Title Only Thank You
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Because God is righteous in His disposition, His judgment toward the world is also righteous, and He is also honest in looking at the world.
The reason that God gave the word to the world and sent his only begotten Son to suffer on the cross was to set the standard for judging and judging the world.
Man created by God from dust was loved by God, obeyed God's word, and was made to be pleasing to God, but in the end, the greed of the flesh hidden in the essence of man's heart is more material and power than God's love and interference. After losing the love of God because he wanted to, the true happiness of life that God gave him was taken away by the devil who has the authority to die.
Although people are born in sin and live in sin, each person lives with a dream, whips himself toward the dream, and sees the happiness at the end of that dream, overcoming the hardships of the present and running away.
▣ However, the things that all people in the world dream and want on this earth do not come true according to that person's dream.
} Solomon explains the reason for this in Proverbs 16:9- “A man makes his way in his heart.
They plan, but the Lord directs their steps.” He says that God the Creator decides all of life's past, present, and future.
As we spent the last Sunday of 2009 in the state, we probably looked back at our past.
But probably none of us would say that all of our dreams and wishes have come true in the time that has passed.
▣ At the end of the year, many people have a year-end party and most of the reasons are,
Even if the things you dreamed and thought about did not come true, you will be grateful for the year passed without any problems, and the year-end meeting will soothe the regrets of the year passing with people you are close with in the desire to dream again in the new year.
The Creator God is the creator of our lives, and He knows very well what must be in our lives to make our lives happy and to make our dreams come true.
▣ However, most people do not know their priorities in their lives, and focus only on eating, drinking, and dressing.
▶ A rich, foolish young man prepares a warehouse to store food for the rest of his life,
▶ Rich and foolish people prepare purple clothes for their bodies and eat and drink while having luxurious feasts every day, but they cannot prepare for the life of the soul, which is the essence of man.
Since our lives are beings from the soil, we can never ignore the culture and environment born from the soil while we live in the flesh.
▣ However, God says that if you want to find true happiness and live a worthwhile life, believe in Jesus, the work of God.
※ God’s work- to receive Jesus as our Savior,
▣ All life in the world cannot live without God's mercy and mercy for a single moment.
Since God's mercy and compassion are the common graces of God for all mankind in the world, all human beings live by this common grace of God.
▣ One of the greatest privileges of a Christian is to call God Father.
This privilege is the envy of angels and the fear of demons.
In the relationship between God and man, there are absolutely no elements that can achieve an equal relationship between God and man, such as the Creator and the creature, the perfect and the imperfect, the righteous and the sinner, the infinite and the finite. However, God not only gave the authority of children to those who realized their sins and weaknesses after receiving Jesus, but also the grace of living in the midst of powerful blessings in spirit, body and spirit, which is God's special program that does not change. you have allowed
▣ We, who keep the last Sunday of the year like this today, have lived under God's blessing until now, and the rest of our lives will also be lived with God's special grace.
So today, as I spend the last Sunday of 2009, I focus on the words of the text, “Only thanks.” We are going to take time to glorify God who is in control of our lives under the title,
1. First of all, let us all be thankful for our past lives.
David in this text puts the ark of the Covenant, a symbol of God's presence, in his palace, and is moved by the grace and love that God has bestowed on his life so far, and gives thanks to God.
David's past was impossible for a shepherd to take care of his father Jesse's sheep, but God, who is rich in mercy, anointed David as the second king of Israel, whom his brothers and family ignored as young and weak.
▣ David knows that all things that can keep the ark while serving God are miracles from God.
So David said before the people, “Blessed be God from everlasting to everlasting.” and praised it.
In the past, we too were very weak people who could not discern God's will and works, but let's be thankful that we have lived under God's guidance after being born again as children of God.
Those who give thanks to God for the past can appreciate the value of grace in the present.
David was a shepherd, but one day he went to his brothers on an errand to send lunch to his brothers on the battlefield. With the power God gave him, he defeated Goliath, the enemy leader, in the battle of the Philistines, Israel's greatest enemy at the time.
However, for a brief moment of joy, Saul tried to kill David out of jealousy, but God protected David with his amazing power and miracles in every turn of David's life.
▣ Like David, we had the sword of Saul who tried to harm us, and there was a pursuit of the enemy devil, the enemy of faith, but please give thanks to God for protecting us with the eyes of a flame. As Paul confessed in 1 Corinthians 15:10, remembering that “I am who I am now is entirely by the grace of God,” and believe and thank God that I exist today because God has given me grace in the past. Please.
2. Think of the present grace and give thanks.
Now, no matter what difficulties and sufferings you and I may face, God not only knows all the tribulations we are going through, but the more we suffer, the more Christ Jesus loves and supports us.
▣ God doesn't give His children a test they can't handle.
1 Corinthians 10:13 - “No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it.”
▣ These words say that God will protect and guide His people whom He has redeemed with His Son's blood in any circumstance of the present. We must have a present to have a future.
“Let’s be grateful for the present.” If you say, “I am a person who has nothing to be thankful for,” there are people who will complain, but remember that the feeling of not being grateful for the present can block the better things in your life. Please change to thank you.
▣ Remember that the life of the greatest blessing that we can enjoy at present is “life in Christ” and give thanks to God who always walks with us inside and out while allowing us to be in the present.
3. Look to the future in hope and give thanks.
Romans 12:12 - “Rejoice in hope, be patient in affliction, be steadfast in prayer.”
Because anticipation for tomorrow is the only blessing God has given to people, all people in the world have hardships in their present lives, but they do not yield to them and start another day.
But we have a God who is closer than our face, and how grateful we are that the Holy Spirit allows us to receive God's help with our spirit even though we do not know what to pray in us.
▣ David was able to praise Psalm 23 even in a crypt by escaping Saul's sword because he had hope for the future. The great strength that Israel was able to cross through the wilderness for 40 years was possible because of their absolute trust in God's Word.
Even though we do not see the light in our environment now, rather than the saints who complain and resent and do not hesitate in their place, “Nevertheless.” Will God not rejoice and comfort those who dream of tomorrow with the faith that
(With the present, you can have hope for the future.)
▣ Just as a farmer can wait 7 years to harvest citron, so the faith, devotion, and service we are doing now with hope for the future are definitely a holy investment for ourselves and for the future of thousands of our descendants.
Although we may all appreciate the present life, do not settle for or complain about the present life, dream of a better future, thank for the future in advance, and give thanks while thinking of a good future.
▣ Calvin said, "Today's sufferings are not worthy to be compared with the glory to be given." It is said that the verse was recited.
We also pray that we will glorify the past and present through our thanksgiving to God who will protect the past and present, and also to bless the future, and the God who has protected the year despite the present hardships.