others by selling his office in the church
fields have arisen. I don't know how unfortunate that is.
It has become so difficult for Christians to live nowadays.
Why?
This is because they do not eat the word of God and are only pursuing the things of the world. yoke of jesus christ
Because they don't carry him, and they don't try to follow him.
How will I spend the last days of my ministry these days? take it more seriously than ever
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Thinking about such things, I often experience a loss of courage when I think of people's faces.
is. Why do those who become discouraged in the service of the Church become discouraged?
Because they are looking at people's faces more than the Lord's.
When we see the face of the Lord, our complaints, resentment, and even hatred will all disappear.
There again mysterious powers and abilities arise. If discouragement is about to come in our life of faith,
every time
We have come to the conclusion that we should only look at the face of the Lord.
Let's all let the 2000 years pass by with the old year and welcome the new year with a new heart.
Let me yoke my heart with the Lord so that the new year will be a brighter one.
I pray that the grace and peace that comes from the Lord be with all of us as we spend this year. ??