The sign following the title/Acts 28:1-10
What are the fruits of faith? When we talk about the fruit of faith, we usually talk about how well we serve in the church or how powerful we have been given.
In Matthew 7:15 and below, Jesus spoke of false prophets.
is. He said that the only way to know false prophets is by their fruits. That
So, what is a fruit? In the very next verse that speaks of the fruit,
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"Not everyone who says to me, Lord, Lord, will enter the kingdom of heaven, but
He who does the will of my Father who is present will enter, and in that day many will
And said unto them, Lord, Lord, we prophesy in your name, and in your name
Have you not cast out demons, and have done many mighty works in your name?
Then I said to them plainly, I never knew you;
depart from me" (Matthew 7:21-23).
Judging from these words, the fruit of faith is doing the will of God the Father.
said it would Then what does it mean to do the will of our Heavenly Father?
is it?
We often just have to believe and do what Jesus said unconditionally.
It is misunderstood and it is not enough, but I think I can live like that. Yes
Otherwise, all the New Testament words, including the Sermon on the Mount that Jesus spoke of, are subject to the new law.
It's not going to become a law. But the will of Heavenly Father spoken here is
It was never given to Lee as something to do.
For false prophets cast out demons in the name of the Lord and do many mighty works.
But the Lord said he knew nothing of them, and instead practiced lawlessness.
Because it is defined as those who do. Lord, that we take the name of the Lord
It's not about doing what you want.
After all, the many powers that humans have, the ability to cast out demons, all these things, even
Even if you do it in the name of the Lord, it is illegal that has nothing to do with Heavenly Father's will.
In that we can reinterpret the meaning of God's salvation on the basis of the Word.
you will have to think
So, what is Heavenly Father's will? In John 6:40 it says:
are doing “My Father’s will is that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him has eternal life.
and I will raise it up on the last day." The will of God the Father is that
It is said that eternal life is given to those who believe in Jesus Christ.
If we ignore the will of God the Father, who has eternal life by believing in Jesus Christ,
No matter how many miracles and miracles are performed in the name of Jesus,
Even so, it has nothing to do with eternal life.
Therefore, the fruit of faith is what and how much I can produce and manifest.
It is not about whether you believe in Jesus Christ, but whether you believe in Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ
To believe is not what I do, but the Holy Spirit gives up all my will.
It is to make you believe in Jesus Christ.
After all, faith is not what I believe, but the Holy Spirit makes me believe
Christ is what makes you believe. Even if there is no sign of a miracle there,
Even if you do not have the magical powers to speak of, know Jesus Christ, and
If we believe that the blood shed on the cross is the power to atone for our sins
It is doing the will of our Heavenly Father.
Then, the incident about the apostle Paul recorded in today's text is the viper's hand
I asked him, and he said he wasn't dead. According to the text, "there was no damage at all" (5
clause) is said. How should we understand this text? Indeed, Jesus
If you believe in Sudo, can you hope for no miracles? Then he appeared to Paul
What does this mean for us?
Paul's party was shipwrecked and managed to land on the island of Melide. here
He will stay there for three months (verse 11). So the trip to Rome was delayed that much.
is. At first glance, the events on the island of Melide seem meaningless.
It is considered rum.
They were obviously headed for Rome, so why did they stay so long on the island of Melide?
had to be? Julius took the prisoners to Rome to be tried.
If you had radish, why didn't you hurry to go to Rome? think of these things
If we look at it, we can see that Paul's stay on the island of Melide was as good as going to Rome
I can find it important and meaningful.
In verse 4, the natives of the island of Melide were punished as prisoners because Paul was a murderer.
I thought I was going to Rome. So the punishment for the murderer's sins
I thought I was going to die from being bitten by a viper. at least the people there
In other words, if you were bitten by a snake, you would die.
But Paul was not dead. Seeing this, the people of Meliden believed Paul
I thought (verse 6). So the spirit of a man named Boblio, the highest on the island
When Paul saw that Boblio's father was ill, he prayed.
Lay your hands on it and get better.
Through these events, we can see how lavishly received by Paul for his miracles.
You can't just focus on what's going on. The Lord's Plan is Paul
Because it is in making the gospel witness to Rome through
It didn't matter how well they were treated.
We need to look at Mark 16 to understand this text.
is. Because today's text is based on the words of Mark 16, his
Because it is an event that explains beauty.
In Mark 16:15, Jesus said, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.
Preach.” And in verses 17 and 18, “These signs will follow those who believe.
In my name they will cast out demons, they will speak new tongues, and they will take up serpents.
and if they drink any poison, it will not hurt them; if they lay hands on the sick, I
will," he said.
This verse means that we are free to test God at any time as we wish.
no. For example, if I drink poison, God must protect me, and the sick
He prayed to God with these words in such a way that if he lay his hands on him, he would heal him
It shouldn't be rough.
This verse says that these signs will follow those who believe. For those who believe
Signs follow has to do with what the believer does.
All. According to Mark 16:15, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.
Do it.” That is, it has to do with the work of witnessing the gospel.
But if we ask who actually does the work, it is at the right hand of the throne of God.
It is the Lord himself (Mark 16:20,21). The risen and living Lord
He testifies of his gospel at the right hand of the throne of God. That is why believers
The Lord will take care of you. Any obstacles that block the gospel through the signs that follow
It means that you will thoroughly remove even the soda. Therefore, those who believe
It means that there is nothing that will hinder you from preaching the gospel.
What didn't happen was just an event as a means to spread the gospel. Sea
Those who were rescued from God still do not know the meaning of God's salvation.
that was true.
God’s salvation is not just about being raised from the sea, but through the life of Jesus Christ.
It is what God sows in his people. That is why the miracle through Paul
and healed Boblio's father, so that they took all sides as far as Rome.
You have provided me with righteousness. Neither the storms of the sea nor the conditions of the world
That you cannot hinder the Lord's work of witnessing the gospel to Rome through
All.
Rather, it was through Paul that this power was manifested in the wickedness of men.
is to rebuke you. They think they can do whatever they want based on their experience
To do something, to think of Paul as a murderer, etc. Humans are all self-centered.
I think it's a matter of taking Paul as a prisoner, but the Lord is going to Rome through Paul.
It means that the Lord Himself is centered on the work of witnessing the gospel.
It's not that we can show power, but from Paul's point of view, everything is centered on the Lord.
It means to think about things.
In other words, it is not a matter of escorting a prisoner to Rome, but the Lord preaching his gospel.
It is to know that it is the work of the Lord who testifies even to Rome. Paul in the end
Because of the mission given to him, the Lord protected Paul. This revelatory
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The Lord will protect those who believe in this way for His gospel today.
All. That the Lord protects us in this way is what gift I have received from the Lord.
It's not about how you can express what abilities you receive.
The Lord can put us in this situation because of His own gospel, or He can put us in that situation.
It means you can leave it. Events given on a revelatory level are the events that the Bible will record
Until then.
Today we have been given the written Word, the Bible. the Lord today
He does not speak as a sign following the Lord, but through the written Bible.
is. That is why the same signs that appeared in the apostle Paul come to us.
There is no reason to ride.
Then why would the Lord not make the journey to Rome difficult in the first place?
They make ships shipwrecked and serpents bite them, and they linger on the island of Melide for a long time.
We cannot have the question of whether or not because humans are
Show your grace by failing thoroughly in the midst of tribulation and hardship.
Otherwise, it is because you are a sinner who does not regard the grace of the Lord as grace.
Therefore, we can confirm the fruit of faith as miraculous miracles appearing in me.
Let's not try to seal it, but give thanks for the word given. and Jesus Christ
that the merciless love of God who crucified
Let's check it in writing. The only sign we follow today is outside the cross.
There is not. Those who live by the grace of the cross of the Lord who have worked so far are holy.
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