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Until this little booklet comes out(Understanding of justification from faith and the law)
Until this little booklet comes out( Understanding of justifying faith and the law)
Hallelujah! Heavenly Father Almighty, abundant in love and mercy! We praise Heavenly Father's infinite love, the merits of the blood of our Lord Jesus Christ and the grace of the redemption of the cross, and the presence, influence, inspiration, and guidance of the Holy Spirit. A sinner who did not know anything about God published an article about "Faith of Justification by Faith and the Law" in Korean and English, all over the world. We believe that all of this is God's grace and give all glory to God. Along with the salvation of the souls that the Lord desperately desires yesterday and today, let the people who are being saved receive the Holy Spirit and keep the law that is the framework of the kingdom of God that God has given to all mankind while living on this earth! So let the kingdom of God come quickly to this land! In the name of our Lord Jesus we pray. amen
Shalom! I was a bank teller who did not know Jesus, the Bible, or God until I was about 27 years old in 1986. After serving in the military in 1983, I retired from the bank, went to college, and went to a gosiwon (one-room residence) in Jangyu to prepare for the administrative exam. There, I met Elder Seongsu Kim of Banseok Church and received a Bible as a gift. At that time, I read and learned a little about Confucianism through Deahak, Jungyong, Confucius, Mencius, etc. and I was deeply immersed in Buddhism and wanted to become a monk. I learned the Buddhist doctrine well. The "Law of Dependence (Relationship)", which is the fundamental principle of Buddhism, and the 8 sufferings and 108 sufferings such as birth, old age, disease and death of human beings, the Four Noble Truths that present their causes and solutions, and the 8 Paths (the right way that lead to liberation by practicing them ) were also well understood. After being discharged as a KATUSA Soldier, I went to college and studied politics, economics, history, psychology, and law to prepare for the administrative exam. If I passed the exam, I had a grand dream of providing an ideological background for the reunification of North and South Korea by studying orthodox ideology, Confucianism, Buddhism, and Christianity in Korea while participating in national policy decisions.
While learning the above ideology and social sciences, I was young and believed that I was capable, and I firmly believed that I was good and righteous. I was reluctant to receive the Bible given by Elder Seongsu Kim of Banseok Church. However, I couldn't refuse it with the face of Namhae-bun, so I just accepted it and left the Bible in my room. Then, I climbed a mountain and sat on a rock, meditating without ceasing to realize the truth of the creation of all things, the universe, and human beings according to the teachings of Buddhism. However, one day in May, the mountains and trees looked down from the middle of the mountain behind Jangyu Gwandong were absolutely beautiful. And then ah! The realization came to me that they were made. At the time, I was very surprised that such an amazing realization had come, and I couldn't easily tell anyone.
And then one day I came down from the mountain and was in my room and suddenly fear came upon me. I was a fearless person, so I didn't feel anything special when I passed through a rural cemetery. But on that day, a fear came over me that I just couldn't live with. So I looked around the room, not knowing what to do, but the Bible the elder gave me caught my eye. I thought I had to read the Bible quickly, so I opened the book and found the words of 1 Corinthians 13. The letters come into my eyes, but they are not just letters, they come in reflecting my heart like a mirror. I saw a vicious sinner who was completely different from what I was thinking, and tears welled up in my eyes and my knees fell on their own. And a prayer came out of my mouth, and it was a prayer saying, “Please use me as a tool.” And from that moment on, I became a completely different person with my mindset and behavior.
I was fascinated by Monk Beopjeong and read his books, people standing, the sound of water, the sound of wind, and nonpossesion, and I was so moved. So I wanted to be like him. And I've been looking for most of the traces of a great Korean monk. I was also deeply interested in Seongcheol. Later, I read his Hundred Days of Teaching, and he summarized Buddhist thoughts and great figures very well. If this person had done theology and organized theological thoughts, theologians, great biblical figures, and those who believed in Jesus and did great things after Jesus came, it was believed that he would have made great achievements in Christianity. And I understood a little about the traditional Korean thought of Gyeongcheonaein(Love for God and people), sincerity, respect, and trust. I also had a deep affection for our people who wear white clothes and love nature and peace. In this way, a person who fell into Korean thought, Buddhism, and Confucianism completely changed after meeting God, and wrote an article to understand "the faith of justification from faith and the law." Therefore, everyone knows that it is absolutely impossible for a person to completely change his or her knowledge, ideology, and belief to change in this way, no matter how much effort the person puts in
And about 3 billion people all over the world believe in Jesus and read the Bible, and there are more than hundreds of theologians in Korea alone. And there are 100,000 pastors who preach according to the teachings of the Bible, and there are overflowing people who have read the Bible a hundred times or a thousand times. So I believe that there are as many people as there are stars in the sky who are better than me in their understanding of the Bible. However, I was born in a family where no one believed in Jesus, and I lived a life in a world completely different from the Bible until I was young. However, after about 40 years from this, writing about the most important topic of the Bible of Jesus, faith, and law like this will not be easily understandable not only to me but also to others.
I believe that not only myself, but absolutely no human being can make this possible with effort. This is to prove that the Almighty's total involvement in this part has been unmistakably up to this point. I believe that no one in this world would write like this on the subject of the Bible unless Almighty God did it.
God first made me repent. God made me see so strongly and clearly through the Bible that I was a heinous sinner that I could never live the way I believed I was right before. And from then on, I struggled with all my body and mind to live in the form of love in 1 Corinthians 13. It wasn't easy, but I didn't want to go back to the past, so I had no choice but to go forward even if it was hard. And God allowed me to study for the exam, so I got the 1st round in college and graduate school, and I failed in the final 2nd round by 1 point, but I learned about basic social sciences and law well. God allowed me to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ five years after repentance (May 19, 1991), forgive my sins, and let me receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit around February or March 1992. And the Holy Spirit has led me to evangelize, arrange(summary) the Bible, and send evangelistic letters to the president, pastors, and friends. All of those materials were posted on the Naver blog and Daum Cafe, “50 Million Romans,” and about 300,000 people from 100 countries viewed them.
Acts 2:37. When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and the other apostles, "Brothers, what shall we do?"
38. Peter replied, "Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
39. The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off -- for all whom the Lord our God will call."
And I sent the materials to the pastors (Jamsil Church's senior pastor, ex-senior pastor and other pastors) and translated them into English to famous universities in the United States and England. God kept me living in extreme poverty for about 40 years after I got out of his bank. And when I was doing various things in a lowly position in the world, He made me see that the whole world is full of injustice. God made me work as a cleaner, security guard, selling fish, fruits and vegetables, picking up rubbish, superintendent of the kosiwon, and even wandering around in search of work due to lack of work. Because I was living in such a difficult situation and had no hope, my first wife just left the house without a word and I collapsed. I also spent four years of hopeless resignation due to depression and insomnia due to divorce. With the help of Jamsil Church and Pastor Kwang-ki Won, I finally recovered from this, remarried, gave birth to a son, and recovered.
And I sent the materials to the pastors (head pastor of Jamsil Church, senior pastor and other pastors) and translated them into English to famous universities in the United States and England. God kept me living in extreme poverty for about 40 years after I got out of his bank. And when I was doing various things in a low position in the world, He made me see that the whole world is full of injustice. God made me work as a cleaner, security guard, selling fish, fruit and vegetables, picking up rubbish, superintendent cleaning, and even wandering around looking for work. Because I was living in such a difficult situation and had no hope, my first wife just left the house without a word and I collapsed. I also spent four years of hopeless resignation due to depression and insomnia due to divorce. Only with the help of Jamsil Church and Pastor Kwang-ki Won, I endured this life and remarried, gave birth to a son, and recovered.
And I preached nonstop and read and organized(summarized) the Bible. God also encouraged me without ceasing. And he made me realize that He is always with me. God's encouragement and being together was strongly manifested during evangelism, and the method was always specific, such as "I love you, be strong, do not worry about anything" so that I could hear. There were times when I was arrogant while attending such a God, and there were times when I sinned. And I was also severely disciplined by God. Even so, God quickly forgave me and allowed me to evangelize, organize(summary) the Bible, and share it on the Internet without stopping. In the midst of this, I thought deeply about justice, and to study justice, I organized my data and sent it to Harvard, Oxford, etc. under the title of Seoul Report(Report from Korea). However, after meeting the law in the Bible, I came to have great relief, joy, and hope. I came to see the words of perfect justice and equality, the best and the nicest of human beings. And I found out that there is an incorrect understanding of faith among believers in the present age, and through this, the law is not introduced to the saints.
Acts 1:8. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."
The Holy Spirit has always held me back so that I do not recklessly fall into existing theological teachings. And while reading, organizing(summaring), and evangelizing the Bible, the Holy Spirit inspired me to understand so much of the Bible. All of them were posted on the Naver blog and the Daum cafe Romans of Fifty Million. Anyone can view and verify these contents globally, at any time, without cost.
He also allowed me to understand justification by faith, which is different from the existing understanding, and posted it on blogs and cafes, sent it to the faith community, and translated it into English. My understanding of this has improved little by little, but the data introduced here is the most recent understanding. I believe that new aspects of Catholicism and Protestantism will emerge after seeing this material all over the world, and it will serve as an opportunity for the two churches to become one. My ex-wife is a Catholic and has been very good to me. I believe in Jesus, but she loved me even though I was clumsy in everything. Through the great love of my ex-wife, I was able to realize the love of Jesus who loves sinners who have no corner to love. And after my wife left, I was so heartbroken that I wandered around for four years without being able to show myself as a human being. At this time, I came to understand God's will for the separation of Catholicism and Protestantism. God showed me my aching heart, and it looked like a heart the size of a palm had been torn in two and only the edges were slightly attached. After I married a Catholic, I went to study Catholic theology, listened to lectures on Romans, and read Catholic Bible study books. However, in my studies, there was no teaching about the Holy Mother anywhere. They were just teaching the Bible as it is, perhaps more deeply than Protestantism.
I was raised as a Protestant pastor and I will live that way. My current wife is a woman of Russian nationality, a country of the Orthodox Church, and she is also living a very difficult life. There is no place where her whole body is not in pain from such hard work. Before I entered the US Embassy, the inspector was verifying my identity, and the inspector asked me to go the National Tax Service and bring 20 years of my salary details. I went to the National Tax Service and took out 20 years worth of certificates for my income statement, which totaled a little over 80 million won. After seeing this, I came to know that there were times when I lived in a low-level position, living in a semi-basement, and living for 20 years on a living expense of about 4,000,000 won a year. My material was given to me by God as I lived my life by evangelizing, reading and organizing(summarzing) the Bible, and risking my life to send evangelism letters that God told me to send. I never sat at my desk and only read books, and I never lived comfortably with a lot of money.
In this situation, there were people who helped me, and these people made my ministry come like this. They are blessed people who have been given by God. First of all, Jamsil Church, the senior pastor, the elders, and all the members helped our family without rest. Jamsil Church embraced and loved me, who was not able to work because of my mental disorder, gave me a job and married me, so I recovered as I am now. Seeing the love of Jamsil Church, my mother turned away from Buddhism, which she believed in for 75 years. It was the second time in my family to believe in Jesus. My mother, who passed away last year, served as her honorary guru, and she helped me financially throughout her life. My youngest brother has been consistently helping materially for 40 years. And the people whom God has unknowingly or unknowingly helped me always be with me, praying, financially, and struggling with me. And my brothers took care of my mother so well that I didn't care. Only with God's constant presence and encouragement, and thanks to these people, I was able to deliver this article to the whole world. Of course, my wife and son, who are my family, are always my strength.
I often showed the appearance of disobedience, always doing what I wanted to do, and I couldn't do everything I could to my current wife, ex-wife, and family. And I am an evangelist who is not proud of anything, living without being able to repay the grace to those who helped me. Since this article came out through me, there is no place for me to claim my merits and righteousness. Now that people who were obsessed with Buddhism, Confucianism, and traditional ideology have changed and preached like this, who will change me like this and who will make me preach the gospel like this? And who would get these words from my heart? Although completely invisible, no one in this world can change a human being like this except Almighty God. So only God did everything.
I hope you see this change in me and believe that God exists, loves human beings, and has a wonderful plan for all human beings. Without God's love, patience and grace, this could never happen to me. Everyone who knows me knows that I am far below the average person in every way. I hope you believe that God, who works through people who are lacking like me, loves everyone in the world just like me, has great expectations, and is waiting today. He has eternal life and all blessings of man. He gives rest and peace in the arduous worldly life. However, as a pastor, I bless you all to believe in Jesus, who is the way to God, the truth, and the life, enjoy peace on earth, and receive great rewards in the eternal kingdom of heaven. I cast the heavy burden of my toil and poverty on Jesus. And in poverty and hardship, I have been living for a long time by reading the Bible, arranging, and evangelizing in peace. The grace and faithfulness of God, who makes me rest in peace from all my hard work, made me write this article. Are you tired of life? I hope you have courage and come to Jesus. Amazing peace and blessings await. Thank you.
This article is the preface to the article "Understanding of justifying faith and the law", so please read the main text.