Living according to the title
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Sunday day sermon
Text: Colossians 3:5-17
Title: Living by the Word
As we read the Bible, some parts seem to live according to the Word, but we discover that some parts are living a life completely different from the Bible. The part where you feel you are living according to the Word of the Bible is speaking of a life that imitates the Word in the flesh, and those who feel that they are living a life completely different from the Bible are saying, “The words written in the Bible are the words that Jesus and his disciples keep This is a term used to describe people who give up easily. However, what we must understand here is that the words recorded in the Bible are sinful humans, and no one can live by keeping them, and there is no law prohibiting humans from living by them.
Then, why can't humans live by the Word, and how can we live by the Word?
To say that humans cannot live according to the words recorded in the Bible means that all humans are sinners born of Adam's descendants, and therefore cannot live according to the words of the Bible. If human beings can live according to the words written in the Bible, the Bible has already lost its value.
In other words, as in today's text, "Kill your members that are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, lust, evil lust, and covetousness. Covetousness is idolatry!" will be writing But, will the sexual immorality, infidelity, evil lust, and covetousness that have already been in our hearts from birth just disappear just because we do our best? No matter how long a person attends church, prays a lot, and receives a lot of the filling of the Holy Spirit, it is only then and never disappears.
Then, why do we say that humans born of Adam's descendants can live when they say that no one can live by keeping the word? That is why no one can live like that by himself, but even a sinner can live as the Bible says through Jesus Christ. The Bible is written with the deep will of God. However, ordinary believers who read it cannot understand the deep meaning of God, so they either interpret the Bible literally, or solve the Bible according to their taste and apply it to their daily life. There is nothing special about being a pastor. This is because the amount of sin in their hearts is not much different from those of ordinary believers.
Therefore, the reason why you and I are gathered here is not just to achieve church revival like the churches of the world, increase the number of people, eat and live well in the flesh, but to practice and fulfill the words of the Bible. At least until you come here, look at the words of the Bible and say, “How do we live by fulfilling those words!” I must have been dubious, but now you and I have to fulfill all those words without any error. If even we do not fulfill those words, we too are part of the chaff that will be burned in the furnace on the last day, and we will end up as mere widows who got engaged to the Lord and broke their marriage.
If we come together to do such a daunting task, we must be clearly different from the rest of the world no matter what. First, in order for us to receive the grace of the Lord, we must have the right attitude of our heart. This is because grace is given in many different ways depending on where the attitude of our heart is headed. The difference between those who are determined to be born again through Christ and those who are not is truly enormous. It is said that in order to obtain good gold with a purity of 99.99%, a stone containing a lot of impurities is put in a furnace and melted. It is said that when the stone is melted, the impurities are sequentially removed depending on the temperature. And the last thing you get is pure gold. It is said that in order to obtain pure gold with 99.99% purity, even stones mined from the mines go through a hot smelting process to obtain pure gold. How can we make myself offered as a tool for the Lord without putting ourselves, who are full of filth, into a scorching furnace fire?
In order for us to practice and fulfill the words written in the Bible, the Lord must come into our hearts because it is impossible on our own. In order to do that, we must put ourselves down completely. Thousands of people today interpret and interpret the Bible and argue that this is true or that is correct, but none of their assertions are correct. And they only talk, and none of them live according to the words of the Bible. So they are only admonishing people by changing the words of Jesus into moral and ethical words, just as Confucius and Mencius taught people many lessons. Under these circumstances, who can know the deep will of God? But you and I must now show them what it means to live by the Word. This is what the children of God will do in the end.