A Christian whose words and deeds coincide
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In the beginning was the Word. The Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning, and all things were made through him, and without him nothing was made that was made. In him was life, and this life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness does not understand it. There was a man sent from God, and his name was John. He has come to testify, to testify of the light, that all may believe through him. He is not this light, but he has come to testify of this light. There was the true light, the light that came into the world and gave light to every man, who was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world did not know him; he came to his own land, and his people did not receive him, but those who did receive him, those who believed in his name. To him was given the right to become children of God, who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. The Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld his glory, the glory of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. (John 1:1-14)
"In the beginning was the Word. The Word was with God. The Word was God. In him was life. This life was the light of men. The Word became flesh and dwelt among us." These are the words of John chapter 1 of the Bible. The Word became flesh and appeared in Jesus.
Words are very important. Because words are an expression of the heart, you can know the heart by listening to them. People speak. We communicate our thoughts through words. Words represent the heart of the speaker, and you can get to know the person by their words. Therefore, the value of the horse is consistent with the value of the person. If the price of a person has fallen, it is also interpreted that the price of horses has fallen.
However, in our society today, the most frivolous, dirty, and worthless things have become human words. Not only is the price of horses not falling apart, they have become very dirty playthings. Because words are only words, but words become person, action, flesh, and not history. Because the words did not come out of the heart, they were manipulated on the tip of the tongue, and they became words that did not become a responsible person. Today's era is called the era of disbelief. This is an era of distrust where people do not believe what they say. To not believe the word means to not believe the heart. The world has become an unbelievable world because words and hearts are different and we do not take personal responsibility for our words. Because the age of prophecies in which one's own words were cut off and eaten by one's self had come, it was an age of disbelief. If you become a person who can't trust words, you can't trust that person either. Even if a person writes ten thousand books and publishes a few complete collections and leaves a proverb such as the Golden Gukjo (金科玉條), if the person fails to act to take responsibility for those words, the book and the person will be thrown away.
Jesus has spoken. And all those words are also words that teach great lessons. But he is not the only one who gathers good words. He is the One who gave his life to keep just what he said. Therefore, the symbol of Christianity is not a book containing the words of Jesus, but the cross on which Jesus died on the cross as a symbol. Our Christian congregations around the world observe this week as Passion Week to commemorate the suffering and death of Jesus on the cross.
Unless the Word becomes life and the person who exchanges the responsibility of the Word for life, he cannot become a target for people to believe and follow. Those who do not take responsibility for their words are called liars and tricksters. In chapter 21 of the last book of the Bible, the Apocalypse, it is said that “those who lie will go to hell”. A character is a person who takes responsibility for his or her words. The fortress has not only corrupted the horses by lying, but also shows the depraved nature of making up false words and trying to use them as a tool for self-interest. There have been people who even commit the devilish act of using lies as a tool for their own political and economic interests. So people got into a situation where it was difficult to even tell the truth from a lie.
Even with lie detectors in existence today, lies are becoming more common and spreading. In the fortress, the air is rotting and the river water is rotting, so pollution is a serious problem. On top of that, people's speech is rotten, and the person's heart and personality are also rotten, making it impossible to lift your nose and breathe. In the old days, the virtue of a gentleman was that he would not say anything that was not in his heart even if his neck was cut, and that he would give his life to take responsibility for his words was also the virtue of a warrior. Fortresses are fortresses, and even scholars and professors are sold with power and money to say what they do not like. Fortresses are not swords, and even soldiers with guns take responsibility for their horses for temporary gain. Instead, he sees the old medicine dealer degenerate into a liar. We also know the times when we look at the expression of words. Exaggeration of words means poverty of content, slandering and accusing others, and harsh double-sounding words can be said to be harsh on the mind.
We must start a mental movement to change today's age of distrust into an age of trust and fidelity. I think the most fundamental movement at this time is the movement to keep the truth of the word. Those who do not take responsibility for their words should start a movement to prevent them from setting foot anywhere in our society, and if they do not take responsibility for their words, the society will force them to take full responsibility for their words. must create . As long as we create a social climate in which words and actions are consistent, we will be able to live in this society with peace of mind and trust each other. The truth that the Word becomes flesh and makes it appear as events is the truth of Christianity and Jesus Himself.