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Standards for judging yourself (Romans 14:13-18)
The Lord said nothing to Pilate, who wanted to hear a final statement on the Jewish accusations in Pilate's court.
Pilate, seeing this, is surprised and realizes that he is different from other prisoners (Mark 15:5) and tries to let him go, but is overwhelmed by the strength of the protesters and hands him over to death.
Pilate, seeing this, is surprised and realizes that he is different from other prisoners (Mark 15:5) and tries to let him go, but is overwhelmed by the strength of the protesters and hands him over to death. And Pilate washes his hands.
About this, Isaiah prophesied, "He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, but he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he opened not his mouth." (Isaiah 53:7)
However, even if he is a pastor, there are many cases where he starts talking about his personal life as soon as he meets him.
I was that kind of person. It's cowardly.
When you send a message via messenger to pastors in other countries, you get a variety of responses. Among them, some pastors explain their current situation, while others try to explain their spiritual progress and the content of their current ministry.
If he talk about his personal problems first, I don't respond calmly.
This is because the evaluation of Christians is whether the kingdom of God has truly been realized in the Holy Spirit.
Q. What is the standard for your perspective on yourself and others?
“For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink, but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit” (Romans 14:17)
A. It is about seeing yourself and others by the standards of the kingdom of God.
According to my experience as a pastor, when church members come to see a pastor, they usually want counseling and prayers about their personal problems.
Occasionally, there are welcome and precious people who are struggling with the question of why the Holy Spirit does not come to them and why the Lord does not become life to them, but most of the people who come to the pastor's room have problems about their personal affairs.
Occasionally, there are welcome and precious people who are struggling with the question of why the Holy Spirit does not come to them and why the Lord does not become life to them, but most of the people who come to the shepherd's room have problems about their personal affairs.
It's really embarrassing.
What a pastor can do is explain how to explain the merits of the death and being raised of the Lord Jesus Christ on the cross, and convince and persuade people that they can receive the forgiveness of sins through repentance and baptism by dying and living again with Christ and receiving the Holy Spirit, and the Holy Spirit dwells, works, and fills in their people, allowing them to live as citizens of the kingdom of heaven.
Nevertheless, if you come to and say that the husband is like this and that, the wife is like this and that, the children are like this and that, and the pastor of the church you are attending is like this and that, that means you are asking pastor to take your side, but it becomes very difficult.
Even when some people tell their story from their ancestors to the present in a documentary, it is very difficult to endure until I heard their story and have the right to speak.
If it is a problem with eating or drinking or a personal problem, it should be resolved using common sense.
Only the church is a place where people can gain joy by following the redemptive grace of Christ's cross, obtaining righteousness in the Holy Spirit, and achieving peace with God.
Additionally, all Christians must have this spiritual state to become spiritual worshipers who offer holy living sacrifices.
However, if you become conscious of yourself as a sin because you belong to the flesh, then it is sin.
If you think you shouldn't drink, you shouldn't drink.
If you feel like you shouldn't smoke, you shouldn't smoke.
If you have faith in joy by obtaining righteousness in the Holy Spirit, peace with God, becoming one with Christ, and becoming intimate with his spirit and life, you cannot feel guilty about anything.
If you feel guilty, it is a sin and you should stop.
So, Paul says, “I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean.” (Romans 14:14)
Q. What is the blessing of a person who has achieved the kingdom of God?
“For he that in these things serves Christ is acceptable to God, and approved of men.” (Romans 14:18)
A. God’s pleasure and people’s approval.
The faith that receives the forgiveness of sins in Christ, receives the Holy Spirit as a gift, and approaches God the Father according to the truth is more than enough to please God (Hebrews 11:6)
In fact, the Lord says that if we keep the commandments that have become one in Christ and remain in the love of the Lord, the joy of the Lord will be filled with us. (John 15:10-11)
The requirement is the Spirit of truth.
This is because if you obtain righteousness by believing in the grace of Christ's atonement and the Holy Spirit comes into you, peace comes because you are at peace with God in Christ, and with that peace, joy overflows within you.
God is pleased with his children who invade heaven and behold his glory in the Holy Spirit.
Just as the devil and Pilate recognized Jesus, the people of the world will also recognize the joy of our faith.
The Jews carried stones around to kill the Lord through the law, but in the end they could not find fault.
However, the devil could not condemn the Lord, but only had him crucified on the cross of curse (Deuteronomy 21:23) so that his words could be fulfilled.
How will he redeem us if he was condemned by the law?
Therefore, although the world may hate us, if we live with righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit, they will inevitably approve of our power of faith.
Written by Ptr. Yohan Kim.
Translated by Nancy Chung
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