Title The Best Answer (Luke 11:9-13)
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Human beings, good and evil, those who serve God and those who do not, all live in the grace of God. All things in heaven and earth are the common property that God has given to mankind by grace.
However, as mankind prospered, greed grew and each of them tried to monopolize it, so borders were created and private property rights were acquired. In particular, in these days, oil-producing countries monopolize and weaponize oil and torment all mankind. This has led to wars between nations and individuals, and it has become a harsh world where fights and aggression, extortion, and killing occur. it has become
God lamented that this world has become, and sent His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, to this earth to preach God's will in order to establish a world where all mankind loves, cares for and understands each other, and a world of peace where everyone who helps and lives coexists. He gave the flesh, blood, and life of Jesus Christ as a common thing for mankind so that humans would not live according to their lusts. Therefore, those who know, believe, and accept this fact will lose their greed and receive the Spirit of Jesus Christ to enter the infinite world and become qualified to live.
However, none of the people of Tang Xing realized, believed, or accepted this fact. The reason is that people's hearts were filled with greed and their minds were ignorant. Even among the disciples who had seen, heard, and lived together for three years, some sold Jesus Christ out of greed, or even fought to monopolize a high position. will be Knowing this, after Jesus ascended into heaven, He sent the Holy Spirit to inspire and move people to understand this fact, to make them believe, and renew their hearts. They were all together and shared all things with each other, sold their property and possessions and distributed them according to each person's needs, and the amazing history of love was revealed, and for the first time, those who have nothing but love share what is mine without yours. is.
However, because of those who did not receive the Holy Spirit at that time, the work was stopped shortly thereafter, but God showed us what will happen in the eternal world as a model for a short time in this world.
Today, Satan abuses the words of Acts 2:44 and below to imitate the fact of sharing and serving each other to create a communist ideology and force people to follow it. You can see that they are driving the entire human race to ruin by forcing them to live together. We all know that this idea is the devil's idea, destroying the human heart, destroying the family, society, and morals of the nation, leading to violence and plunder like a wild beast. However, this communism is also slowly collapsing.
Therefore, you can know well that God has established Christianity in the present world and is preparing and training those who believe in Jesus to enter and live in the world of eternal peace through this church. Thus, many people today come to the church and believe in Jesus Christ, and through this, their hearts are renewed through the work of the Holy Spirit, and with joy and thanksgiving, they give all they have to God and use it according to God's will. is.
To the saints who have been saved and live with joy and gratitude, God answers the prayers of His people along with the blessing of the soul, giving them health blessings, material blessings, and a good environment for living. But we need to know that sometimes God does not answer the prayers of His people.
However, we should not be disappointed that He does not answer what we ask for. We must know that God wants to give better things to those who ask. In 2 Corinthians 12:8-9, Paul said that he prayed to be healed, but the answer was that he was healed from weakness. Sometimes we get sick and pray earnestly for healing, but it doesn't get better, and if it gets worse and worse and we die, it's easy to get discouraged and say that God doesn't answer our prayers. When God sees the sick, it is better to heal them forever than to heal them temporarily. In other words, we must also realize that through his death, in the eternal world, in a very healthy and excellent body, we will never get sick again and will never die.
And also, you should know that it seems that prayers are not answered, but in reality, it may be a better answer to asking God for material things, but getting poorer and poorer. When he becomes extremely poor, he becomes actively dependent on God and believes in God as his Father, and at this time, he realizes that the possessions of God, the Father, are inherited by him, and he feels infinite joy and satisfaction and is grateful.
For such a believer, God knows what he needs and gives him accordingly, so he has a lot of things in advance that he doesn't need, so that he knows the comfortable life in God first, rather than being enslaved to material things. Because everyone does not know what he needs or what to ask for, he often seeks for what he does not need and for what he does not ask for.
If God gave men what they asked for, man would be the most miserable, and God would be a merciless God. The reason is that all human beings want to live in abundance in the present world and enjoy the pleasures of the flesh to their heart's content. How terrible would it be to go in and hear screams for eternity? Therefore, God commands men to ask, but in Matthew 6:33 it is plainly said: Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. And God promises to give better things to those who ask. Jesus said, "If a son asks for bread, he will give him a stone, if he asks for a fish he will give him a snake, and if he asks for an egg he will give him a corral. He said that He would give the good Holy Spirit to you. He said that he would give the Holy Spirit because the Holy Spirit is the source of all happiness.
There are two types of human happiness: physical happiness and spiritual happiness. Physical happiness is only temporary, and spiritual happiness is eternal. . If we believe in Jesus Christ and receive the Holy Spirit and are renewed in our hearts, we will seek eternal things, His kingdom and His righteousness, so that these people can enjoy eternal happiness and riches in the present. Sometimes, depending on the circumstances, even if you do not receive both and receive only the happiness of the soul, you realize how precious it is than the person who only receives and enjoys the happiness of the body.
Therefore, the meaning of true happiness and unhappiness does not consist in the existence of material things, but in receiving the Holy Spirit or not. Therefore, if anyone truly asks God, even if I ask in the wrong way, God will answer with the best thing. We believe that the Lord hears and answers our prayers. Please ask God who answers you with the better and the best.