2016. 08. 27. Saturday.
Interpersonal relationships(Philemon 1:1~25)
I thank my God always when I remember you in my prayers, because I hear of your love and of the faith that you have toward the Lord jesus and for all the saints, and I pray that the sharing of your faith may become effective for the full knowledge of every good thing that is in us for the sake of Christ. For I have derived much joy and comfort from your love, my brother, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you.
Hymn for scheduled worship: Korean/English Hymnal #382 Be not Dismayed Whate’er Betide(#432 in previous version)
Everyone forms interpersonal relationships from the moment they are born until the moment they die. However, many people complain about difficulties in interpersonal relationships. Even Remnants can have hardships in their relationships with friends. There is something we need to know in order to turn these relationships that God has given to us as blessing of meetings.
1. Regarding bullying
Bullying is no longer limited to a specific age range but has become a culture to see the entire age. Elementary school students usually bully using language, and middle and high school students bully by physical violence. At times, even in organizations where adults are gathered, adults form a bullying culture due to a certain person or emotions related to regionalism. However, the two cultures are strangely similar. They are caught in Satan’s snare that he employs so that they cannot form oneness. People who experience being bullied also experience depression and other mental problems.
2. Beginning of spiritual problems
Spiritual problems come to those who are bullied. At first, their personalities change to dislike people and eventually fear meeting people altogether. Others endlessly think negative things and make negative decisions. However, negativity itself is a gift from Satan. This is because it makes a person crumble down on his own. As we look at this spiritual background and spiritual problem, we need to have the eyes to see the hidden strategies of Satan that is hidden behind bullying.
3. Interpersonal relationship training and spiritual healing
In the Bible are recorded training and spiritual healing to carry out the interpersonal relationships that God desires. In the case of Philemon who walked with Paul, he received a request to accommodate Onesimus, a thief. At that time, Philemon accepted the words of Paul exactly and forgave Onesimus. Luke formed a relationship with Theophilus that was so good that he could share the Gospel with him. Even the people of Romans 16 formed relationships that were so good that the church officers and businesspeople became one. This is because they saw the one direction of Rome evangelization and world evangelization. If we think about the evidence of the Bible, think about interpersonal relationships that God desires, and become the Remnants who challenge to this work, we will become witnesses of this work.
[Prayer of the Evangelist] Loving God! Let the Remnants that You have c galled as main figures to save this age be the ones who are used to save people who are scarred and people who are successful. Let them be the main figures who save and lead the church.
Remnant Study of Evangelism Lecture 80 / 2007. 04. 14.
[Bible Reading] Amos 9.
[Gospel Memory Verse] You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. ᆞWhen he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies(John 8:44).