Title What will you leave behind?
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▒▒▒ Genesis 1:26~31
This is an anecdote about Gauro Inoue, one of the leading figures of the Meiji Restoration in Japan. He came home late at night from work and met a gangster. The assailants beat him indiscriminately and stabbed him here and there with knives. Arrived home almost dead. His whole body was covered in blood, and there was no hope of survival. So he said, “Brother, please make this pain go away. Please kill me.” I beg my brother. How can an older brother kill a younger brother? Nevertheless, the older brother can't just see his younger brother's pain, so he grants his younger brother's request. At that time, the old woman attacked her so that she could not kill her brother. The old mother couldn't keep her eyes open to see her older brother killing her younger brother. Unfortunately or fortunately, thanks to my grandmother, my brother was spared from killing me. Surprisingly, however, thanks to the careful treatment of the doctors and the sacrificial care of her mother, Gauro Inoue miraculously survived. After resurrecting, he said, “I am a dead person, but God gave me more life, so I am alive. So, I will use this life for a good cause.” He vowed to become a leading figure in Japan's modernization.
According to the genealogy of Matthew 1, “Abraham fathered Isaac, Jesse fathered David, Jacob fathered Joseph, and Joseph fathered Jesus Christ with Mary.” and record. In the genealogy of the Gospel of Matthew, it is written like this: On the other hand, in the genealogy of Genesis 5, “Adam died at the age of 930, Seth died at the age of 902, and Enosh died at the age of 905.” The genealogy of Matthew speaks of life, whereas the genealogy of Genesis speaks of death. Comparing Cairo to Israel, Cairo is reminiscent of the city of the dead. Pyramids, the symbol of Egypt, are also tombs and represent death. In Israel, on the other hand, there is a tomb of King David in Jerusalem, but it is fake. There are no great royal tombs to be found there. Israel is the city of life. Dear brothers and sisters, what will you leave behind for your children, between death and life?
It was in the 1980s when I was in America. At the time, a child named Ryan Wight died of AIDS. At the age of 13, she received an AIDS-infected blood transfusion and died after five years, and her last words were televised. The father said to the child, “As a father, there is nothing I can do for you!” Do you have one last thing to say? When asked, the child answers. “Thank you so much, Mom and Dad. Dad and Mom gave me life, so I was able to live happily on this earth. Dad and Mom taught me about Jesus, and I came to enjoy eternal life by believing in Jesus. Daddy, Mommy gave me eternal life.” Ladies and gentlemen, nothing will be as sad as not having our names in the book of life in heaven. Also, how sad would it be if our children's names were not recorded in the book of life?
The life of parents greatly affects their children. Even if we do not leave a legacy of wealth, when we lay our hands on our sons and daughters and bless them, our sons and daughters become blessed sons and daughters. When we live a godly life even if we do not leave wealth to our descendants, our sons and daughters become noble people on this earth, and when we pass on Jesus Christ to our children even if we do not leave any wealth to our descendants, our children will have eternal life. I believe you will receive the blessing of
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