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※ Bible: Philip 3:1-14.
※ Title: You say to boast of Jesus.
Thank you and thank you for serving the Lord by worshiping with me today, the last week of May, when it is sunny and beautiful. And I respect you, and I bless you in the name of the Lord to receive your worship and respond with grace and blessing.
Today you tell me to show off Jesus. I'll tell you under the title. When I fell down to pray after the early morning service on May 27, the Lord told me to brag about Jesus again this Sunday. At that place, with your heart, you boast of Jesus, the title of the word, Amen...! That's what I decided.
I wish you all the best through this word. After graduating from ● elementary school, an elementary school reunion was held 40 years ago. It's been a really long time since we've gathered and bragged about ourselves. One of my friends is rich. He boasts of how he made his fortune and how much he has. Also, friends boast about their children. Another friend is on the rise. I'm bragging about my grandson. Some friends brag about golf. A friend shows off by car. A friend shows off his house. One friend boasts of traveling. One friend boasts of raising a dog. One friend, who was listening to his friends' stories, had nothing to brag about no matter how hard he looked. I don't want to lose, but I have to. The friend smiles and speaks in a sullen way. "I like myself so much. It was even more so as I grew older. So sometimes you just like me and smile... Some days, during a walk or prayer, I am so happy and lovely that I cry. That's why I'm bragging about it. When this friend finished talking, the noisy reunion had a quiet silence for a while. That's right. I guess there's a person's instinct to show off.
I also want to brag about myself, but sometimes I refrain. Because...? There was no benefit to brag about myself in my life experience. Therefore, the Lord tells me that you are proud of Jesus today. Therefore, I would like to boast about Jesus around the text while reading what you have said today.
● 1-3 verses.
(1)Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord! It is no trouble for me to write the same things to you again, and it is a safeguard for you.
(2)Watch out for those dogs, those men who do evil, those mutilators of the flesh.
(3)or it is we who are the circumcision, we who worship by the Spirit of God, who glory in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh—That's what he says.
Yes, I and you are the people of God. So rejoice in the Lord. What are you talking about? Find joy in the Lord. I believe that you mean. Therefore, we rejoice in prayer. You're happy with the mission. You rejoice in reading the Word, in establishing the Church. Show off with Jesus. She's doing it.
Yes, ●Samuel's mother Hannah was a woman who had to spend very painful days without children. But Hannah was not discouraged or frustrated. He overcame his loneliness and pain by praying. This is the characteristic of a believer. God gave him a son.
I believe that the joy of Samuel's birth to him was a joy that people who had never experienced before could not guess. Yes, I believe that prayer is to carry the power of Almighty God on your back. Therefore, I believe that evangelism is the conception of a spiritual child and the result is the birth of a spiritual child.
Therefore, I believe that childbirth is a strength and pride for parents. Therefore, I believe that the saints are happy when the fruit of evangelism is obtained.
Therefore, David in Psalm 127:3-5.
(3) Sons are a heritage from the LORD, children a reward from him.
(4) Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are sons born in one's youth.
(5) Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. They will not be put to shame when they contend with their enemies in the gate. That's what he said.
Therefore, the saints pray in the name of Jesus. I believe that evangelism is a boast of Jesus. Paul, therefore, at Col 3:23. Towards our new friends.
(Col 3:23) Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, That's what he said.
And in Ephesians 5:6-7.
(6) Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things God's wrath comes on those who are disobedient.
(7) Therefore do not be partners with them. That's what he said.
No matter what the saints do... I don't know if you're doing business... Maybe you could run a dry cleaner's... You can run a vegetable market. Do as the Lord does. Therefore, when you are in charge of the Lord's work, do it to the Lord. Bless you in the name of the Lord to remember the word of God.
● 4-6 verses.
(4) though I myself have reasons for such confidence. If anyone else thinks he has reasons to put confidence in the flesh, I have more:
(5) circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; in regard to the law, a Pharisee;
(6) as for zeal, persecuting the church; as for legalistic righteousness, faultless.
That's what he says.
Paul was circumcised eight days after his birth, and one of the Israelites was from the tribe of Benjamin and one of the Hebrews. Pharisees by law. He persecutes the church with his zeal, and the righteousness of the law is flawless. He's talking about his past. However, look at the following:
● 7-9 verses.
(7) But whatever was to my profit I now consider loss for the sake of Christ.
(8) What is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ
(9) and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ--the righteousness that comes from God and is by faith. That's what he says.
Yeah, well, when I was a kid... I envied my friend who has a lot of pochigi the most. So I tried to get a lot of pochigi no matter what. So when I play catch with my friends... I tried my best to pick one more piece of poach and collected it in Tongari. And I was proud of it when there were more poaches. After graduating from elementary school, I was not interested in poaching without realizing it.
And one day in 1969, I attended the church for the first time. And I was baptized on January 1st, 1970. And I became a seminary student in March. He's a seminary student, and he's singing 323 hymns that we have. I thought I met a new world, so I wrote 323 chapters. I learned praise and sang it out loud. At that time, the most envious person in the world was the evangelist of our church. Our preacher prays by calling out the names of the church members when he prays. I liked our evangelist like that. So when I prayed at dawn, I waited until my name came out of the preacher's prayer. I was waiting, and when my name came out... Only then did I finish my prayers. Then I became a preacher and a pastor because I wanted to be a person who calls my name and prays to me every dawn. And I'm still happiest with that job. Other things don't mean much to me.
Please meet me and pray for me even now. I like the person who asks me that the most. Paul was not proud of his pride after meeting Jesus. Paul's pride was Jesus. I became a madman with Jesus.
Paul, therefore, in the text...
(1) Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord! It is no trouble for me to write the same things to you again, and it is a safeguard for you.
(2) Watch out for those dogs, those men who do evil, those mutilators of the flesh.
(3) For it is we who are the circumcision, we who worship by the Spirit of God, who glory in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh--
That's what he says. Yes. From today on, boast about Jesus to anyone. I believe that the Lord uses him, exalts him, and blesses him.
Bragging about something else may bring back swearing. If you boast about Jesus, you will see changes that we cannot imagine. Go, I believe. Foolish people get hated for showing off their clothes and showing off their money. Therefore, I bless you in the name of the Lord that the Holy Spirit will give you strength and grace so that you can boast about Jesus.
●10-12 verses. I'm telling you.
(10) I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death,
(11) and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead.
(12) Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.
That's what he says.
There is a book called "Life Instructions" written by Kim Hong-shin. He's the Human Market. He is a million-selling author and has been the No. 1 lawmaker in parliamentary activities for eight consecutive years. He smoked for 37 years and a half. Whenever I heard that there was a risk of lung cancer or that it was an indirect murder, I thought about cutting it off.
I usually smoked three or four packs of cigarettes a day when I wrote the manuscript. I even wrote an essay about how much I loved smoking, saying, "I'm going to die with a cigarette in my mouth even on the day I die." But one day, I quit smoking because I liked it. I was completely distracted by what my teacher said.
Rats don't eat rat poison if they think it's rat poison, but humans eat it even though they think it's rat poison.
You can put down the glass of very hot water quickly, but you have to hold it and burn it." He makes up his mind. I can't believe I'm being dragged around by cigarettes. He put down the hot glass of water he had held for 37 years and a half.
I refused to be dragged around by cigarettes that are futile and cause harm to others. For the first six months, it was difficult due to withdrawal, but let's never be dragged around by cigarettes that are meaningful, rewarding, and loving, but that are futile and harm to me and others. I decided to go.
He quit smoking. When he was told, his acquaintances said, "He is a terrible person." But he says. How is it that the person who swallows the poison is the person who throws it away? Yes, people hold on to something. What are you holding on to? is his personality.
Some people live with popularity and honor. Some people live with knowledge and wealth. Some people are caught up in hobbies and habits. But Christians are captured by Jesus. The baby is satisfied with the mother. Christians are satisfied with one Jesus.
Paul only pleads that I run to catch it, which has been captured by Christ Jesus... Yes, the Holy Spirit speaks to us today. Show off Jesus. ● Who knows that I believe in Jesus in the midst of a pandemic caused by Corona19 I'm reading the room.
Who knows I'm a minister? There are times when I'm cautious. I feel guilty when I hear about religious groups on TV. So I told my feelings in detail during the prayer session.
Then the Lord made me read Matthew 10:32-33. Here's what you're saying.
(32) "Whoever acknowledges me before men, I will also acknowledge him before my Father in heaven.
(33) But whoever disowns me before men, I will disown him before my Father in heaven. That's what you're saying.
I was afraid of this word. I prayed more. Then the Lord spoke to my heart. You should show off Jesus. So whenever I get a chance, I brag about Jesus. Should I brag about Jesus? Because the Lord has taken the cross on behalf of my sin.
Deacon Kim In-sik, who realized the grace of the cross, received grace and praised in chapter 144...I confess like this.
1. Je-sus Shed His blood for me, Bore, for our sal-va-tion,
On His cross, the ag-o-ny Of a lost cre-a-tion.
Je-sus, Lord, Je-sus, Lord, For my sins they slew Thee.
Now by Thy dear blood re-stored, Draw the sin-ner to Thee.
2. For what crime should He be killed, For His kill-ers pray-ing?
Mad, that mind-less mob has willed Their Mes-si-ah's slay-ing.
Je-sus, Lord, Je-sus, Lord, For my sins they slew Thee.
Now by Thy dear blood re-stored, Draw the sin-ner to Thee.
3. None there lives who dose not know Sin, blood-ied as crim-son;
But the cross makes white as snow All in Christ's do-min-ion.
Je-sus, Lord, Je-sus, Lord, For my sins they slew Thee.
Now by Thy dear blood re-stored, Draw the sin-ner to Thee.
4. Je-sus, oh so fair art Thou! My good Friend, my Sav-iour,
Thy grace, on-ly, saves me now, And from hell for-ev-er.
Je-sus, Lord, Je-sus, Lord, For my sins they slew Thee.
Now by Thy dear blood re-stored, Draw the sin-ner to Thee. A-men.
That's what he said. So now I'm thinking about how to show off Jesus. First of all, the answer I got should be captured by Jesus. It's true. ● Agripba, a Roman consul, had four wives. I say, these wives heard Peter's sermon one day.
The title of Peter's sermon that day was "Purity." After hearing the sermon, Agripba's wives refused to sleep with Agripba from that day on. And the wife of Albinus, another consul, is Peter's virginity. After hearing the sermon, he refused to sleep. So Albinus and Agriba, the consul, hated Peter and conspired to kill him from then on.That's it.
The secret is leaked in advance and the women and brothers of faith leave Rome to Peter. In obedience, Peter finally felt threatened, so Peter disguised himself and left Rome quietly. When Peter was about to leave the Roman castle, the resurrected Jesus was entering Rome.
Peter discovers that the man who passes by is Jesus and says aloud. Quo Vadis Domine."Where are you going, Lord?" I asked. That's when Jesus... I go to Rome, where you abandon and run away, and I go to Rome to run on the cross again. That's what he said.
At that moment, Peter's eyes opened wide. I came to my senses. I couldn't see where the Lord had gone at that time. So Peter goes back to Rome on that road. I volunteered to take the cross upside down, asking how I could cross like the Lord, and I was martyred at the stake. Let's go.
This story is from the 35th chapter of the Battle of Peter, the outer diameter. At this time, Peter said he saw the hand that the Lord was holding him. Yes, I believe that those who are captured by you can boast about you. Therefore, I bless you in the name of the Lord to hold you tight with the hand of grace.
●13-14절. I'm telling you.
(13) Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead,
(14) I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. That's what he says.
That's right. People with clear goals don't falter. That's the vision. Vision is different from ambition. If the goal is only for me, it's ambition. But if it's for everyone, it's a vision. Paul, who runs for his vision, never gets tired. There was clear certainty and joy. Because the goal was clear. Paul put down everything in his life and chose the Lord.
Therefore, Francis Ridley Havergal (1836-1879), a man of faith, wrote in chapter 292 of the hymn.Here's my confession.
1. I could not do with-out Thee, O Sav-ior of the lost,
Whose won-drous love re-deemed me, At such tre-men-dous cost
Thy right-eous-ness, Thy par-don, Thy pre-cious blood must be
My on-ly hope and com-fort, My glo-ry and my plea.
2. I could not do with-out Thee, I can-not stand a-lone,
I have no strength or good-ness No wis-dom of my own
But Thou be-love-d Sav-ior, Art all in all to me,
And weak-ness will be pow-er If lean-ing hard on Thee.
3. I could not do with-out Thee, No oth-er friend can read,
The spir-it's strange deep long-ings, In-ter-pret-ing its need
No hu-man heart could en-ter, Each dim re-cess of mine,
And soothe, an hush, and calm it, O bless-ed Lord, but Thine.
4. I could not do with-out Thee, For years are fleet-ing fast,
And soon in sol-emn lone-ness The ri-ver must be passed
But Thou wilt ne-ver leave me, And though the waves roll high,
I know Thou wilt be near me, And whis-per, "It is I." A-men.
He confesses that.
Hallelujah...! Yes. Nothing is more precious to me than Jesus. That's why I believe I can't live without a state. I am proud of Jesus. I am happy because of Jesus.
●15-16 verses. I only read your words. Let's read it together.
(15) All of us who are mature should take such a view of things. And if on some point you think differently, that too God will make clear to you.
(16) Only let us live up to what we have already attained. Here he goes. Amen.
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