Can you get the ringer of life?
" 7 Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil.
8 It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones."(Proverbs 3:7-8)
In these last days, the energy of sunlight, land, air, trees, and water weakens. The word qi(vital energy), which was only used by oriental medicine doctors, is now commonly used. In the end, it will be an era in which people's souls are bought and sold.(Rev.18:13) Therefore, christians should know the secret of messsge of the cross (1Cor.1:18), which changes our life into the life of Christ, and fear Christ. It is the basis of our lives. It means don't consider yourself wise. It means that you should not be conceited with your own mind or physical life. That's why he command us to leave such evil. This means to cast away one's life, to remove, to turn away. It is arrogance and evil to think that we are wise with our own mind or physical strength.
The reason why Paul only testified of the crucified Christ is that the cross is the only platform that transforms our identity and enables us to live by eternal life as children of God. There is no other way. That is why Peter says that even Gentiles were given repentance unto life (Acts 11:18) Keep in mind that it is not the repentance of receiving the forgiveness of sins, but the repentance of gaining life. Paul also says, " walk in a new life through baptism that to be buried with Christ and to be raised up with Christ" (Rom.6:3-4). Therefore, if you have been called in Christ and have been justified by faith, becoming a child of God and a saint belonging to the heavens, God tells you to throw away the evil that exults with your life. Because it is the opposite of fearing the Lord. We must not say, " I will take care of it" in front of the Lord of eternal life who dwells in us. That is the evil the bible speaks of.
However, even among christians, there are many people who only count the life of the flesh because those who belong to the flesh are born of the flesh. For them, only stories such as couples, parents, children, health, and material things are topics. Unfortunately, because of that, " Peter's repentance unto life, and Paul's boastful saying, "I die every day, so he tastes Christ, the giving-life spirit." , they can't taste the life. The core of christianity is that human beings who were born wrong are born again through Christ and live forever in glory through the life gained in Christ. Therefore, godly christians who have tasted the life of Christ have no choice but to revere Christ, the King of righteousness and the Lord of life.
Because the wicked, who were outside of Christ because of their sins, called into Christ by grace to eternal life, as the righteous, in order to become one with the Lord by the Spirit of truth, to be connected to the life of God, and to live by the life, it's only awe of Christ. Just as a child who has been beaten by a rod understands the meaning of "bring a rod", a person who has tasted the life of the Lord naturally fears the Lord because he knows the difference between death and life, Hades and peace.
In Christ, when his life is revealed into us, it becomes health. In the same sense as the umbilical cord of the navel connected to the body, it is the pipe of life like the ringer. If we believe in the new covenant in which we become one with Christ in the Holy Spirit and keep the promises we have made with the Lord, the Spirit and life of the Lord will flow through our bodies like a river of living water. Paul testifies that because he always carries in his body the death of Jesus, His life is manifested in his body.(2Cor.4:10) The life is health to navel and marrow to our bones. You can think of it like a drink for rejuvenation. The Word of God is the power to influence our thoughts as spirit and life in Christ. Thought goes to the brain, and the brain infuses life into the bone marrow. The energy of life is supplied to the whole body and becomes health and vitality.
When John Paul ll was bishop of Poland, I saw him giving a sermon. The content of the sermon was also about the life of Christ, and his appearance was as if bouncing like raw rubber with the life of the Lord. Then, after he become pope, his body grew fat and his face slowly started to sag, and he eventually died of alzheimer's. This is a lesson. This person returned to the position of evil that left God's life. Do not forget that Peter did not say repentance for the forgiveness of sins, but repentance for gaining life. Also, remember that Paul said that the last Adam, Christ, is a life-giving spirit.(1Cor.15:45) If you have ever experienced the power of the Spirit of life in Christ, stick to the basics of reverence for Christ who dwells among us. Aim for the place where you gain life by listening to the word of God and following the message of the cross of Christ, and do not lose lose the sense of reverence that quickly returns even if you leave the place.
Written by Ptr. Yohan Kim.
Translated by Nancy Chung
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