Title Paris Will Be Excited
Contents
A. Introduction
1. Living together and livestock hospital
1) A man who does not get married while living together and asks for advice on how to remove morals
2) It would be better to inquire at the animal hospital for such horses.
3) If you forsake morality, you are an animal, not a human.
2. The reason why they are called saints → because they are set apart
3. The blessing of God's presence is to 'fire our will and make us aware of the joy of being separated from the world' (Brother Lawrence)
4. People of God live in the world, but people of the kingdom of God
5. God sets apart God's people living in Egypt, which is full of reproach and plagues, and escapes the plagues
B. Body
1. An Egyptian's house is full of swarms of flies.
1) Flies (arobs) → Pests that damage fruit trees and humans
2) Difference between grace and calamity: (1) grace → appropriateness (2) calamity → excess
*Example: a. rain and floods b. Sunshine and scorching sun → desertification
3) The creation groaned because of man (Romans 8:22)
(1) Creatures are comfortable and suffer because of people.
*Example: a. parent b. man c. person
2. God distinguishes between Egypt and Israel.
1) Separation (pedut) → means ‘redemption’ or ‘salvation’
2) Holiness → Divide and set aside → to be excellent and extraordinary
3) Thomas Watson’s ‘reason of persecution’
(1) Persecution is God's command
(2) Persecution is God's plan to give trials to the saints → Distinguishing between hypocrites and true saints
4) Suffering makes the man of God sanctified
5) ‘Goshen’ land is fertile land built in the Nile Delta → land suitable for farming and pasture
6) ‘Even though we walk in the shadows of death, we fear no evil’ (Reason: Psalm 23:4) → ‘Your rod and staff protect us’
7) Even if God’s people live in the world, they must ‘live holy’ to be distinguished from the world.
8) God who separates sheep from goats on the day of judgment
9) ‘If you aim for heaven, you will get the world as a bonus. But if you aim for the world, you will lose both.’ (C.S Lewis)
10) The wicked hate the saints because the saints are holy.
3. The purpose of the disaster is for Yeohwa and God Himself.
1) Purpose of bringing down disasters
(1) To make it known that Jehovah is God
(2) To be recognized as God through disaster
2) Glory (doxa) → ‘Acknowledge’
3) Worship → The ceremony of acknowledging God as God
(1) Recognize God as God and recognize us as human beings
(2) Acknowledging that our nature is contrary to God
4) Representing and acknowledging Jehovah is God’s will
C. Conclusion
1. Let’s take the example of ‘Three Boxes’ by Portia and Bisanio from ‘The Merchant of Venice’
1) Gold box, silver box, lead box
2) Bassanio who chose the lead box → ‘If anyone chooses me, he has to give everything he has and take a risk’ → The biggest reward for the biggest challenge
2. Recognizing God requires giving and taking risks→But the result is eternal life