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※ Bible: Psalms 53:1-6
※ Title: Looking back, thank you.
On the last week of 2021, which our God gave us, we come out in front of you, serve you with me, worship you, and honor you in the Lord, and love you in the Lord. May our God, who is almighty to all of you, open the door to heaven and bless you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
I believe today is a year-end week to look back on the past days and prepare for the new year. Therefore, when I looked back on the title of today's speech, I decided to thank you! Looking back, I haven't been able to look forward in the past few years, but I haven't been able to look back. I realized that 15 years had passed in an instant while reading the text set to prepare for this week's speech.
I spent every day without feeling pain or expressing my gratitude. Our church has been constantly on trial for the past 20 years. I was really sick and tired of it. I couldn't handle it with my skills or being a person. It was hard to hold it in. But looking back, I was just grateful.
On June 25, when such a tedious trial was over, I had no regrets even if I was called by God on that day. Looking back, everyone was God's grace. After looking back like this, I can see God's touch to help me in the future.
I believe that our church will revive bigger than we think in the future. Therefore, when you finish worship today, go outside and take a look around the church. I believe that no matter what anyone says, God will be able to realize that he loves and is with our church. Everyone is God's grace.
●One day, scholars studying comparative religion gathered. What is "Comparative Religion"? It is to study which religion is superior by combining and comparing these religions such as Christianity, Buddhism, Islam, Hinduism, and Confucianism. The topic covered that day was what Christianity was superior to other religions.
For a long time, scholars have not been able to find anything special even after heated discussions. But that's when the famous Christian theologian and dialectic Dr. C. S. Lewis came in. I asked him. "What is Christianity superior to other religions?" At that time, he did not hesitate to hesitate. Christianity is a religion with the grace of God.
That's right. The church is where God's grace lies. Everyone was surprised to hear the answer. That's right. What happens through the church is all God's grace. What if it's not the grace of God? Maybe we won't be here today. That's right. Think about it.
He has wasted 20 years of our church's 38-year history through fights and trials. From human common sense, it is a church that is difficult to exist on this land. However, our church is a church that exists with the grace of God. That's right. I believe that God's grace has God's will that we don't know.
Paul wrote 1Corinthians 15:10
(1Co 15:10) But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them--yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.
She confesses.
Therefore, I bless you in the name of the Lord that you will enjoy the grace of God in abundance after today. Now, let's listen to the voice of the Lord while reading God's words to us today.
● The first verse.
(Ps 53:1) For the director of music. According to mahalath. A maskil of David. The fool says in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, and their ways are vile; there is no one who does good.
That's what he says. I was shocked by this. The foolish man says there is no God in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, and the ways are vile; there is no one who does good.
That's right. I'm really scared of silly people. Because? Because he doesn't have God. So you're always the best and you have to do what you want. Since Adam and Hawaii, people with two ideas have lived in the world. One is foolish people with the idea of "the absence of God." These people are called atheists in theology.
The other is those who have "the idea that God exists." These are called thetheists in theology. But God calls atheists foolish and evil. On the contrary, the theist, that is, the person of faith, is called a wise man.
Therefore, in Psalm 10:4, David said,
(Ps 10:4) In his pride the wicked does not seek him; in all his thoughts there is no room for God.
That's what they say.
But the theist, the person of faith,
At Psalm 18:46,
(Ps 18:46) The LORD lives! Praise be to my Rock! Exalted be God my Savior!
That's what I said.
In Psalm 42:1-2,
(Ps 42:1) For the director of music. A maskil of the Sons of Korah. As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, O God.
(Ps 42:2) My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I go and meet with God?
That's what I said.
In Psalm 84:2,
(Ps 84:2) My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
I confess that. That's right. The church doesn't become a church if the land is large, the building is magnificent, and there are many people.
There are as many places in the world where the land is spacious and the buildings are magnificent and crowded. Even if it's small and shabby, if there's God, that's the church. It is the church only when the history of the Holy Spirit occurs. Therefore, God must be in his heart to be a saint. Since there is no God in that mind, each pastor who comes is making a trial and harassing If you have God in your heart, how can you do that?
And because there is no God, I interfere with the worship to God and approve of it. Do you think money is everything? It is Mammonism and humanism. And no one apologizes even after being judged by the General Assembly and the Supreme Court. It is evidence that it is a force of Satan. The world doesn't do that either.
Look at what I'm saying today. Didn't you say, They are corrupt, and their ways are vile; there is no one who does good. But what I am grateful for is that our church has God, so the forces of Satan step down on their own, and those who pray gain strength, receive a position, and win the trial.
I believe our church and saints will receive amazing blessings that you have never imagined from today. I saw it in my dreams, too. I believe that God has shown me to be convinced that I am so foolish. Therefore, I am happy and energized now.
Therefore, I bless you in the name of the Lord that you live in faith and accompany the Lord so that in the new year, you will receive amazing and great blessings like the blessings I saw in your dreams and enjoy the grace and blessings of God.
● The second verse.
(Ps 53:2) God looks down from heaven on the sons of men to see if there are any who understand, any who seek God.
That's what he says. That's right. I believe that God is looking for people in the past and now. Who are you looking for? He says he is looking for If there are any who understand, any who see God. I asked God.
Why is God looking for you like that? Then God replied to my heart. To bless, to write, he said. Therefore, I bless you in the name of the Lord so that you may be in the eyes of God. But it's very unfortunate.
● That's the third verse. Take a look.
(Ps 53:3) Everyone has turned away, they have together become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one.
That's what he says. What a pity and unfortunate thing to say. I cried while reading this. Why do you become a dirty person together? What is faith? I believe that it is faith to die after the Lord, whether alive or dead.
Take a look at 324 hymns written by Pastor E.W. Blandy.
1. I can hear my Sav-ior call-ing, I can hear my Sav-ior call-ing,
I can hear my Sav-ior call-ing, "Take Thy cross and fol-low fol-low me."
Where he leads me I will fol-low, where he leads me I will fol-low,
Where he leads me I will fol-low, I'll go with Him with Him all the way.
2. I'll go with Him through the gar-den, I'll go with Him through the gar-den,
I'll go with Him through the gar-den, I'll go with Him, with Him all the way.
Where he leads me I will fol-low, where he leads me I will fol-low,
Where he leads me I will fol-low, I'll go with Him with Him all the way.
3. I'll go with Him through the judg-ment, I'll go with Him through the judg-ment,
I'll go with Him through the judg-ment, I'll go with Him, with Him all the way.
Where he leads me I will fol-low, where he leads me I will fol-low,
Where he leads me I will fol-low, I'll go with Him with Him all the way.
4. He will give me grace and glo-ry, He will give me grace and glo-ry,
He will give me grace and glo-ry, And go with me, with me all the way.
Where he leads me I will fol-low, where he leads me I will fol-low,
Where he leads me I will fol-low, I'll go with Him with Him all the way.
Didn't you say that?
Some make excuses for not knowing. He rationalizes that he is neither on this side nor on that side. I'm most sorry for the person who says that. In short, I don't like it. So I'm sorry to God. Why is that? Because he is the one who will do the same again if the same situation comes.
So I believe repentance with tears is right. Therefore, like Isaiah, he lives only by faith, but when our Lord finds him, he comes forward and says, "Here am I. Send me!" How nice would it be if I could say that? I pray.
● I'll read more verse 4.
(Ps 53:4) Will the evildoers never learn--those who devour my people as men eat bread and who do not call on God?
That's what he says. That's right. The characteristics of the wicked are that they do not pray, are not loyal, and are arrogant. I believe that the church is a church only when Jesus, our savior, is honored and Jesus' love for the cross is declared.
However, he says that the characteristic of the wicked is not to call God. In other words, will the children never learn--those who are my people as men eat bread and who do not call on God? It means that they do not pray and try to be loyal to their arbitrary thoughts and their own will. That's right.
I believe in prayer that there is grace to let me go the way God wants me to go. That's right. Power that I don't even know when I pray! You will be attracted by the Holy Spirit. Therefore, F. Horton, a man of faith, explains God's grace to the prayerful in Chapter 242 of the hymn he made by him.
1. We shall see the des-ert as the rose, Walk-ing in the King's high-way;
There'll be sing-ing where sal-va-tion goes, Walk-ing in the King's high-way.
There's a high-way there and a-way, Where sor-row shall flee a-way,
And the light shines bright as the day, Walk-ing in the King's high-way.
2. We shall see the glo-ry of the Lord, Walk-ing in the King's high-way;
And be-hold the beau-ty of His Word, Walk-ing in the King's high-way.
There's a high-way there and a-way, Where sor-row shall flee a-way,
And the light shines bright as the day, Walk-ing in the King's high-way.
3. There the rain shall come up-on the ground, Walk-ing in the King's high-way;
And the springs of wa-ter will be found, Walk-ing in the King's high-way.
There's a high-way there and a-way, Where sor-row shall flee a-way,
And the light shines bright as the day, Walk-ing in the King's high-way.
4. There no rav-'nous beast shall make a-fraid, Walk-ing in the King's high-way;
For the pu-ri-fied the way was made, Walk-ing in the King's high-way.
There's a high-way there and a-way, Where sor-row shall flee a-way,
And the light shines bright as the day, Walk-ing in the King's high-way.
5. No un-clean thing shall pass o'er here, Walk-ing in the King's high-way;
But the ran-somed ones with-out a fear, Walk-ing in the King's high-way.
There's a high-way there and a-way, Where sor-row shall flee a-way,
And the light shines bright as the day, Walk-ing in the King's high-way.
That's what they say.
That's right. We believe that we can't go on the holy path with our power. Because? Because that path is God's path. Therefore, we believe that when we pray, the Holy Spirit God leads us to the holy path. Therefore, wise saints believe that they call God to everything.
What's wrong? This is because prayer is the key to opening the morning and the lock to close the evening. Therefore, I bless you in the name of the Lord that you can start with prayer and finish with prayer in the upcoming New Year.
● The 5th verse.
(Ps 53:5) They were in a place of fear and had nothing to fear. God scattered the bones of those who hit you and shamed them, and God despised them.
That's what he says.
Who are they here? They are wicked. They say there is no God. Therefore, if you read it in reverse, it is like this. God scatters the bones of the wicked who said there was no true God against you because the wicked who said there was no God were very afraid in a place where there was no God. God abandoned the wicked who said there was no God, so you were humiliated by the wicked who said there was no God. You can read it as that.
That's right. The characteristics of the wicked are scattered without being combined. Because God is scattered. The second is to be shamed. Because God abandoned it.
● That's verse 6.
(Ps 53:6) Oh, Israel's salvation will come from Zion! When God blesses the people, let Jacob rejoice and Israel rejoice!
Yes, that's right.
God is the one who will save us. Therefore, I bless you in the name of the Lord so that you can expect God and wish God. Aman!
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