The answer to life's problems?
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The answer to life's problems? (John 14:1-6)
Jesus prophesied about what would happen immediately after the Last Supper.
1) That one of the disciples, Judas Iscariot, will betray the Lord
2) That Peter would deny Jesus.
3) Jesus said that He would leave His disciples behind because He died on the cross and rose again.
When the disciples heard this, they became depressed and became afraid. Jesus comforted the disciples who were troubled in their hearts. We learn that Jesus Christ is the answer and the correct answer to the problems we cannot solve on our own from the words of comfort to the disciples.
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“Even if the table is full of delicious food, if you cannot thank the Lord, you are just full. Even if your library is full of books, if you do not understand the words of the Lord, you are just accumulating knowledge.
Even if you have various positions, money, honor, various powers, and educational backgrounds,
What is the use of not having faith in the Lord
Even if you live in a fancy house, wear nice clothes and drive a nice car, what's the use if you haven't been saved?
It is sadder that spiritual lack is more than worldly one.
We always need the Lord.”
Jesus is the answer to every problem in our life. Therefore, without Jesus, we would have a vain life, a poor life.
First, Jesus is the answer to life's troubles.
The betrayal of Judas Iscariot, the departure of Jesus by the death of Jesus, and the announcement of the betrayal of Peter have brought upon the disciples immediate anxiety and anxiety. In the end, when Jesus was arrested by the enemies before he was crucified, they all ran away. The movie 'Perseverance of the Christ' shows that part realistically. The disciples are portrayed in a sound effect with a strong sense of urgency.
We run into troublesome worries that make us want to run away. Anxiety, nervousness, and worry are inseparable from the human world. So, in the hymn, “There are many things to worry about in this world, and there are many things to die for.” is singing In Joseph Scriben's <Our Savior Who Bears the Burden>, he said, "Worrying, worrying, not carrying a heavy burden."
Yes! Even at this moment, many people are struggling with worries and heavy burdens in their hearts.
People try to solve the worries and burdens of their hearts in one way or another. Some try to overcome them by comforting themselves or by hypnosis, others by intoxicating drugs and drugs, and others by giving up and dying.
However, the perfect way and answer to overcome the worries and burdens of life
First, the words of Jesus.
In today's text, Jesus said, "Do not let your hearts be troubled." He said. Jesus said, “Do not let your heart be troubled.” If you said that, that's all. Because His words are the guarantee of the <Eternal Truth> life. Jesus said in Matthew 24:35. “Heaven and earth may pass away, but my words will never pass away.”
He was saying that the words of Jesus are the words of certainty and eternal guarantee. So Jesus said, “Do not let your hearts be troubled.” If you believe in the sure guarantee of Jesus and live by that faith, there will be no problem. Guarantee the perfect word of the Lord We hope that you will be freed from the worries of your heart by believing and living.
How to overcome the worries and burdens of life
The second is to believe in God and Jesus.
Jesus said to his disciples, “Believe in God and believe in me.” He said.
Because this is the body line's way of overcoming the worries of the mind. When such and other worries come over your life, the best way is to believe in Almighty God and Jesus, the Christ who became a human being.
If you believe in God the Almighty Creator and Jesus, who fundamentally took on the sufferings of our lives on the cross, there is no reason to worry and worry.
Faith is 1, trusting, 2, trusting, 3, trusting as if a stone is rolled from one side to the other. When you believe in God in that way, your troubles and burdens will surely be answered.
There was a man called "Henry Moorehouse". An ordeal that he could not bear unless he was a very disciplined believer came upon him.
One day, while he was feeling discouraged, he came into the house with his shoulders drooping and dead grass, when his little daughter, playing in the drawing room, welcomed him. The daughter was in a wheelchair. The daughter said in her wheelchair when she saw the packages her father was carrying.
"Dad, what's that?" "I'll give it to Mom. Where is Mom?"
"He's on the second floor. Dad, give it to me. I'll take it."
"No, you can't walk properly, so how do you bring this to your mother on the second floor?" said
Then my daughter said, "I just need to pick up the package and Daddy can hold me. will say
When Henry Moorhouse heard his daughter's words, a flash of light flashed in his head. “God is holding me like this, so why am I so frustrated?” He said that he was able to get out of the pit of despair with faith.
Everyone! By having faith in God and in the Lord Jesus, I hope that you will be freed from the troubles of your heart.
There is an organist called <Happiness Joans>. I was good at music from an early age, and at 16 I entered a music college. I thought I would become a world-famous pianist by playing the piano well. But halfway through, my wrist hurt. The piano had to be played with force on the wrist, but it was impossible to play it. If the pianist hurts his wrist, it's over. In the midst of discouragement, he tried to overcome by faith. He prayed before God. "God, what can I do? Show me what I can do. Open my eyes to see Your will." While praying earnestly, he heard the voice of God in his heart. "You have hands, but aren't your feet strong?" he thought He started playing the organ, thinking that kicking music was an organ. Unlike the piano, there was no problem with the organ because it was an instrument in which the keys could be gently pressed and played by stepping on the keys with one's feet. Eventually he became a world-famous organist. Even in the midst of despair, when we believed in God, depended on Him and prayed, <Happiness Joys> was able to overcome the worries and burdens in our hearts.
“He who lives by faith will be found in heaven.
Whatever happens, everything will be well with you.”
Finally, Jesus is the answer to the problem of life and death.
If you go to Gyeryongsan Sindoan, it is said that there is a pseudo sect called Cheonha Unification Bridge.
When you enter the house where they live, there are several pictures of grandfather on one wall, one large picture at the top and four small pictures below it. The top picture is God, and the four pictures below it are Confucius, Mencius, Yasu (Jesus), and Shakyamuni. You can go to God through Mencius or Confucius, you can go to God through Buddha, and you can go to God through Jesus.
But it is only an illusion. The only salvation in life is Jesus Christ. The reason is in Acts 4:12, “There is no salvation in anyone but this Jesus. There is no other name under the heavens other than this name among the names given to men on which we must rely on which to be saved."
The assertion and idea that the destination is the same and that there are multiple paths is wrong. Jesus Christ is the only way, truth, and life of salvation.
Verse 6 says, “Jesus said to him. “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one goes to the Father except through me.”
Other than that, no better and more certain claims or ideas are tolerated. Because the reality is that Jesus is the eternal life in which God became a man. He died on the cross for us and shed His precious blood to atone for the sins of destruction. Therefore, those who believe in the blood receive forgiveness of sins and salvation. Therefore, only Jesus is the answer to the problem of life and death.
<Hymn 352> “See the heart that believes in the blood, forgive me for my grave sins, and give me a heart of true peace”
There is a sculpture of the Lamb in the tower of a church in Norway. This is how this sculpture was erected One day when people were building the church for the first time, a worker who was working on a high stepping platform stumbled and fell. The worker who was nearby thought that the colleague who had fallen must have died, so he hurriedly went to the site. It turned out that this worker had just fallen on a flock of sheep passing by. So a few sheep were killed and these people survived.
Yes! Just as the man who was working on the roof should have died by falling from the roof, but the sheep died instead, Jesus Christ died on the cross for us, who were destroyed because of the sin of death. As a result, our sins were forgiven free of charge. saved Death is the biggest problem among life's problems. As Jesus died on the cross and rose from the dead, Jesus said, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live even if he dies, and whoever lives and believes in me will never die." He solved our death problem - Hallelujah!
Therefore, only Jesus is the answer to the problem of life and death.
Shusaku Endo, a Japanese author who wrote 'The Life of Jesus', believed in Jesus from a young age, but when he grows up, as a Japanese, living with Christian faith feels awkward, as if wearing geta and a suit. got to have
So, he decided to take off his Christian clothes and wear Japanese religious clothes. However, there were no clothes that fit him. In other words, among the religions of Japan and the East, there was no religion that he chose to believe in. He returned to Christianity. And, I decided to know and believe in Christianity a little more right away. Finally, I realized that Jesus is “the way, the truth, and the life.” After that, he studied theology and even wrote a book called 'The Life of Jesus'.
There is no one on this earth who can solve the real life-death problem that will make life out of the fire of hell other than Jesus!
It is said that the grace and comfort of the Lord that Jesus saved him from a slave was so great that he always shed tears of emotion. Who, other than Jesus, can break free from the curses of hell and receive the comfort of heaven Only “Jesus said to him. Please believe that Jesus is the only one who said, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one goes to the Father except through me."
<Chapter 405> “I am amazed by the grace of the Lord who saved a sinner like me.
Lost life was found and light was found.”
<Prayer>
1. While living in this world, we cannot help but worry, but help us to live in peace knowing that only the Lord is the answer to our worries!
2. Know that the only solution to the real death problem of life is Jesus, who is the <way, truth, and life>, and let us live by faith and enjoy the life that He gives!