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God's love and righteousness revealed through the cross of Jesus
God's love and righteousness revealed on the cross of Jesus (Romans 3:21-26) Justification by faith recognized by faith in Jesus (Righteousness from Faith) The only way for me to live in this situation is to believe in these facts and Jesus.
Table of Contents of the First Lecture on the Kingdom of God
Title: God's love and righteousness revealed through the cross of Jesus
Table of Contents:
1. Introduction
2. Bible text - Romans 3:21-26, Romans 5:8
3. God's love and salvation revealed on the cross
1) God's love
2) Salvation
4. God's righteousness revealed on the cross and justification by faith
1) Picture.
2) God's righteousness.
3) About justification by faith
(1) The biblical basis for justification by faith. (2) Examples of Habakkuk and Abraham.
(3) The subjects of justification - God and me. (4) The object of justification - human beings who are sinners.
(5) Of justifying faith.
(6) Chart of justified faith
5. Praise, testimony – The words of Acts 2:37-38 are fulfilled
1) Praise
2) testimony
3) Summary
6. Contents understood through human experience about God's justice and love
1. Introduction
hard life! The weight of life I have to live with feels so heavy. Why am I struggling to live in such a good country without seeing a ray of light? People say it's because I'm incompetent, and my family also blames me. Is it really because I am incompetent that this world is so burdensome? I also worked hard in my own way, studied, and lived diligently from morning to evening without rest, but why am I the only one left behind? Is there no hope for me, no breakthrough? No one around me cares about me. I am alone in this universe.
I am not alone in feeling this way. And it's not my fault that I live so hard. Something is terribly wrong, and what is certain is that I still do not know the cause. So I'm blaming all of this on my own. Fundamentally, it is because my relationship with the most powerful person who made and blessed this world is wrong. Now, if I humbly admit this and correct this relationship, I can be freed from all burdens and will be free.
In order to correct the relationship that had gone wrong on the part of man, God the Creator sent his only begotten Son, Jesus, for me, you, and all of us. And in order to solve the problem of sin, the main culprit that severed our relationship between man and God, He allowed His Son, Jesus, to receive the punishment that sinners should receive, the shedding of blood and death, on behalf of you and all of us on the cross.
All mankind is guilty before a holy God. I too can never be an exception. Sins before God are sins committed in the heart, sins against the conscience, and violations of the laws set by God. However, living without knowing God or His law, I was actually a being who committed sins without stopping when I ate. It's not just me, everyone on earth is like that. Now, he loved me and sacrificed his son instead of me to forgive my sin, the cause of all my troubles.
Now, if I believe in Jesus, my Savior, my sins will be forgiven, my relationship with God will be corrected, and I will be freed from all the burdens I have been living alone because of my sins. The bondage of death will be removed and the problem of the curse will be resolved. Our heart will be healed, our prayers will rise, we will become brothers and sisters with all believers, and we will hope for the eternal kingdom of heaven. Almighty God will be our father, and we will attend Jesus, who reigns with all authority in heaven and on earth, as my Lord.
You can throw away all the burdens of life now. You can sing liberation and shout freedom. By believing in this truth, you will be saved, and by believing in this truth, you will be righteously recognized by God. In John 3:16 it says that "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. Believe in the Word, receive Jesus, and enjoy freedom
If you have decided to believe in Jesus, please attend a nearby church or read the Bible. And We hope you to break the wrongdoings of the past that frustrated you and made you fail and live a new life. If you want to know more about this part, please read the following article.
This small booklet will be translated into English and people all over the world will see it, and a video will be made to explain it in English and Korean. Many people who read it will be comforted, have hope for heaven, and will joyfully devote themselves to the Lord.
This book has the cover of heaven and describes heaven as the land of righteousness, peace, and joy, so it is marked with Chinese characters, and on the second page, the title of God's grace to be shared through this book is written. God's love and righteousness revealed on the cross of Jesus was set as the title, which is a summary of the words of Romans 3:21-26. And we will explain Romans 5:8, which declares the clear evidence of God's love for us, as the main text.
Often, the cross explains the redemption of Jesus, and through this, the most important explanation is the love of God and Jesus for mankind, which is an unmistakable truth. and it is the gospel. Along with this, Romans 3:21-26 explains the righteousness of God, which is also explained through the shedding and death of Jesus. I will explain that God's love and righteousness are revealed at the same time in this great event of human salvation.
And we will explain the recognition of the saints' righteousness from such a righteous God by looking at the text and the life of faith of Habakkuk and Abraham, who appear in the text. And we explain God, the subject who acknowledges this, and human beings, that is, sinners, who become the object to be recognized. And we will study through the Bible what kind of faith these people have been justified by God. And it was displayed as a diagram so that everyone could see it at a glance.
We hope that everyone will be aware of God's infinite love and His righteousness, and accept His love, which is the first thing you must do while living on this earth, and which is the most important thing in your lives. And we earnestly pray that every single person will enter the path of life that will be liberated from all problems.
2. Bible text - Romans 3:21-26, 5:8
Rom 3:21. But now a righteousness from God, apart from law, has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify.
22. This righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference,
23. for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
24. and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.
25. God presented him as a sacrifice of atonement, through faith in his blood. He did this to demonstrate his justice, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished --
26. he did it to demonstrate his justice at the present time, so as to be just and the one who justifies those who have faith in Jesus.
21. But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;
22. Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:
23. For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
24. Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
25. Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
26. To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.
Rom 5:8. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
8. But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
2-1 Explanation of the text of the Bible (Romans 3:21-26)
Romans 3:21-26 is not easy to understand even in Korean, as seen in the revision and joint translation. And the English Bible also varied its expression. We must understand this passage correctly. In this verse, there is God's love, God's justice, and justification by faith. And it contains the Old Testament, which is expressed in the books of the prophets and the books of the law. In addition, the Old Testament sacrificial system appears as sacrifices, priests, and bloodshed.
We claim the Bible to be the science of sciences. Science refers to a set of theories that can be proven or verified by observing, explaining, and theorizing certain phenomena. In light of this science, the Bible is the science of sciences that is accurate in every way. The more you read, organize, and understand the Bible with God's grace, the more each letter of the Bible is the truth, accurately explaining and predicting the universe, humans, and history. There is only one reason why I still do not believe in this scientific Bible. It's because I'm not reading this accurate Bible for some reason, and I'm not even trying to read it. Anyone who treats and reads the Bible with a humble heart can confirm that the Bible is the truth.
Verse 21 of the main text says that God's one righteousness appeared separately from the law, and this righteousness was already recorded in the books of the law and the books of the prophets. This meaning is that the law was given to the Israelites and all mankind through Moses to define righteousness and fulfill God's righteousness. It is not the justice, equality, or fairness that this law pursues, and the proper punishment for sin, but it is the one righteousness of God that has already been prophesied in the prophets, Habakkuk, and in the law, Genesis. However, this righteousness is the righteousness that comes by believing in Jesus Christ, and it is the righteousness that is obtained by believing in Jesus regardless of race, nationality, or gender or age. This righteousness is a righteousness that comes through faith that is completely different from the righteousness pursued by the law, and this righteousness was prophesied in Habakkuk 2:4 and Genesis 15:6.
Verse 23 means that mankind lost their glorious position of eternal life in Eden because of Adam's sin. It is because of Adam's sin and the self-crime we commit in our lives that we are indebted to death. Verse 24 says that through the crucifixion, which is the expression of God's love and righteousness at the same time, that is, through the shedding and death of Jesus, we have been recognized as righteous by God without any effort. Without this incident, no matter how much we believe, it would be difficult to obtain even a 1% chance of being righteous.
Verse 25 is a verse that proves that the Bible is the science of sciences. An understanding of this verse requires an understanding of the Old Testament sacrificial system. The sacrifice of animal blood recorded in the Old Testament is a sacrifice in which the offender kills an animal, sheds its blood, and offers the animal to God, because blood is life and the price of sin is death, and there is no forgiveness without shedding blood. God opened the way for forgiveness of sins only to Israel, the chosen nation, but this system was defined as the law and a covenant was made with Israel based on the law. The meaning of the Old Testament derives from this.
If someone committed a sin, according to the sacrificial law, he brought an animal without blemish to the tabernacle, and together with the priest shed blood according to the regulations set forth in the law, killed it, and presented it to God as a sacrifice. According to the regulations of this law, Jesus shed the same blood and died on the cross. This is the redemption, and Jesus became the sacrificial offering and made atonement. In other words, through faith in this sacrificial system and as the prototype of this sacrificial system, Jesus became the sacrifice that resolved the sins between God and us humans and reconciled God and us, sinners.
The understanding of the end of verse 25 is very important, but it is shared with the whole world by the grace of God. I confess that sharing this truth is the love of our Lord Jesus, the grace of God, and the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, who has patiently endured those who are useless, moved, encouraged, and enlightened me without ceasing. This verse explains why God gave Jesus as a peace offering, and we need to understand it through the English version. It means that God already overlooked our past sins before sending Jesus to this earth. What does this mean? It is God's justice that proper punishment comes for sin, and it means that God, who is just, just looked at all mankind who sinned and did not immediately punish them. However, this is actually explained by God's patience that it was never easy on God's side.
Oversight(had left) here has a different meaning than forgiveness. Forgiveness means to be completely innocent of sin, but overlook is to withhold punishment for sin. After doing this, He sent Jesus to shed His blood and atone for the sins of mankind, and now He completely forgives and justifies those who believe in Him. Here is an amazing fact that the Bible is actually science.
If God was not patient and punished all human beings, who were sinners, justly punished for their sins, and if later Jesus came and shed his blood and died to atone for the sins of mankind, then those who have already been punished for their sins I will say this clearly. No, we have already been properly punished by God for our sins in the past, and our bodies have been ruined, our property has gone, and our reputation has been lost. However, it is said that if I believe in Jesus, my sins will be forgiven, but since I have already been punished, it is clear that those people will protest against God, asking what benefit it will be to believe in Jesus.
Now, man has only to accept and believe in Jesus immediately, appreciating and praising the patience that comes from God's amazing love, and being greatly relieved that he is still not punished for his past sins. How blessed is it to me to be free from punishment for all sins due to this? Those who believe in Jesus like this are people who live a new life by God's amazing love. Isn't it natural to spread and praise this? In the second half of verse 25, the English Bible clearly explains that past sins were not punished.
And through this, it is said that God has revealed His justice, because God's justice is executed only when He must punish all mankind for their sins. By allowing his son to receive this instead, God showed that he is a righteous person who must punish sins.
Verse 26 says that God has now come and revealed His righteousness through Jesus as above, in order to show that He is also the righteous and the one who justifies those who believe in Jesus. I have to refer to the English Bible, and I have to refer to the joint translation, but all the translations helped me to interpret it like this. I introduced the Bible arrangement study method in 50 million Romans, and this study method became a guide to finding meaning like this. It was God's guidance that a certain student introduced Terry Hall's Panorama Bible to me when I visited 25 years ago to study at the Graduate School of Theology at Jangsin University.
In that book, Terry Hall introduced how to read and organize the Bible, but God led me to forget about studying at Presbyterian University Theological Seminary and enjoy the Bible organization, and to continue to organize the Bible. Everything is God's grace. I must confess that I have been an insignificant man, lazy, ignorant, constantly struggling to get my own way, and sometimes committing serious sins. I believe there is still a lack of explaining the text like this, but based on this, I hope that everyone will move forward with a more correct understanding, deeply understand God's love and righteousness, love the whole world, and live righteously.
2-2 Explanation of the Bible text (Romans 5:8)
By all the graces of God, I write this page for the last time. First of all, I completed 27 pages with Power Point and copied them on a computer, but it seems that the text about the clear evidence of God's humanity in Romans 5:8 is missing. I'm thinking about what to write in chapter 5 and verse 8, but at that moment, not many words come to mind.
At that moment, someone knocks on the door and brings a book. He is a member of GunsanAlways Love Church. Yesterday, I gave him a copy of the Resurrection Evangelism booklet I had written. In return for that, he said that he was giving it as a gift, and the title is “God's Wilderness School” and the author is Pastor Koh Young-hwan, who is the commissioned pastor of GunsanAlways Love Church. I thanked him for the book and read it as soon as he left.
I read pages 87 to 98 of the book, and tears immediately come to my eyes. I heard a little explanation about the book from the person who gave it, saying that it was very popular when it was published. When I read the book, it is said that the pastor left his wife first, then remarried and gave birth to a son. However, when he was still young, he said that he saw his son died right in front of his eyes after being crushed by a bus. It is said that God appeared and asked the pastor if he could understand the feelings of a father who lost his son right in front of his eyes when the pastor was going through hardships that ordinary people would never endure
And God asked the pastor to convey the broken heart of Heavenly Father when the pastor preaches the gospel. This book is a small booklet that costs 13,000 won, and I believe that if everyone buys and reads it, they will be able to confirm God's love for mankind. He is truly a God of perfect timing.
Romans 5:8 is a key verse in Romans that must be understood along with related verses. When we become sinners, there are few people who sacrifice their lives for the righteous, but God says that He clearly proved His love for us by giving His only begotten Son to save us sinners. Could there be a greater love in the universe than this? I feel so inadequate in explaining this love. Pastor Ko Myung-hwan, rather than me, experienced the loss of his son and wife and understood God's heart more deeply than I do, so I ask you to understand more deeply God's love for us through his books
It is the life and prayer of the saints to better understand the depth, height and breadth of God's love and the love of His Son while always meditating on it. We firmly believe that it is our unchanging mission and duty to love God and warmly love those around us while meditating on the words of Deuteronomy 6, which tells us to truly love God with all our heart, with all our strength, and with all our mind. Let all the saints go beyond the shallow understanding of justification by faith into the deep and wide sea of Romans!!!
3. God's love and salvation revealed on the cross 1
The word that comes to mind when we think of the cross is God's love, and most of the crosses are red. What is the relationship and story of God's love and red color?
God's love is love for man, and this is love for me. How did God's love appear in red to me? The color red is said to be red-minded, so it represents a consistent mind, but the most urgent connection with red is blood. Because blood is red.
God's love is red, and it was expressed in blood, so why did we express it again with the cross? As those in the know know, what is most closely related to red blood is blood is life, and without blood is death. Therefore, shedding one's own blood is considered dangerous, and it is necessary to shed blood to harm the lives of others.
Why did God's love for me manifest through blood and the cross?
When you think of the cross, the first person that comes to mind is Jesus.
Jesus shed his blood and suffered a brutal crucifixion and died. This is true.
The cross also represents Jesus, and the Old Testament, and the New Testament explain Jesus. Jesus loved us and obeyed God, so he bore the cross of suffering and death that we had to bear. And he bled and died. After being buried, he was resurrected on the third day, ascended to heaven, and is at the right hand of God. He becomes our Savior, judges everyone, and returns. As promised in the Old Testament, Jesus took on human form through virgin Mary and came to this earth to save sinners. And as the Son of God, He has divinity, and John's Gospel says that the Creator of the world is Jesus, and that Jesus is the Word, the Light, the Way, the Truth, and the Life.
Now we know that God's love has been revealed through the death of Jesus through the cross with blood. But Jesus was a man, but he was the only Son of God. The shedding of blood and death of His Son is a sure proof of God's love for mankind (Rom 5:8). How did He love us and even offer up His one and only Son?
It is because of our sins. Sin can be solved only when the guilty person bleeds and dies, but it is God's love that allowed his son to bleed and die on behalf of our sins, and Jesus is the one who silently practiced this love. Anyone who believes in this Son will be forgiven of their sins, we will enjoy eternal life, and our problems will be resolved. It's my only way to live. It is the truth that no one in the universe can deny, and it is the most blessed and joyful news. First, let's accept Jesus as our Savior.
3. God's love and salvation revealed on the cross 2
How are humans saved? (We must know first before we can see being righteous by faith) - God's love and salvation
The cross is true, and Jesus is also true. Even if we don't see Admiral Yi Sun-sin, we believe in him because he has records and remains. The reason why billions of people all over the world believe in the Jesus of 2,000 years ago is because there are records about Him. The record is the record of people who watched the life of Jesus vividly by the side. And it is because those who believe in the truth testified by those who have seen Him and those who believe in Him continue to believe, continuing to increase in number without ceasing. And the love of God manifested through Him is also the truth, and it is also true that God, the Creator who is loving and just, exists.
Christianity began with the belief in this fact, and it was not created by someone's imagination. One can fool one person, one can fool many countries, and one can fool hundreds of years. However, at least for 4,500 years in the Old Testament and 2,000 years in the New Testament, the people who resisted God did everything possible to deny it, but they failed. This is because the Words of the Bible become truth, not lies. And so many people and most countries on earth have believed it for so long because the Bible is unmistakably true.
Even today, the number of people who believe in Jesus is steadily increasing, and the whole world believes in Jesus, so to say that this is a lie is a mistake on my part. To believe in Jesus is to believe in the love of God described above, and to believe in our Lord, who personally practiced this love. It is to believe in His original appearance, His work, His Word, the Bible, and His second coming. By this faith, you and I, who are sinners, are saved.
Salvation appears in hundreds of verses if you search the Bible. And the use is not unified as one. So it is necessary to understand its meaning correctly.
If you organize it through a search of the Bible, it means to save someone from a certain predicament, so it is understood as saving us from sin and death. And it is also used as a word to liberate, which means to free oneself from death and curse caused by sin. And it also means to restore. This also means that the human relationship with the holy God was severed due to sin, and it is corrected.
And salvation has a strong meaning of raising the dead. As we know, human beings who were created to live forever due to sin will die, and it means that people who have reached this kind of death will be raised and live forever. And salvation exalts. It has the meaning of “to rescue and elevate us who have fallen into the bog due to sin and are going to go to hell.” This means that we come to the life of a people and a glorious position in the eternal kingdom of heaven.
And salvation also means victory. This means that we win the war against the devil who entices people to commit sins and leads them to hell. It means that by winning the battle of the devil, Jesus will rescue us from his clutches. In addition to this, we need to understand the meaning of salvation well as it is a compound word with various meanings such as fixing and solving problems.
Our salvation through Jesus is to save us who died and were cursed because of sin, and thus saved us who had no hope in the same sense of salvation. That's why we enjoy eternal life, overcome death, be freed from the chains of sin, rise to glory from the lowly place of curse, and triumph over all the wiles of the devil.
Before discussing the wonderful truth of justification by faith, we must first examine our salvation. This is because justification by faith, which is recognized righteously, is an amazing grace that God acknowledges to those people when the time comes, while observing the life of faith of God's people who have obtained salvation. Justification is by faith, but salvation is also by faith. We can receive salvation when we believe in the love of God described above and in the love and suffering of Jesus Christ, that is, the shedding of blood and atonement on the cross. This salvation is achieved only by faith, but the saints must first recognize that they are sinners before God and humbly repent of their sins.
And if we receive education in the church according to the procedure and receive baptism in the name of Jesus, our sins will be forgiven by God. Now, as God's people, we are waiting for the Holy Spirit. When the time comes, the Holy Spirit will surely come upon us and enable us to live with power, and while living a life of faith in this way, when the time comes, God's righteousness will be acknowledged to certain believers. This is the justification by faith we will discuss. Let's continue to find out about this
God's act of salvation for human beings is accomplished through the cooperation of the triune God. He did all that God could do to save us, sinners, from God. If you believe in God and believe in Jesus, you will live a perfect new life that transcends your imagination. There is absolutely nothing better in this world than this. Enjoy the eternal life that all mankind dreamed of dying. And we come to know the Tao(Truth) that Confucius wanted so much to hear but never heard. (He said that if I listen to TAo in the morning, there is no regret even if I die in the evening.) In other words, he comes to know the truth. It is the best blessing on earth that can be born as a human being. Even if I go to a prestigious university through hard work and earn a lot of money through hard work, I cannot live well. All people on earth are equally saved only by believing in Jesus.
However, it is necessary to understand the meaning of this faith. In order to believe in Jesus, you must first recognize that you are a sinner before God. If I am righteous, Jesus who came to save sinners may not have anything to do with me. And what a human being who recognizes that he is a sinner must do is repent. Repentance is to realize that my life is completely different from the life God wants and that my past life was hostile to God, and to completely depart from that life. Repentance is to change my life into the life God wants, along with the resolution of my heart and contrition for my past sins. This requires action, and those who have made the decision to believe in Jesus must follow this action, which is an element of action in faith.
God planned the salvation of mankind, and Jesus, the Son of God, came in human form, shed blood, and hung on the cross to become the sacrificial offering. The sins of all who believe in this are forgiven, and the Holy Spirit God comes as a gift to the saints whose sins have been forgiven, regenerates them and gives them power. In this way, God, who recreated the inner man anew while leaving his outward appearance intact, calls us a new creation (creature) and recognizes us as his own work, that is, God's workmanship). Salvation must understand this far. Of course, education in the church and baptism in the name of Jesus Christ are essential
4. God's righteousness on the cross and justification by faith - picture
4-1 God's Righteousness Appeared on the Cross Biblical basis and meaning of justification by faith. Is it God or me who is the subject of justification? Faith, man as the object of justification, the shield of faith
4-1 God's righteousness revealed on the cross
Human desire for eternal life knows no bounds. Qin Shi Huang(empeor) dispatched messengers all over the world to find an immortal herb. And he built a huge tomb. Egyptian pharaohs also built huge pyramids in the desert to resurrect themselves after death. All those in power did everything they could for eternal life. All human beings give their money, time and all their passion to not die. This little document will surely and without fail point the way. I hope you never waste only 5 minutes of reading this book.
The picture above is the image of the cross of Jesus, who shed blood and died as an expression of God's love explained above, and the Bible verses that believe in it and become righteous. And it is an explanation of God who loves us and of us humans who can only be saved by shedding blood through the cross and the only begotten Son dying in this way. In the cross, the love of God who is love and the righteousness of God who is righteous are revealed at the same time. We have already seen that God's love is manifested in the love He gave His only begotten Son to save us from our sins. Now let's see how His righteousness was revealed through the cross
Although God is love, so he generously gave his only begotten Son to atone for our sins, but God is also righteous. That God is just is well shown through the Bible. The law, which is His word and the law that God's people must abide by, reflects well that God is righteous. Justice is rightness and fairness, but it also appears as punishment and judgment for sins. It is the justice of the Bible and the world's law that if anyone commit a crime, he will be punished appropriately.
Humans are doomed to die because of their sins. Only the shedding of blood and death awaits. No one can escape from this. The righteous God, who loved such human beings, allowed His only begotten Son, Jesus, to receive the death penalty that human beings deserved. This is a clear proof of God's love for us sinners. Also, the execution of God's righteousness did not allow man to die completely due to sin, but sent his only begotten Son to receive the punishment instead, which is the shedding of blood, suffering and death on the cross.
Jesus bore our sins and curses and silently faced the shame, suffering, and death because of His obedience to God and His love for us. Just as God loves us, Jesus also loved us, sinners, and bore the heavy burden of the cruel cross. So heavy was the burden that he prayed in the Garden of Gethsemane on the eve of his crucifixion so that his sweat would turn to blood and flow down. In the end, he was accused by the leaders of Israel, the chosen people, and headed to Golgotha with a cross on his shoulder with the death sentence of Governor Pilate.
There, he was crucified with two thieves, crowned with thorns, and died by hanging. Indeed, he took our sins and was whipped for our healing, pierced with spears in our place, and rejected by God to make us peace. And He died to save us. God resurrected Him on the third day after He was buried, ascend to heaven, sit at the right hand of God, rule the world, and return to judge the world. In this way, the righteousness of God has been revealed on the cross through Jesus, and through this we who believe are justified.
And justice is another value pursued by human beings, including all those in power. An unrighteous person, nation, or organization cannot survive after being criticized by the whole world. The same goes for individuals, where they are branded with sins, life is over. It is difficult to recover. Therefore, all human beings, nations and organizations stand for justice. That justice, that righteousness, I can receive and enjoy. This is the recognition of righteousness from God, who is the highest and most powerful in the universe, who created the world and controls the rise and fall of all human beings, nations, and organizations. Whether I have committed murder, adultery, stealing, cheating, assault, or any other sin in the world, there is an amazing fact of being recognized as righteous by the one and only God, whom no one can attack.
In order to explain the content, I expressed it in the picture above. In the middle, I explain the words of the Bible that no one can refute, on the right, God who loves me and justifies me, and on the left, I explain you and all of us human beings. And I explain the faith that all sins are forgiven and justified by God, the Most High, who is just, no matter what sins I have committed. Of course, we will also look at our true self, which contains that faith, and our sinful self. not long
In addition, the pioneers of Protestantism, Calvin and Luther, who read Romans 1:17 500 years ago, awakened believers at the time, and explained God's providence to the whole world so that Protestant believers could believe in God's providence of justification by faith after 500 years have passed. Because there was an innovative challenge, we followed the claim and looked into the more detailed parts of the Bible. The hasty judgments and conceited attitudes toward my seniors in the faith (those who believed before) were not the attitudes I should take as a person who has received great grace to understand the Bible. Among the 50 million writings of Romans, there is such a content, and I will correct it.
I came to know through great physical pain that the same God yesterday and today is not the one who separates us, but the one who unites us. I repent of my ugly appearance that I was proud to know. Again and again, the younger students (juniors of faith) confess that because of their life-and-death challenge, a new part of the Bible was opened, and that juniors who are weak in glory like me are conveying the meaning of justification by faith to the world in more detail through God's overwhelming grace. do. The poor pastor, who has proved his own incompetence and is still on the journey of learning, bows his head and asks for forgiveness from all the pastors who are faithful to the Lord and ministering with great advancement of faith and with all their might. I pray that you be accepted as a friend with a generous heart.
※ A serious pitfall in understanding justification by faith/ cutting off the front and back of justification and emphasizing only faith
① Rom 1:17. For in the gospel a righteousness from God is revealed, a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: "The righteous will live by faith.“
17. εγενετο δε μετα ημεραςτρειςσυγκαλεσασθαι τον παυλον τουςονταςτων ιουδαιων πρωτουςσυνελθοντων δε αυτων ελεγεν προςαυτουςανδρεςαδελφοι εγω ουδεν εναντιον ποιησαςτω λαω η τοιςεθεσιν τοιςπατρωοιςδεσμιοςεξ ιεροσολυμων παρεδοθην ειςταςχειραςτων ρωμαιων
② The great Calvin and Luther discovered the great theological doctrine of Righteousness from faith in Romans 1:17 in the Bible. And through the righteousness that comes from this faith, he opened Protestantism and pursued a different faith from Catholicism.
Following this great pioneer, we have to find out what the meaning of the front and back of this phrase is. Fortunately, we have 5 Korean versions of the Bible and dozens of English versions in Korea alone. If you know Korean and a little bit of English, anyone can check what is before and after this phrase. Understanding this correctly is the way to heaven.
③ Before discussing justification by faith, we must first understand the meaning of blood. As the Bible says, blood is life. death without blood Likewise, there is no forgiveness of sin without the shedding of blood. However, through the blood of animals, the Israelites of the Old Testament were forgiven. According to this type, Jesus, the Son of God, came to atone for the sins of all mankind and to save us. And He bled and died on the cross.
In this cross, God's love for mankind and God's righteous righteousness are revealed at the same time.
When I, a sinner, believe in this blood and believe that Jesus died in my place, I will be saved by this faith. According to this belief, when baptized in the name of Jesus Christ, there is forgiveness of sins and the Holy Spirit comes as a gift. Justification by faith means that God determines justification when the believer who has become like this consistently lives a life of faith.
Therefore, there is absolutely no justification without this procedure.
Jesus was not the one who came to call the righteous. He came to call sinners and it is a blessing enjoyed by those who recognize that I am a sinner.
The first reaction of a person who recognizes that he is a sinner is repentance. Without repentance, there is no remission of sins, no baptism of the Holy Spirit, and of course no justification. did i repent?
Before discussing the blessing of justification, we must examine myself.
④ Before justification, there is the blood of Jesus and the death of the cross. This is the manifestation of the love of God who is love and the righteousness of God who is just. If the front part of the righteousness from faith is like that, what is the back part?
It is the biblical interpretation of justification by faith. If Calvin and Luther failed to look deeply into it, we, the juniors, should look into it. The second half of Romans 1:17 is a quotation from Habakkuk 2:4. Habakkuk 2:4 is the word of God, and the righteous are people of faith that God will eventually judge South Judah and Babylon even in the reality of injustice prevailing at the time. How did the righteous at that time live by this faith? The meaning of this word is to live righteously every day, unlike those who do evil at the time. This means that such a person will be recognized as righteous.
And in Romans again, taking the example of the book of the law about this righteousness, God saw Abraham's faith and said that God justified him. The verses related to this are Romans 4:3 and 4:17-22, which explained in detail Abraham's justifying faith. Abraham, who was called at the age of 75, had every condition worse and worse until he was 100 years old, but nevertheless, his faith did not weaken. The Bible clearly explains that God justified Abraham when he saw Abraham's unchanging faith.
Putting this all together, faith like Abraham who believes in God and believes in the promise for 25 years in an unbelievable situation is justified. And when all people do evil, those who believe in a just God who will eradicate it and live righteously are recognized as righteous.
We who live the New Testament must, of course, believe in Jesus. We must believe in Jesus, who is the Savior described above, and receive the Holy Spirit and live righteously. Living like that, no matter how rich the world is, no matter how cold and cold love is, and no matter how rampant injustice is, we must believe that Jesus will surely come to judge it and lead us to heaven. When the time comes for those who practice love and live righteously with that faith, God will acknowledge their righteousness. This is the correct understanding of justification by faith in the New Testament Age.
Those who insist on justification by faith in the past emphasize 1+2, and 3+4 we take a new look at.
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(1) Biblical basis
First of all, even if humans shout a hundred times, words without grounds are useless. Let's take a look at the Bible, which records the words of the faithful God who has no lies, not human words. If you read the Bible, you know it, but it is the best science among all sciences, and it is accurate without a single point wrong. For thousands of years, humans have tried to find flaws in the Bible, but they have not yet been found, and as science develops, its accuracy is increasingly revealed.
Habakkuk 2:4. "See, he is puffed up; his desires are not upright -- but the righteous will live by his faith --
Romans 1:17. For in the gospel a righteousness from God is revealed, a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: "The righteous will live by faith."
Genesis 15:6. Abram believed the LORD, and he credited it to him as righteousness
3:21. But now a righteousness from God, apart from law, has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify.
22. This righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference,
23. for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
24. and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.
25. God presented him as a sacrifice of atonement, through faith in his blood. He did this to demonstrate his justice, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished --
26. he did it to demonstrate his justice at the present time, so as to be just and the one who justifies those who have faith in Jesus.
4:3. What does the Scripture say? "Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness."
4:17. As it is written: "I have made you a father of many nations." He is our father in the sight of God, in whom he believed -- the God who gives life to the dead and calls things that are not as though they were.
18. Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as it had been said to him, "So shall your offspring be."
19. Without weakening in his faith, he faced the fact that his body was as good as dead -- since he was about a hundred years old -- and that Sarah's womb was also dead.
20. Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God,
21. being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised.
22. This is why "it was credited to him as righteousness."
23. The words "it was credited to him" were written not for him alone,
24. but also for us, to whom God will credit righteousness -- for us who believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead.
※ Action of faith, temporal continuity and firmness of faith/ faith and living or life of faith are essential
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(2) Examples of Habakkuk and Abraham
1. Example of Habakkuk: In Habakkuk 2:4, there is an expression that the righteous live by faith. The apostle Paul quotes this in Romans 1:17 and explains that the believer is justified. Habakkuk is an Old Testament prophet who was active around 608 B.C. At that time, South Judah remained without perishing alone, but for reference, Northern Israel was destroyed by Assyria in 722 B.C. and taken captive. South Judah, who was left alone, was not right in the eyes of God and the prophet. Justice disappeared because the law was lax, and it was too difficult for a righteous man like Habakkuk to live. Habakkuk, unable to bear it, asks the God of justice
Why is the righteous God just looking at this evil South Judah? As God's answer to this, he says that he will judge Judah by using Babylon, which was the most powerful at the time and invaded and plundered the whole country. In response, Habakkuk asked God again, although southern Judah was evil, how could God use Babylon, which is more evil than this, as a tool of judgment? The answer to this is the word of Habakkuk 2:4 that we learn. It is not the words of the prophet, but the answer of God. The meaning has to be seen by connecting chapters 1 and 2, but to explain briefly here, God said that Babylon was never right, but he replied that the righteous he acknowledged would live by faith. Paul quoted the contents of Habakkuk in Romans 1:17 and explained justification by faith.
The meaning of the words of Habakkuk, “The righteous will live by faith,” is that even though southern Judah is unrighteous and hope is lost, and the unbearable reality of Babylon’s judgment on southern Judah comes, the righteous recognized by God firmly believe in God. will be. It means that God will eventually judge Babylon as well as South Judah and believe that justice will finally come true and will endure and live righteously no matter what the world is like. In other words, it refers to faith in action, which means believing that God, who is just, will eradicate injustice even when all circumstances are difficult, and will live righteously and steadfastly
2. Example of Abraham: Abraham is a great man who is called the father of faith.
He is the father of Israel, of many nations, and of all New Testament believers.
Abraham received God's call at the age of 75, left his country, his relatives, and his father's house and went to the place God commanded. He later believed God's word when God appeared and showed him the stars in the sky and the sand in the rivers and said that Abraham's descendants would be so numerous. Seeing Abraham like this, God recognized him as righteous. Apostle Paul quoted this from Romans and gave an example of justification by faith (Rom 4:3).
Along with this, this faith is explained again in Romans 4:17-22. It is said that even after he reached the age of 100, his faith in God and His promises did not weaken, but rather grew stronger. Even though his body is getting weaker and his wife is getting old enough that she can't have children with each passing day. Seeing Abraham's faith, not only did God finally justify him, but he finally enjoyed the blessing of bearing Isaac as his son. Through this Isaac and through his descendants, the nation of Israel became a nation. Here, we introduce two versions of Romans 4:17-22.
4:17. (as it is written, "A FATHER OF MANY NATIONS HAVE I MADE YOU") in the sight of Him whom he believed, [even] God, who gives life to the dead and calls into being that which does not exist.
18. In hope against hope he believed, in order that he might become a father of many nations, according to that which had been spoken, "SO SHALL YOUR DESCENDANTS BE."
19. And without becoming weak in faith he contemplated his own body, now as good as dead since he was about a hundred years old, and the deadness of Sarah's womb;
20. yet, with respect to the promise of God, he did not waver in unbelief, but grew strong in faith, giving glory to God,
21. and being fully assured that what He had promised, He was able also to perform.
22. Therefore also IT WAS RECKONED TO HIM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS.
23. Now not for his sake only was it written, that it was reckoned to him,
24. but for our sake also, to whom it will be reckoned, as those who believe in Him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead,(NASB, another version NIV)
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(3) The subject of justification - Is it God? Or is it me?
Subject: Is it God or me?
※ Is it God who justifies the saints? Or are you a believer?
Habakkuk 2:4. "See, he is puffed up; his desires are not upright -- but the righteous will live by his faith --
Genesis 15:6. Abram believed the LORD, and he credited it to him as righteousness
Romans 4:22. This is why "it was credited to him as righteousness."
God is the Creator of heaven, earth, man, and all things. And as the only One, He is the Triune God of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. God loves me and you and all of us because His attribute is love. And he is just and holy, and wherever he is, he is almighty. All things did not come into being by themselves; everything started with God's creation. Knowing and believing in God, who created and loves us, is the first and most important duty of human beings. He is worthy to be worshiped by all men.
However, we can clearly see in the Bible that this God justifies the righteous in Habakkuk and Abraham through the books of Habakkuk, Genesis, and Romans. Regarding the justification of the saints, it is not the individual who believes who determines and declares that justification. Acknowledgment of justification by faith is neither a theologian like Luther nor a pastor, but only God acknowledges that a person of faith is righteous. We can confirm this in the Bible. Before the righteous in the days of Abraham or Habakkuk were declared righteous by God, they could never justify themselves or those around them. Even if he lives righteously and does well in his life of faith. And even if someone did so, we cannot be sure whether that person was a righteous person recognized by God. Judgment of righteousness is not for man.
And we believe that the expression “justice for believers, there is no discrimination” in Romans means that a believer is justified regardless of race or nationality, not that we can claim our righteousness before God acknowledges it. We need to seriously discuss this. The Bible clearly reveals that the subject of the saints' justification is God.
This tells us that it can be very dangerous to claim that we believe in God and that we are a righteous person. In this regard, let's try to understand this issue correctly by examining the object of justification, that is, the believer who is the object of justification
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(4) The Object of Justification: Man, the Sinner
※ Am I a sinner or a righteous person who lives by looking at the stars in the night sky and seeing all the beauty of the world?
We must first know what sin is, so that we can discern whether we are committing such a sin or we who had committed it. Human beings are not beings who can absolutely easily know that they are sinners. I become a criminal only when I go to prison, pay a fine, and receive social criticism. Otherwise, if I abide by the laws of the country and live according to my own moral standards without being punished by the law as above, it is difficult to recognize me as a criminal. Rather, I believe in me as a righteous person and live. Am I really righteous as I think?
Crime is defined in the Criminal Code. There is a principle of sin and forensic law that there is no sin without the law. This is the principle that human beings make various regulations in the law that they have made for the order of the world, and if they break or violate the regulations of this law, they become criminals. On the other hand, there is a law ordained by God. If you break this law, you become a sinner in the eyes of God. Of course, if you don't believe in God, you live without knowing that this law exists, and you protest against God that you are not a sinner.
The Bible is the book that God explains about human sin. Through the Bible, we know that human beings are sinners. The Bible says that there are no righteous people, not even one. That is, all human beings are sinners. If you look through the Bible, it means that there is no human being who can say, 'I am a righteous man' before God. And we have a device that allows humans to recognize whether we are committing a crime or not. It is the conscience of each and every person. Our conscience pricks us when we sin. We can know whether we are sinners through our still living conscience. However, if we continue to sin and deceive ourselves, this conscience becomes dull and insensitive to sin.
Sin is breaking the rules God has laid down. Our ancestor Adam sinned. God commanded Adam not to eat the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil in the Garden of Eden, and Adam ate it, so that sin was passed on to everyone. Due to this sin, human beings who were created to enjoy eternal life became destined to live and die as they do now. And since human beings live violating the regulations of the law in the Bible without rest, this sin is a self-inflicted sin, that is, a self-crime. However, if you commit a sin like this, it is not that nothing will happen, but that sin must be judged, and the penalty is death, and blood must be shed.
When we say faith, in that faith, the recognition of my sin and the belief in the fact that I am a sinner are absolutely necessary. If I am a righteous person, there is no need to believe in Jesus who came to save sinners, so there is no need to discuss the justification we receive by believing in Jesus. If I am a sinner before God and a sinner among people, the most important and urgent thing I have to do is to believe in Jesus, the Savior, and this begins with my repentance.
Repentance is turning away from my path now. Peter and others were fishermen at the time Jesus came. They met Jesus and followed Him, leaving their boats, nets, catches, and their own families to follow Jesus. And while the disciples saw and heard Jesus preach the gospel of the kingdom and heal the sick, they were taught by Jesus and preached Jesus to the Jews. They also witnessed the shedding of Jesus' blood, the crucifixion, and the death of Jesus, and personally met the resurrected Jesus, and saw off the ascending Jesus. And as Jesus commanded, they waited for the Holy Spirit, received gifts, received powers, and became Jesus' witnesses. When we meet Jesus as the Son of the living God through evangelism, personal experience, or the Bible, and meet Jesus as the Savior who shed blood and died for us, we can live in obedience according to the teachings of the church and the Bible and the guidance of Jesus, who is now our Lord.
In this way, repentance is to depart from your thoughts and actions in a life where you did not know Jesus or the Bible in the past, and from now on, read the Bible anew and live according to the teachings of the Bible and the guidance of the Holy Spirit. Some people obey a lot from the beginning, while others obey slowly. Repentance is to abandon living according to one's will and follow Jesus, the owner, in each person's own place. By doing this, you will grow into a mature saint. However, if we repent like this and follow Jesus well, we can do things that are incomparable to what we wanted to achieve while living alone, following the blessing of Jesus, who gives us life and abundant life. And at the end, the Lord leads us to eternal life. Sometimes there are difficulties, but this is also in the hand of God who makes me more cool as a believer, so don't be afraid to hold on to the hand of Jesus until the end.
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(5) Concerning justifying faith
An explanation of the faith that is justified by God
Faith is defined in Hebrews 11 as the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen.( Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.) Let's see what kind of faith was the faith of Habakkuk and Abraham, who were justified by faith, that is, justification by faith.
A. Habakkuk's Faith in God
Habakkuk's words that only the righteous live by faith are God's words to Habakkuk. The righteous recognized by God are those who have faith in what God will do, that is, to destroy the unrighteous South Judah through Babylon, and eventually to destroy Babylon, the most powerful nation at the time as the ruler of history. And that person has faith in God who protects them in any case, and faith in God who will eventually make a just world. The world has become too difficult for the righteous to live. However, the righteous recognized by God believe in God who destroys all evil in this world and eventually builds a world where the righteous can live in peace. And they are people like Habakkuk who live a righteous life without being swayed by an unjust world day by day.
B. Abraham believed the promise God made to Abraham.
He believed in an Almighty God who did the humanly impossible and a faithful God who kept his promises. And this faith did not change even after 25 years after he was called and became stronger. Through this, he is recognized as righteous by God. In other words, it is the recognition of the righteousness of Abraham's temporally unchanging faith
C. Faith in God and Jesus of the Saints in the Age of the New Testament
The believer's faith in God: Rom. 4:24. but also for us, to whom God will credit righteousness -- for us who believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead- The cross is a sure proof of God's love.
Believers in Jesus: The divinity and humanity of Jesus as the Savior. What Jesus did - the work of atonement for the sins of mankind by shedding his blood and bearing the cross, about the resurrection, ascension, second coming, and judgment. Like the prophet Habakkuk, to live a life by faith, believing in Jesus who will return to this world and what he will do. In other words, living a life of fighting injustice, practicing love, doing good, preaching the gospel, and building the kingdom of God while receiving the guidance of the Holy Spirit. When a believer lives like this, justification is accomplished when God acknowledges it - repentance, baptism in the name of Jesus, forgiveness of sins, gifts of the Holy Spirit, and when they continue to live a life of faith, God will justify them/just God, God of love.
D. Conclusion
There is no doubt that justification by faith is the claim of the Bible. However, in order to become such a justified faith, as seen in Abraham's example, he had to continue his life of faith for about 25 years. In the book of Habakkuk, we saw that the righteous must believe in God and live righteously in any environment. Taken together, in order to be justified by faith, there is a necessary condition that we must first live an unchanging life of faith until a certain time God acknowledges it, and we must become a saint who must live righteously with our actions
To emphasize it again and again, believers must first believe in God without changing, even if time passes and it is difficult to believe, as seen in the example of Abraham. And just as Abraham obeyed God, who commanded us to keep righteousness and justice, we must receive the Holy Spirit in this world and practice the love that fulfills the law under the guidance of the Holy Spirit. As seen in the example of Habakkuk, we must believe in God like the prophet Habakkuk even in today's world where injustice is rampant. It is faith in God who will eradicate this world and make a good world. In other words, we must believe in the judgment of the world through the Second Coming of Jesus, the new heaven and new earth, and the kingdom of heaven that He will build. And, like Habakkuk, when we believe in God and live righteously, we must not forget that God always acknowledges our righteousness in God's time.
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(6) Understanding through the chart of justified faith
Chart
Unbelief/ The Great Righteous and Examples | faith or life of faith, The process of belief - the passage of time, the behavioral aspect / examples of individual differences | |||||
Jesus, meeting God, receiving | repentance | baptism in Jesus name | forgiveness of sin | spirit gift | Justification takes place | |
Direct encounters through the Bible, evangelism, through various personal experiences, meetings during preaching, worship, prayer, and so on. | Leaving the place of sin, following Jesus, | Educated and baptized in the church, water baptism wash away sins | God forgives all the sins of the saints in the past | As Jesus promised, the Holy Spirit came, hearts were softened, and power came (Ecclesiastes 2:38, Ezekiel 34) | When we continue to believe in God and live righteously and righteously by following the guidance of the Holy Spirit, God will determine the time. | |
Members of the Early Church- Directly meeting Jesus and experiencing the Holy Spirit | Follow Jesus | To Jesus, disciple, John | received | Upper Room of Mark/ 3 years later (Acts 2) | Believe in Jesus, at least 3 years later | |
Paul - Jesus Appears and Says | Follow Jesus | through Ananias | received | Through Ananias (Acts 9:17) | Decades after believing in the God of the Old Testament | |
Abraham - God Himself Appears and Speaks | 75years-old hometown, mainland, father left | God revealed the purpose of calling Abraham to do what was right and just, and commanded him to do it perfectly (Genesis 17:1, 18:19, | About 100 years old and 25 years after meeting God | |||
Habakkuk - Believes in the God of the Old Testament and keeps the Law | After being called as a prophet, he lived a righteous life and was so distressed seeing the lives of his unrighteous fellow countrymen at the time, that he asked God for judgment | People who believe in God and live righteously | ||||
The God who justifies is always the same, but the believer and the content of that person's faith differ according to each situation. |
Faith, the object of justification, man as a sinner, the breastplate of righteousness
Justification by faith, that is, justification by faith, is the truth in the words of the Bible. However, for an unbeliever to believe in Jesus and finally be recognized as righteous by God, time, process, patience, and a life of faith are absolutely necessary. Acknowledgment of righteousness is not my own, nor is it the theologian or pastor's acknowledgment of me, but the acknowledgment of God, who is the subject of recognizing me as righteous, is absolutely necessary, and the hour, time, and decision are made by God.
There is a debate about whether the breastplate of righteousness that we must wear in our spiritual battle is the righteous life of the saints or is it through justification by faith. In general, the righteousness of the breastplate of righteousness is seen as the righteousness of justification by faith. The breastplate of righteousness is a spiritual weapon that functions to protect the heart, and we must wear it. If justification by faith comes through a life of continuous faith as seen above, that is, a life of believing and living righteously, and if I have to wait for God's approval, I am really curious about when I will be able to wear the breastplate that protects my heart by righteousness that comes from my faith. to be.
And the breastplate can protect my heart from the attacks of the world, and we need to discern the function of the breastplate. For example, if bulletproof vests are distributed to soldiers, but genuine and defective products are given at the same time, and they have the same shape, what will happen when bullets fly when they wear them and go to battle without knowing it? And if the way to get and wear the breastplate comes through faith in Jesus, if you have to properly know and believe in that faith as explained above, am I really wearing this breastplate? Or are you still not wearing it? If I believe I am wearing it, I hope there will be time to think about whether the performance is correct.
5 Praise Testimony Summary
1)Praise
Hallelujah! Heavenly Father, full of love and mercy! I give thanks, glory and praise. God suddenly visited the sinner who did not realize his sin and considered himself righteous. And he made me see the words of the Bible that Elder Kim Seong-ju gave me, and made me see that I am a heinous sinner. And he completely took me away from the path of life that I believed was right until then. And he made me meditate on love and struggle to put it into practice, learning Jesus and the Word through the church, and being baptized in the name of Jesus Christ at Jangyu Rock Church through Pastor Kyung Seok Kyung (May 19, 1991). And He forgave me all the sins I had committed in the past.
And when Pastor Ki-soo Park was preaching at Seonmin Church in Sillim-dong, Jesus filled the temple and appeared and blew red fire into my chest from his mouth. As I saw flames like small candles in my chest and my hands were sweaty, I came with the belief that if someone who believes in Jesus is sick, he will get better if I touch him. And I was preparing for the 2nd round of the administrative exam, but I forgot about this and felt like I was in heaven for 3 days (mid February 1992).
Then the Lord commanded me to become a pastor, and about 19 years later I became a pastor. He was patient with me, who always disobeyed and tried to do my own thing, led me to the good path, preached the gospel, and read and organized the Bible. And the Lord made me know that the words of Acts 2:37-38 came true much later after I received fire from the Lord. And God allowed me to receive much love and help through Jamsil Church, all the members, my mother who went to heaven, my younger brother who lives alone, and my wife.
All of them have greater love than me and are people of constant faith. Because of God's amazing love, an incompetent and capricious person preaches the truth of the Lord to the whole world, and the grace is indescribable. Giving all the glory to the Lord, I pray that the Lord bestows great grace on Jamsil Church and the members who have endured and loved and helped me through my insignificant life, and to all who have shown love to me.
Remember the family of Elder Kim Sung-soo, bless Pastor Kyung-seok Kyung and his family, and pray that Pastor Ki-soo Park and the members of Seonmin Church stay healthy and loyal to God. I sincerely hope that my younger brother who lives alone will meet a good partner and live a happy life.
I earnestly pray that the kingdom of God, which the Lord wants to build, will soon be established on this earth. I praise and love the strong God who lifts up and uses the weak. May the name of the Lord be praised forever and ever. Hallelujah! (Description of the kingdom of God briefly and briefly, prize money 5 million
Act 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(개역개정, 공동번역, NIV)
Shalom! Pastor David, an instrument of the Lord who has received the Holy Spirit, wishes comfort and peace to all the brothers of faith who have received the Holy Spirit who are scattered throughout the world, love the Lord, and do His will. Our Lord Jesus always speaks to us. “Cheer up” and “I love you.” With these words of comfort and encouragement, we regain our strength in the battle against the dark world.
2) Testimony
All brothers who preach the gospel receive the Holy Spirit and preach it. The first thing believers should do in the world is evangelism, and the Lord is always with them and is most pleased with it. We are not very interested in money, riches, or the glory of the world, and sometimes we cannot even expect love from people around us. we are in trouble There are many times when we are regarded as the dregs of all things. Everyone attacks me as an enemy, but sometimes people attack us recklessly like a roaring lion. This is not because I am absolutely at fault, but rather because I am the most just and blameless in the world. Since we received the breastplate of righteousness from God and resisted the devil, the power of darkness, which hates it, seduces the weak spirits and makes them resist us.
Sometimes, everyone in my family hates me and is reluctant to meet me. The world is not much different from the days of Habakkuk. It's hard to find love anywhere. Still, we must embrace love and preach the gospel. Some churches in the world hate me. They hate us for no reason. Historically, the people of the Lord who wanted to do all good suffered such hardships, were imprisoned, and were martyred. In this day and age, martyrdom is practiced in some countries. Believers are persecuted in Islamic empires, North Korea, and countries that hate the spread of the gospel. These people live the hardest. Even if we all have freedom and suffer a little, we must pray earnestly for them. Having become true brothers in the Lord, we cannot forget their suffering and use our freedom in any other way. We must confirm that we are brothers and pray earnestly for each other.
I am also free in everything, but I am poor, hated, and excluded, and sometimes I cannot stand against the forces of evil with evil, so I live holding my breath and secretly shed tears. I have lived like that for more than 30 years. I had no home, no money saved up, and I had to change jobs often. Still, as I confessed before, there are many people who have helped me, and I have come this far with their help. Above all, it is the grace of God.
About 37 years ago, when Jesus came to me through the Word, I was just a person who committed sins every day without knowing anything about the Bible, the church, or the truth. I was a person who had committed and was committing heinous sins, but I did not recognize it and considered myself righteous. I was living with many hurts to believers. And I was a cold-hearted person who could not love even those who did not believe in Jesus.
However, as time passed by believing in Jesus, God gave grace to me, and I changed to preach this kind of writing. It is said that knowledge makes you proud. It is clear that if I did not have many hardships, trials, and sufferings, I would not be able to live like a human being even though I believe in Jesus. God said that suffering is beneficial and discipline is necessary to become a son. In this way, when I unknowingly went wrong, I came to know my mistakes and turn around through great hardships. So everything is by God's grace. Perhaps, those who have read my writings must have been upset when they saw my writings that pretended to know a little bit. It's my ugly face.
All of us can misunderstand and go in the wrong direction, but God forgives us if we realize our mistakes, correct them quickly, and depart from that path. Without such forgiveness to believers, few would ever live fully. Peter was also severely rebuked by Paul. When we come to know the truth, we just need to correct ourselves and turn quickly from our mistakes.
I, too, many times, quickly turned away from what I wanted to do. I believe that what God wants is not to be disconnected, but to correct what is wrong, and to turn things around, not to get rid of wrongdoing. Calvin and Luther are great for discovering justification by faith, and we just need to develop it further. There is no separation from these people. We just need to acknowledge these people's work and go to a deeper understanding. And it's not okay to separate them just because they're a little different. Separation is the greatest pain in love, so we will have to endure each other and become one again. This is what I came to know through the grace of God as the years went by.
We should not reject everyone just because they are a little different, but we should acknowledge our differences and wait until we understand each other. We must embrace and love our brothers with weak faith for a long time. In doing so, I firmly believe that the churches of all the world should transcend denominations and become one in Jesus. I sincerely hope that the will of the Lord will be fulfilled throughout the world so that the kingdom of God will stand more firmly. Since Jesus came, the kingdom of the Lord has grown and grown without our knowledge, and is spreading like yeast. Without a doubt, I believe that the kingdom of God is growing without rest. We will have to believe in this country and give our strength.
We believe that what we read is a new understanding of the Bible that will completely change the world. I believe that it is a gift from the Lord to all those who love God. You can just take it and enjoy it for free. If you are moved, please help us to make this book into a book and spread it to the whole world. I'm trying to make a website and make a video. Please help. Above all, prayer is the greatest help. I am also praying without ceasing for everyone. I ask you to pray for the spread of the gospel of my ministry. See you soon in a video. God bless you always and may you be healthy. I firmly believe that there will be thousands of thousands of believers. We praise the infinite love of God the Father, who always endures and leads us to the right path, and is with the long-suffering of our Lord Jesus, and we give glory to the Holy Spirit who always inspires us. Hallelujah!!
Pastor David
3) Summary
Now I'm sending this article to the whole world.
I spoke about God's righteousness and love shown on the cross.
There is no saint who is unaware of God's love. However, it is said that the righteousness of God is revealed on the cross. The Lord speaks through Romans 3:21-26. That righteousness comes by faith. There is righteousness that comes through Abraham's faith through Genesis in the Old Testament, the Pentateuch of Moses, or the law, and there is righteousness that comes through the book of Habakkuk in the prophetic books. This is justification by faith. I have said that Abraham's consistent faith for 25 years was the faith that was recognized as righteous. Along with this, God clearly said that the purpose of calling Abraham was to do righteousness and justice. So, he was not a man who only believed and lived according to his will, but practiced the righteous way righteously, and his faith did not change, and he believed in God well in any situation. Furthermore, since God commanded Abraham to be perfect in his actions, we can clearly see that he also lived a life of faith while pursuing a righteous life so that his actions would be perfect. Following the example of Abraham, the Israelites had to live righteously by receiving the law from God. And they had to believe in one God.
After reading the Bible, we must know that Abraham's faith, which has only faith and no works, is absolutely not. God's intention of calling Abraham is certainly correct that he would make him the ancestor of a nation and the ancestor of faith. But on the other hand, God said that Abraham was called to do righteousness and righteousness. Therefore, God would never have recognized Abraham as righteous because he did not act worthy of his calling and only believed on his own. God clearly told Abraham the purpose of the calling. But let's suppose that God saw Abraham who rejected this, disobeyed it, lived an unrighteous life, did not practice justice, and did not live a holy life without distinction like the people of the world. If that were the case, surely God would be angry and would not have said that you were truly righteous when he saw the false human faith that absolutely never obeyed. I believe so. I hope you believe in a God who truly hates evil and wants people to live righteously.
We saw clearly earlier that the prophet Habakkuk's faith to live righteously is the faith to be righteous. However, if we repeat this again, the situation in South Judah is rampant with injustice, but justice has become difficult to find to the extent that it is destroyed. However, Habakkuk, who lives righteously, finds it difficult to live righteously in such an unrighteous world, so he asks God to destroy his own people.
We must know that none of the prophets chosen by God were evil. Babylon is chosen as the tool of judgment. However, this great power is even more evil, and Babylon is eventually destroyed by the hand of God through Persia. everyone is evil It's hard to see people with the right behavior. But who are the righteous who believe in God? Despite the circumstances, he believes in God. He believes that God will destroy Judah South. In addition, he believes that Babylon will also be destroyed. And he says he will live day by day. how? He says he will live by faith. However, a righteous man who hates evil like Habakkuk now has hope.
God, who is just, does not tolerate evil and executes judgment. The kings, dignitaries, grand dukes, and all the unrighteous people of southern Judah, who had choked the righteous, were killed and taken captive, and all their assets were ruined. There is no one to trouble the righteous anymore. And the reign of Babylon does not last long and is also destroyed by the stronger Persia. Now we see hope for the weak at the time who had no hope. A group of people who used their power to do evil and took away the houses and lands of the poor were brutally destroyed by Babylon. They die and become prisoners. Nebu Saradan of Babylon now gives all the land to poor farmers.
Those who claim to believe in the Lord who destroys the forces of evil and live unrighteously like the wicked people who lived at the time are people who absolutely do not believe in the presence and power of God who works in this way. They say they believe in God, but in reality they do not believe in God. If they are truly believers in God, then why would they not tolerate this and sympathize with the forces of evil when God is eradicating injustice like this? If they do evil themselves, they also become the forces of evil and become the objects of God's judgment. We must clearly understand the Bible in this way.
Jeremiah, who lived at that time, saw clearly the scene where God destroyed the evil forces according to the faith of the righteous. And let's see how God handles the land and houses enjoyed by the wicked at the time of Habakkuk. As a historical fact, the prophet Jeremiah described the fall of Jerusalem about 20 years after the book of Habakkuk was written.
Jerusalem is captured
1. This is how Jerusalem was taken: In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his whole army and laid siege to it.
2. And on the ninth day of the fourth month of Zedekiah's eleventh year, the city wall was broken through.
3. Then all the officials of the king of Babylon came and took seats in the Middle Gate: Nergal-Sharezer of Samgar, Nebo-Sarsekim a chief officer, Nergal-Sharezer a high official and all the other officials of the king of Babylon.
4. When Zedekiah king of Judah and all the soldiers saw them, they fled; they left the city at night by way of the king's garden, through the gate between the two walls, and headed toward the Arabah.
5. But the Babylonian army pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. They captured him and took him to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he pronounced sentence on him.
6. There at Riblah the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes and also killed all the nobles of Judah.
7. Then he put out Zedekiah's eyes and bound him with bronze shackles to take him to Babylon.
8. The Babylonians set fire to the royal palace and the houses of the people and broke down the walls of Jerusalem.
9. Nebuzaradan commander of the imperial guard carried into exile to Babylon the people who remained in the city, along with those who had gone over to him, and the rest of the people.
10. But Nebuzaradan the commander of the guard left behind in the land of Judah some of the poor people, who owned nothing; and at that time he gave them vineyards and fields.
Absolutely the righteous recognized by God are not those who practice evil while claiming to live by faith. Because of evil, my own people, neighbors, and people I know are all perishing. But how can we live wickedly out of fear of God even though we say we believe in God? God does not protect and spare those who live wickedly. However, if you read the Bible carefully, God always shows mercy even when He destroys evil and saves the righteous. Even if the stump is left behind, and even if the country is destroyed, people like Daniel and Ezekiel will still be honored by God's exaltation even in the place where they are taken captive.
When a righteous person sheds blood and dies, God will surely accept it. The people of God, who are just as righteous yesterday and today, can never be exempted from the mission to live righteously. To establish this justice, Jesus came to this earth. The kingdom of God is the kingdom of righteousness, peace, and joy, which is said to be in the Holy Spirit. Where does justice come from? It is a place where God's laws are followed. It is a country where the law is unmistakably followed. Because the country is in order, it is peaceful, and the place where there is peace becomes a place full of joy. The meaning of being in the Holy Spirit means that we keep the law well through the practice of love because we receive the Holy Spirit and our hearts are voluntarily softened. Ezekiel explains this well.
36:26. I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.
27. And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws.
But where does this justification come from? God's love and righteousness come through the cross that appeared at the same time. It comes through faith in the crucified Jesus, but it comes through faith in the blood. The wages of sin is death, and there is no forgiveness of sin without the shedding of blood. So, through Jesus shedding his blood and dying on the cross, the way for us who believe in this to be justified has been opened.
Through Jesus' atonement on the cross, we receive forgiveness from our sins, but there is a process. The Bible, the truly holy Word of God, is science. The Bible contains the amazing wisdom, love and justice of God. First of all, God, who is just, does not immediately punish the sins committed by people living in the world. Because he did this, he overlooked the sins of all mankind, so Jesus had to come. The sins are obviously sins committed in the past, not sins of the past, present, or future. Because all people have committed sins, they must die as a result of their sins, but they are destined to die that way.
However, it is said that mankind who died in this way are committing sins while living, and the punishment for this is not executed right away and is postponed. Of course, the curse caused by sin will also be withheld. God temporarily puts aside the consequences of Adam's original sin. Because of sin, Adam and his wife lost Eden, became messy, and were banished to the land we now live in, where their men and women must live in toil. This in itself has already been punished for sin. Although man is born a sinner, he is also born with the hope of salvation.
If I had not come into the world, that is, if I had not been born in human form, there would be no discussion of salvation and no hope. However, I was born in this world, and I live according to the prescribed life span. If I hope, I can believe in Jesus and enjoy eternal life and restore Eden. This cannot but be the great love and mercy of God. In this respect, the punishment of sins that result in complete death and eternal punishment is not being executed now. At least as long as I live in the world. In this way, He overlooks all of us' sins in the past without asking about them. Whether we murder, rape, steal, or assault, God does not punish us and waits.
And He sent His Son to take on the sins of mankind, to shed His blood, and to die on the cross. He opened the way for our sins to be forgiven through the shedding of Jesus' blood and atonement on the cross. God's righteousness and love are revealed here. Through faith in this Jesus, our sins are forgiven and we are justified, but this is possible through the overlooking of our past sins. If God had punished us for our sins in the past, causing us to die right away, or to suffer property and bodily harm, in other words, if God hadn't overlooked our sins, we would all be All mankind will not be able to live in peace after being punished for our sins.
And if we have already received the punishment we deserve from God, it is clear that no matter how much Jesus comes and presents the way for our sins to be forgiven, we will not respond very well to those who have already paid for their sins. It is because there is not much profit to be gained by believing in Jesus. However, since God overlooks my sins, that is, He overlooks and waits to forgive me as long as I believe in Jesus without punishing her, I will quickly be set free from the cost of this tremendous sin by believing in Jesus. In this way, in order to forgive mankind's sins in the past, God mobilized every possible method. Because I didn't believe in God and Jesus, all of my sins that God overlooked were not forgiven in the end, and I, who had no hope, would receive eternal punishment.
God, who is love, has completely overlooked the sins that lead to death, and has given all mankind the amazing grace to forgive without punishing them perfectly through our Lord Jesus and the atonement of the cross. Some people are sinners, but I am not guilty! I am righteous! If he insist on doing this, and if he do not believe in Jesus, the Savior who will save him, then he will not be able to make any excuses and will go toward eternal punishment.
This amazing truth is hidden in the crucifixion. God has already overlooked the sins of all mankind, and Jesus has come, and now, whoever believes in Jesus, the completely overlooked sins will be forgiven. So, really, perfect forgiveness comes with no punishment from God for our sins. However, as for sins, the world has set the law to punish them with the death penalty, so it is unavoidable to punish human beings who have committed sins. For example, in the case of Mr. Park Cheol-woong, he was arrested and executed as the culprit of the Geumdang murder case.
But while he was imprisoned in prison, he accepted the gospel, repented completely, and was forgiven of all his sins by God. And he preached Jesus well to hundreds of people and made them believe. When we look at his writings, we see that he repented so clearly and that he was on a very high spiritual level. I believe that although the world points a finger at him, he will receive the great reward of evangelism in heaven and live well for eternity. In reality, we are all not only sinners before God, but also enemies and opponents of God, and we are not qualified to condemn anyone.
God revealed His righteousness through the crucifixion of Jesus. He showed that he was just by punishing all mankind for their sins. However, he made his son suffer and be killed to receive the punishment. Looking at God like this, we can definitely guess what God will do to those who do evil in the future, that is, those who do not believe in Jesus and live in sin. It is true that evil never passes by in the end and is always judged by God, and that judgment is the final judgment.
Through the crucifixion, we can clearly see that there is a judgment that cannot be avoided even in death. In other words, there is no way to avoid sin other than shedding blood and death, even if you search the entire universe. Only through faith in Jesus can the problem of sin be solved. However, those who evade God's love and grace are those who reject the amazing love and sacrifice of God and Jesus, living without any hope and not even recognizing it, and are subject to eternal punishment. Please believe that even if we see them doing a little better in the world, we will never, ever envy those who will face this fate.
This is clearly stated in Romans 3:21-26 that God, who manifested His righteousness in this way, is to show that God is also the righteous and the One who justifies those who believe in Jesus. In this way, the righteousness of God is clearly revealed in the cross, and two kinds of righteousness are revealed. One is the righteousness that comes by believing in Jesus. The other is the righteousness that the God of justice has shown through the righteous judgment, that is, the judgment, or punishment, of all mankind's past sins through the shedding of Jesus' blood and the atonement on the cross.
In this way, God's righteousness is being revealed, and because we believe in Jesus' shed blood on the cross and his death as a substitute, our sins are forgiven and we are recognized as righteous. And that faith is also a constant faith that does not change over time, and a faith that lives righteously. And we have seen again that when the time comes, God will look at the saints who live like this and justify them.
When we think about the faith of justification by faith, if we overlook the fact that our sins are forgiven because we believe in the historical cross of Jesus in the previous section, and that the manifestation of God's righteousness is also on the cross, great things happen. And also, there is a big problem when we only think of the verses of faith without thinking of the hardships that cannot be described in the words of Jesus. And along with this, a big problem arises when you think only of faith without looking at the details behind the faith only phrase. In other words, it is clear this time that great things can happen if you skip the front and back parts of faith and only think about faith in the middle. We should always look clearly at the meaning before and after the phrase faith only.
We confess that these contents were accomplished through the grace of God, the merits of the blood of our Lord Jesus, and the guidance of the Holy Spirit by reading the Bible, arranging, evangelizing, and helping and praying around us. We give all the glory to God. Hallelujah!!
6. Understanding of God's justice and love through human experience
I tell you what I feel about Heavenly Father's love and righteousness. How can a human being who lives in a small, short time know the heart of the Creator of the entire universe? But really, by his grace, I tell you from my own experience. In the Bible, isn't there a prophet who experienced the heart of the Lord while being married twice? Although I am a human being who has nothing to claim, I am proclaiming this to the whole world as a person who has received the grace of the exalted Heavenly Father. Through my experience, I hope everyone will have time to think a little about the love of Heavenly Father who is just. I earnestly pray that you understand God's heart and become all people who are just and practice love well in this world.
About 4 years have passed since I posted about the grace I received through my 50 million Romans, Bible arrangements, and evangelism. And about 300,000 people from 80 countries visited my cafe and blog. It was 80 countries about a year ago, so I believe it will become 100 countries.
However, those who have read my writing will know that I am different from the first time and now. I saw so much evil in the world while preaching after receiving the Holy Spirit from Jesus. For about 40 years since leaving the bank, I've done things people don't normally do well: cleaning, selling fish, fruit and vegetables, and security, collecting recycling, and farming. Of course, it includes the time I went to graduate school and studied administrative exams, but it is. After receiving the Holy Spirit, I became able to distinguish between right and wrong while evangelizing. At work, sometimes I was treated so unfairly that I used to get angry, but it was a job where I had no choice but to live with it, but inside I was overflowing with resentment. I worked in an unfair place and was fired or quit on my own.
I was ordained a pastor in 2011 and worked for 12 years as an ordinary person. Even though I am a pastor, there were not many people who acknowledged me as a pastor. So I just hide what I'm doing and live like this. I have seen how church members who go to church and look kind to everyone live in the world. Of course, there are many people who are mostly polite and live their lives not to harm others. There is a law in Korea, but if someone lives as they please, they are subject to the law, and there are workplace regulations at work, so people don't break the law that much, but I've experienced a lot of really sad things.
After such a hunger and thirst for righteousness, I came to see the law through God's guidance. From the beginning, I approached justification by faith with a slightly different attitude from the Protestant approach. And as for the forgiveness of sins, I approached it in a slightly different way. I believed that sins can never be committed recklessly, there is no unlimited forgiveness, and forgiveness is not something I do at will, but it depends on the will of the one who forgives. That's why I was very careful about sin, and I believe that most Christians live like that.
However, because God made me pass the administrative exam in the first round, drop by one point in the second, and study theology, I can say that I know the basics of the state, law, or economy. However, in this state, I was really thirsty for justice, and I learned about the law of the Pentateuch. This is because all the Bibles were organized through the Bible arrangement, so of course I had to read and understand the Pentateuch of Moses to organize them, so I had to study. However, I, who studied law and studied public administration to graduate school, did not have the desire to approach laws such as Leviticus.
So I read other people's good writings and started to organize them by trying to approach them little by little. If I hadn't organized the Bible, I would never have studied the Pentateuch of Moses like that. And it would not have been easy for me to read and organize the Bible for a long time while living the same life as the people of the world without pastoring, but God allowed me to do all of these things. First of all, I had to learn English while working in the US military base for about 8 years, and I had some free time. ex-Colonel Hyunchul Kim's guidance was very helpful. I pray that the Colonel's old age will be richer and that all his family members will be happy.
And God made me learn computers through my wife's car accident, and above all, God always gave me the joy of reading and organizing the Bible. Doesn't anyone stop you from doing something fun? And over the past four years, many saints from all over the world have helped me learn diligently, and all those who visit and read this place support me and give me strength. Each and every one of you who read my lackluster articles gave me so much strength and always gave me great pleasure in writing like this. I deeply appreciate everyone and sincerely pray that everything goes well.
That's why I was able to write over 800 long articles at once without hectic rest. When I met the law, a ray of great hope enveloped me. As someone who had learned that way, I was living in a place that could be called the bottom of the world, where I could not help but endure injustice, but the law of the Bible greatly comforted me and gave me hope.
The unrighteous world I experienced was dissatisfied with all countries, including capitalism, communism, the United States and China, as a person who received the Holy Spirit and dreamed of a world like the Early Church. And I didn't like Korea either. However, I came to know that the country pursued by the law is very orderly and a good country for everyone to live. Can't it be otherwise? It is natural that God, who is just and loving, expresses His attributes as they are, and the law He gave to the world is the law to fulfill His will on earth as it is done in heaven.
A pastor I met in the past gave a message. The Bible, in one word, is the law. However, a member of the College of Law at Korea University said this. He said that God gave the law to rule the world, and that law is the Bible. You have no idea how insightful this answer is. When the pastor asked me about the Bible for the first time, too many words came to my mind, so I couldn't answer right away and hesitated. Then he taught me that the answer is the law, and he said that there was only one person who said that to him, and that he was a graduate of Seoul National University.
At the time, I couldn't understand the content that the Bible is the law, so I remember asking the pastor if he had received the Holy Spirit. And after a little while, when I learned the law, I found that it was indeed true. Most of the Bible has been sorted out for about 25 years, but most of the saints as well as me know that the Pentateuch of Moses is the law. And the record of the history that Israel lived by that law is a history book. According to the regulations of the law, when Israel broke the promise with God and did not completely keep the law, both the north and the south Israel were destroyed by Assyria and Babylon. Poetry is a record of the words of praise and wisdom to God in this history, and prophecy is the word of prophecy about the coming Jesus and the nation he wants to establish. At the same time, it is also a prophecy about Israel and neighboring countries given to the people who lived at the time.
This is also completely related to the law, so when the law is lax, the prophets come out and command to keep the law, otherwise the country will be destroyed. If the Old Testament is, what does the New Testament have to do with the law? Before discussing justification by faith, we must examine Jesus' words about the law and the attitude of the scribes at the time. Jesus praised the scribes who kept the law well, thinking about the spirit of love, faithfulness, and justice. However, he greatly rebuked the scribes of the law who were only immersed in the decrees and did not love, and those who did not keep the law. And he wanted them to turn away from that path. And he said through the Gospel of Matthew that Jesus spoke definitively about the law, that he did not come to abolish the law, but to fulfill it. Then he warned that those who keep even the smallest provisions of the law and teach them to keep the provisions carefully will become great in heaven, and those who do not, that is, those who do not keep the law and do not teach that they must keep it well, will become very small in heaven. Through this, we can see that the law is as clearly very important in the New Testament era as it was in the Old Testament.
As soon as I was taught about the law, I began to write about what I understood through this blog and cafe. Through this article, I frequently attacked those who were armed with the existing justification by faith, and in particular, I was fiercely opposed to the establishment of a school in the church, and I did not speak well of these people. As for the Protestant churches, they were so armed with the justification by faith of the past, so different from the justification by faith that I understood, so I criticized, accused, and even condemned them. Looking at the knowledge and laws I had learned, I did not think well of Christians who live in violation of the laws. And I raised the edge of the accusation that if they lived like that, going to heaven would never be easy.
There are many such writings in my 50 million Romans, and those who have already read them must have read them. I didn't like the church building a school that I thought I didn't need, and I hated trying to abandon the law and establish the kingdom of God. And out of resentment over the injustice I experienced in a lowly position in the world, I firmly believed that by condemning them, justice would be established and the kingdom of God established, and I attacked fiercely. The target of that attack includes the person who helped me when I was in trouble. I attacked them indiscriminately, and I believed that only then could the righteous kingdom of God be established. This is the basis of all my writings until recently. I also attacked Calvin and Luther because I had my own convictions about the new understanding of justification by faith. I called them unlearned people who lived in an era without the Bible. And I exclaimed that anyone living in the world today can understand the Bible more correctly than they do. And with the new understanding of justification by faith that I came to know, I raised my voice to correct the wrong understanding of the past. However, as I was crying out for a long time like so, great trials came upon me.
As a descendant of a long-lived family, I had slightly high blood pressure and fell while working and tore two ligaments, so I underwent surgery and treatment for 5 months. There was a little bit, so I collapsed with a thump in the morning. Just when I thought I was recovering a little from my injury, this time the pain from my back came down to my thighs and calves, and it was so unbearable that it lasted all day, almost non-stop. I went to the hospital, received treatment, and took a little break from work to endure it. But this time, my healthy mother, who had always helped me, passed away. Thanks to my youngest brother who couldn't get married and lived with only my mother, I was able to do what I wanted to do to my heart's content, but my mother passed away without warning. I couldn't do filial piety my whole life. Before I could recover my broken heart, my wife, who had been quiet, attacked me this time
without stopping.
I asked my wife, who was beating me up like that, to look after me because I still hadn't sorted out the fact that her mother had passed away. But my wife was reckless. And the leg pain is almost unbearable and continues without a break, and now I live with the pain and receive treatment. And I see the end of the pain that human being can endure, but it was not a level that I could endure. I was terrified when I saw the level of unbearable human suffering that went beyond what I was experiencing. I absolutely did not want to go to that painful state even if I died. It was only now that I couldn't help but take a serious look at myself, and finally saw that I was criticizing, accsusing, and even condemning things that were different from my thoughts.
In the Romans chapter 2 lecture on Fifty Million Romans, the apostle Paul spoke about criticism while discussing the sins of the Jews, and while reading the verse that you too will be criticized and condemned, I mistakenly thought that I was a prophet who could do that. However, as I went through various hardships that I could no longer endure, I realized that there was no such mission. So, of course, all the wild writing was going to be incorrect. So, as I was trying to get down the posts quickly, there were so many posts, so I first took down the harsh posts, and apologized for my mistakes while saying hello in the new year 2023. My heart that knew the law and burned with justice was actually going too far, and I saw that God hates it very much.
I thought that if the kingdom of the righteous law was established in this way, then the kingdom of God would be established, and that God would be pleased, but God made me turn around by giving me such unbearable pain. And the tone of my writings is also changing, and through this, I can see a little bit of what the kingdom of God looks like to me. Like yeast and like mustard seeds, I believe that the kingdom of God is spreading and growing no matter what the world is like, and since 2000 years have passed, it must have grown greatly. And the meaning of being like a net is finally understood. Nets are used to catch fish, and various fish are trapped in the nets cast underwater.
Never, never, ever, I confess that accusation, criticism, and condemnation are not part of any human being. And I confess that my appearance is wrong and I am not a person who deserves it. People sometimes have to make any judgments, but it is impossible to judge people correctly. This is God's part. Neither you nor I would be guilty of doing such a thing. And as I turn away from this with the help of God's compulsion, and think about what kind of world it would be and how the kingdom of God would grow if Calvin and Luther had not called for this justification by faith, I can see their greatness. .
And I can see that many pastors and churches are doing their best to do God's work. And even if the saints are not legalistic and do not think about the community of the kingdom of God, it is not wrong, so it seems that they are not the target of criticism, but they are the ones who should be embraced and waited for. God commands me to raise up and raise up many people, including those around me, but I didn't know what that meant. God told me to raise a person when I thought of a person in my heart, but I didn't know what that meant and how I tried to do that person with my heart. I didn't know what God commanded, so I thought I had to do it. It is only now that I understand that the word to build is to embrace and love and serve people no matter what.
It means never criticizing or correcting a person just because you see a little bit of fault or lack of something, but embrace him as he is and serve him patiently. Doing this makes sense in the meaning of the word "build." Now I see that God sees my hatred for them in me and tells me not to do that and love them. I learn by dying. I leave the place where I was condemned through the law. I am now turning away from the attitude that if something is wrong with me, it is out of line. Before I really went through these things, I had the experience of living through a hellish time of insomnia and depression for about 4 years after the first woman I married left me without saying anything. So, never to go against God's will and live righteously, I preached diligently and organized the Bible in my own way. God gave me a Russian woman as her wife, gave birth to her son, and helped me recover from insomnia and depression. So, while working harder to be faithful to God, I preached nonstop, compiled the Bible, and preached this to the whole world in writing. And I thought there was no mistake and I was living well with God's tools.
The hardships and sufferings that came to me were so severe that humans could no longer tolerate them, so when I finally looked back at myself, I realized that I was not doing the right thing, but I was doing things that shouldn't even be condemned. This is what I was doing fearlessly, thinking that I had become a prophet. However, God looked at me like this for about a year, and then severely punished me, so I saw my mistakes and I saw that I had made a big mistake. And I shouldn't do that, that is, I shouldn't criticize them, just let them live like that, Calvin and Luther as they are. Leave the judgment to God. .
When the sword of justice works like this on God's side, few will stand it. Because God is just, He hates evil more than I do. So it is clear that he wants to punish all who do evil. People who don't believe in Jesus can be even more so, and God will be more hurt if you believe in Jesus and do evil. If God carries out that judgment now, how will we receive salvation? When the Lord comes, those who are in sin cannot be saved. The Lord has the sword of justice, the sword of judgment, but he does not wield it. This will be a part that is really difficult to tolerate on the side of God who is just. Only the cross and blood of our Lord are blocking this.
Romans 3:26 speaks about this and says that God is patiently overlooking our past sins, and we must understand that feeling. And God, who is love, just sees our unbearable sins and sends Jesus to this earth. And just watching Jesus shed blood and dying on the cross again. In other words, Jesus, the only begotten Son, was offered as a sacrifice for the sins of mankind. Now, whoever confesses the sins he has committed in the past, repents, and believes in Jesus will receive forgiveness from God for this sin, and any sins he has committed in the past will be forgiven.
Any sin, such as murder, rape, theft, injury, adultery, or unfilial piety, will be forgiven by God, and God will also turn away His wrath against this person and will not wield the sword of judgment. And no punishment. With the forgiveness of sins, the punishment due to God for sin also disappears. It's about our past sins. Even the sin of abortion, which kills a helpless child, is forgiven if you believe in Jesus.
Doing justice and love at the same time is never easy. When mankind's sins reach their peak and the gospel is preached to all nations and tribes, God will judge all people without overlooking their sins any more. No one will stand the judgment of that wrath. Through my experience, I will tell you that it is never easy for God, who is just to see the sins of unbelievers and believers, that is, to overlook them, and to overcome them and to love them is even more difficult.
God is more just than I think, and he has a lot of love that is incomparable to what I think. So, you can never compare a small finite human like me with God. But from my experience, how does he feel about sin? And I hope it will be a time to think about how much God loves us even while seeing our evil. I hate evil in order to establish justice on this earth, so I go beyond the limit and criticize and condemn, and then I am severely scolded by God and turn around. But how great is God's desire to save sinners and establish His kingdom on this earth?
And the kingdom of God is clearly a country where the law is kept on earth, but how difficult would it be for God to be patient if we were unaware of this and always committed sins and shouted that we could go to heaven? However, God knows everything and endures both saints and non-saints. It is not because God does not exist and He is patient with what we are doing, but because He is love, He saves unbelievers and endures us believers, earnestly hoping only to go the right path. It is because he really is our father. Believe me.
I did not abandon justice, but embraced justice, but through God making me change like this, unlike the past, I refrain from criticizing and just watch what I see even if it hurts my heart, preach the gospel, read the Bible, organize it, and convey this content. And I will have to live while trying to bring God's kingdom to this land as soon as possible. In other words, I will have to endure while thinking of Habakkuk's righteous and patient life. Please support my life and pray for me.
And I, who say this, confess that in reality I am an insignificant believer who believed in Jesus and committed too great a sin. He is a man who would have died many times already if the Lord had not tolerated and forgiven him. Only by the grace of the merciful God, I am living and preaching this. As a forgiven person, I was supposed to be merciful and tolerant of everyone, but I couldn't. It's because they looked so strongly that they shouldn't do that. It's really not an easy task. Doing justice, saying wrong and correcting it, or waiting patiently without knowing this is really difficult to discern. This is because there is hatred for injustice in love, and there is also the need to say things that you do not want to hear in love. However, it is certain that criticism, accusation, and condemnation are absolutely not.
When a Roman soldier came to arrest Jesus, Peter took a knife and cut off the soldier's ear, and Jesus put the cut off ear on the soldier and corrected Peter, saying that if you start with the sword, you will perish with the sword, Now I understand a little bit that story. No matter how angry we are, we firmly believe that it is not up to us to judge, but to show mercy and practice love with patience.
All my posts are now left as they are. It's because I hate evil so much that I'm crazy about injustice, and I need to let everyone know the details and story of how I changed. Although I will absolutely avoid criticism, accusaion, and condemnation from now on, what is wrong with my eyes is clearly wrong. However, it is clearly my fault for criticizing and condemning it.
I have been married twice, and the prophet Hosea did so in the Bible. I can't compare myself to Him, but I believed in Jesus and sinned. In my first marriage, I was so incompetent and incapable. And through the separation from his ex-wife, he went through great hardships and tasted the pain of separation to the bone. I've been going through various tough times lately and over the years. With the first hardship, I made up my mind never to forsake God's will, and I really didn't want to go through the hardships I went through again. So, with an obedient heart, I only evangelized, read and organized the Bible, was faithful to my new family, and went to work diligently. However, I went overboard while knowing the new contents of the Bible.
I'm so overheated. And I received a big discipline, and the hardship is still going on. And through this process, I came to know that there is no separation in the kingdom of God, nor is it disconnection. Blame, criticism, and condemnation are the vanguard of separation and severance. What is it if not condemnation, criticism, and condemnation? It's just watching it as it is. And thinking about the past and thinking about how I am here now. In doing so, I believe and wait that even if they are a little different from me, other people can be right, and that if I pray with them in my heart, they will definitely get better. Also, since God is patient with them, I realized that there is no need for a person to step in and do something. That's not to say that it's not unconditionally bystander, and it's not an acknowledgment of their sins. It is enduring, embracing, and praying to establish the person God has sent me to love and serve. It's not an easy job, but it looks like what I'm going to do. I have to live that way for the world, the church, and the church members. Unlike me, I don't understand how great the shepherds are who have already embraced and loved all kinds of saints and the world and raised wonderful saints through ministry.
If I endure and live like that, I will leave this world someday soon, and the world and the object of my prayers will also change correctly. I am definitely called to be an instrument of God. It is a tool to do what God tells you to do and not do what God tells you not to do. If the tool is too much, it won't work if you talk too much about what God wants to do. The broom is to sweep the garbage of the land as the owner wants to sweep it so that it is broken. All earthly tools are silent to their masters. I am a tool that is very talkative and wanted to have my own way. I hope everyone will pray for me that I am truly capable and a tool that can be used well in the right place by the Master, Jesus.
As a tool, God allowed me to only study for the exam, study for 8 years of college and graduate school, and allowed me to marry twice, and to do many worldly things that I wanted to do, so it is clear that I am not a very good tool for God. So I just want to live my life, which is not long, according to the will of the Lord. Please pray for me to live like this. May all of you be good instruments of God. I earnestly pray that you always read the Bible, always pray, always love God, always love your surroundings, and become godly and cool tools. I earnestly pray in the name of the Lord that all of you, like me, do not commit sins and live a life of holiness and holiness as the Lord's bride. I wish you strength and courage.
I praise God's infinite grace, the love of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the constant guidance of the Holy Spirit, who always embraced and loved a weak life like me, who was useless to anyone, and made me realize the best truth of the Bible in the world. May the name of the Lord be glorified forever and ever! Lord! Give thanks, glory and praise. Hallelujah!!
Thank you for reading a long article, please understand my foor English, I am a Korean.
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