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※ Bible: Romans 8:24-30
※ Title: I will help you.
I praise our Lord who will come again today. In six years, it is the 2021 anniversary of the Lord's Christmas. And today is the fourth week of Daelimjeol. I bless you in the name of the Lord that God blesses you with grace, who worship with faith in the fourth week of Daelimjeol.
Today, I will tell you that the Lord will face us under the title that I will help you. That's right, and it's clear why the Lord came to us wearing a human body on this land. I believe it is to help our salvation. That's right. Everyone has to get help with anything.
There is no single general. If possible, you should get help from many people. In particular, you need to get help from Sung Sam-wi God. No matter how much help he receives from people in the world, his life becomes difficult without God's help. Therefore, wise people believe that they pray to the Lord and receive his help.
What's wrong? As you said at 1:25 in 1Corinthians, it's because of <For the foolishness of God is wiser than man's wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man's strength.> That's right. A person is born for the first time in the world and grows up with the help of his parents. After infancy, knowledge and personality grow with the help of school teachers and parents.
And in church, pastor. Faith grows with the help of evangelists and brothers and sisters of faith. And I believe that the biggest thing is to live with God's help. I looked back on myself. I don't know how much I owe to get here today. To my parents, neighbors, brothers, and friends, so I'm a debtor. I am especially a debtor to the Lord.
Therefore, Paul said in Romans 1:14-15, (Rm 1:14) I am obligated both to Greeks and non-Greeks, both to the wise and the foolish. (Rm 1:15) That is why I am so eager to preach the gospel also to you who are at Rome. That's right.
Debtor has nothing to say. The Lord died after carrying a cross for me, but I did nothing for him. I only lived with grace. The more you live in the world, the greater the grace you receive. December reminds me of Pastor Isaac Watts' confession.
1. A-las! and did my Sav-iour bleed, and did my Sov-ereign die?
Would He de-vote that sa-cred head For such a worm as I?
2. Was it for crimes that I have done, He groaned up-on the tree?
A-maz-ing pit-y! grace un-known! And love be-yond de-gree!
3. Well might the sun in dark-ness hide, And shut his glo-ries in,
When Christ, the migh-ty Mak-er, died For man, the crea-ture's sin.
4. Thus might I hide my blush-ing face While His dear cross ap-pears;
Dis-solve my heart in thank-ful-ness, And melt mine eyes to tears.
5. But drops of grief can ne'er re-pay The debt of love I owe!
Here, Lord, I give my-self a-way; 'Tis all that I can do. A-men.
Hallelujah! That's right. Come to think of it, everyone was God's grace. It was the grace of my parents. It was the cooperation of friends. Who is he who misunderstands that he can live today without help? I believe he is a very foolish person. I believe that wearing one piece of clothing is someone's trouble, and eating one fruit is someone's trouble.
We breathe with God's grace today and live with God's grace. Humans only give dirty things in open places when they eat. When you shake it off, it smells like dust. Who can we blame for this? Even if I protest that I'm not, I end up saying sorry. As such humans, humans cannot be saved. That's why our Lord Jesus, the son of God, came to this land wearing human clothes.
In Matthew 1:21-23, (Mt 1:21) She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins." (Mt 1:22) All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet:(Mt 1:23) "The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel"--which means, "God with us."
That's right. The reason the Lord came to this land is to first save the believer and the Immanuel. Because if you leave it alone, you'll die. Because it's hell if you just leave it. So the Lord has come. I believe the second is for the sake of the fellow while accompanying the believer.
That's right. I believe that God accompanies and translates with the believer. Dong Station is to help. That's right. Believers wait for the help of the Lord. So I pray. And the Lord really helps. He helps me pray. You help me with all the good things. Therefore, there is nothing to dig behind us. The Lord is behind us! He is. Therefore, I bless you in the name of the Lord to intervene and help in the good things you do today. Now, let's listen to the voice of the Lord while reading God's words today.
● I mean 24-25 verses.
(Rm 8:24) For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he already has?
(Rm 8:25) But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.
That's right. I believe that the country where the Lord is, which cannot be seen by the naked eye, is a country that can only be reached by faith, heaven. When I think of that country, I am happy even when I sleep.
Someone committed suicide. Why? Humans don't know. However, each guess explains it. Some say that it is to take responsibility for death. However, humans cannot take responsibility for themselves. Therefore, no matter how big a crime you have committed, you should not commit suicide.
Some people said they answered with death. Some people say that because the person is too clear. I say things like this. But it's all pride. There is only one thing that distinguishes believers from the world. It's not because you're nice, it's not because you're smart, it's because you know you're there.
That's right. There's the Lord. People in a world without faith are trying to take responsibility for what they do because they don't know that the Lord is in them. What is the difference between Peter and Garyot Judah? Is Peter nicer than Garyot Juda? It wasn't like that. In a way, Peter may be a worse person.
When the Lord dies on the cross three times in front of a young girl, he returns to his hometown without looking back and fishing. But what is it about Peter being a saint?
In the last chapter of the Gospel of John, the Lord goes to the place where Peter catches fish. And I'm asking Peter. Do you love me? Do you love me? Do you love me? Every time I see him, yes. That's right. You know that I love you. That's my answer.
To be honest, how do you believe that answer? But the Lord believes in Peter. And feed Peter your sheep every time. Feed your sheep. He said that and made Peter the apostle. Did you only do that to Peter? We are no different from the Lord.
He appointed a person like me as a pastor and entrusted the Daeso Church. So I remember 305 hymns John Newton confessed today.
1. A-maz-ing grace! how sweet the sound! That saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost, but now am found; Was blind, but now I see.
2. 'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, And grace my fears re-lieved.
How pre-cious did that grace ap-pear The hour I First be-lieved!
3. Thro' man-y dan-gers, toils, and snares I have al-read-y come.
'Tis grace hath bro't me safe thus far, And grace will lead me home.
4. When we've been there ten thou-sand years, Bright shin-ing as the sun,
We've no less days to sing God's praise Than when we first be-gun. A-men.
That's right. Because of the love of the Lord, Peter became an apostle. We believe that we have become Christians because of the love of the Lord.
● 26-27 verses.
(Rm 8:26) In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express.
(Rm 8:27) And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance with God's will.
That's what he says.
That's right. I believe the Lord is Immanuel to help us with our vulnerability. All handsome trees are pulled out by people, but no one cares about ugly trees. That's why I believe ugly trees protect the mountain. It is said that the rich child is taken by the mother-in-law, the smart child is taken from the country, and the sick child remains with the parents and becomes rather filial.
It's not that the strong survive, it's that the surviving are strong. Strong teeth can break a lot, but soft tongues never break. We believe that soft water penetrates hard rocks and that the gentle occupy the land.
That's right. God's history of salvation is often achieved through the left, the weak, the sick, and the poor. What's wrong? I believe that God is God who helps the weak. Therefore, <In the same way, the Spirit help us in our wake. We don't know what we are for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with that words not express.> is even more powerful to me today.
That's right. I like this saying that much. I know well that I'm not good enough, that I'm not good enough. That's why I often recite this word. <In the same way, the Spirit help us in our wake. We don't know what we are to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with that words not express.>
If you read this and memorize it? I don't know when and how you solved it, but God makes it work out. This is what I read the most when I came to church alone when our church was in need. It's 8:24-39 in Rome. While reading together, we bless you and my prayers in the name of the Lord.
Let's read it out loud.
(Rm 8:24) For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he already has?
(Rm 8:25) But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.
(Rm 8:26) In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express.
(Rm 8:27) And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance with God's will.
(Rm 8:28) And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.
(Rm 8:29) For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.
(Rm 8:30) And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.
(Rm 8:31) What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us?
(Rm 8:32) He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all--how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?
(Rm 8:33) Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies.
(Rm 8:34) Who is he that condemns? Christ Jesus, who died--more than that, who was raised to life--is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us.
(Rm 8:35) Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?
(Rm 8:36) As it is written: "For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered."
(Rm 8:37) No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.
(Rm 8:38) For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers,
(Rm 8:39) neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Aman!
That's right. Ayako Miura, a famous Japanese Christian female writer, said this. There are prayers that you can't give unless you're sick. There is a miracle that you can't believe if you don't get sick. There are holy places that you can't access without being sick. If you don't get sick, you have a holy face that you haven't looked up to. - It's the face of our Lord.
That's right. There's a voice of the Holy Spirit that we can't hear without getting sick. There is a comfort that you cannot receive without being sick. I believe that the Holy Spirit will help our weaknesses today to become our strength tomorrow.
● I read the testimony of Elder Lee Hee-don, vice president of the World Trade Center, who is a Korean and worked at the World Trade Center in New York last week. The content is like this.
That day was September 11, 2001. A plane hijacked at the twin buildings of the World Trade Center in Manhattan, New York, killing more than 3,000 people. Even in the early morning of the incident, Elder Lee Hee-don prayed to God that today would be a day recognized by the Lord.
Every Monday morning, he flew to work from Washington, where his home is located, to Manhattan, New York, where his workplace is located. It was a work that was repeated every week. That day, I went to the airport to catch a plane. On that day, I went to a coffee shop to drink coffee like a habit. There was a long line of coffee shops.
When I looked around, there was no juice store. I had no choice but to go to a place that sells juice and buy juice. Usually, they don't put ice in juice, but on that day, they put in a whole bunch of ice. It looked like the ice was filthy. I took an hour flight and got off in New York. New York streets will become congested in a little bit.
I was able to go to work at the World Trade Center, where I worked, only in a hurry. But I had an upset stomach because the juice I had at Washington Airport was wrong. I couldn't make it. This didn't happen before. I had to go to the bathroom. Eventually, I had no choice but to be late. I had to be at work at 08:30, but I couldn't meet the time.
I called my colleagues and secretaries and told them not to go to work because I thought they would be late today. I told the Korean employees who had already come to work to wait because I would go somewhere else. And at that time, 9.11 terrorist attacks occurred.
That's why all the employees came to live. He said he was resentful of someone when he was late in the car. "Why? If there were so many customers in the coffee shop that I always drink coffee, it wouldn't be like this, but why did the juice store staff put a lot of ice and make me have an upset stomach? Today is a very important day. Why is this happening?
He said he had no idea at that time. Now that I know it, I confess that it was God's help to protect my life. That's right. It's not a blessing that we pray for. He said that it was only then that he knew that it was blessing to be as God's will.
That's right. The Holy Spirit, who knows me better than I do, helps us pray. He leads my way. Sometimes you block our way. It may not be answered the way I want. "Why? Did this happen to me?" There are times when I don't understand it.
Even in that case, I hope you pray for the guidance of the Holy Spirit. And please trust the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit knows my vulnerability. You know my shortcomings and my shortcomings. You also know what I need.
However, I believe that if you are guided by the Holy Spirit, you will eventually lead to the best path. Therefore, today's words tell us like this. <And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance with God's will.> Therefore, I bless you in the name of the Lord to know that you are not alone even when you are alone.
● I mean 28-30.
(Rm 8:28) And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.
(Rm 8:29) For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.
(Rm 8:30) And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.
That's what he says.
That's right. Among my theology, there is a theology that Christians are rather good people are Christians. This is because it is true even if it looks silly and sounds like a freak. That's what actually happened. If you don't have money, you don't have money, if you have a lot of money, you have a lot of money, you're tall, you're short, you're short, you're bald when you're sick, so you're better off. If you fail the test, you fail the test and do well. I believe you are one of them. I met the butler of kimchi when I was in Sass. Rather, it went well because of Ssass. What's wrong with them? As I said today, I believe it's because you said, "And we know that in all things God works for the good of who love him, who have been counted to his purpose."
Most importantly, am I in the Lord? That's what I do. Am I living with faith? That's what I do. I know Satan does his best to break our faith. When our church is in need, there are many people who met him and listened to his story and went to other churches or quit. Still, I believe that the Holy Spirit helps and protects us. Aman!
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