Peace and grace in the love of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Luke 11:27-28
11:27. And it happened, as He spoke these things, that a certain woman from the crowd raised her voice and said to Him, "Blessed is the womb that bore You, and the breasts which nursed You!"11:28. But He said, "More than that, blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it!"There are
two kinds of viewabout the happy life as follows:
- The view of the church of God in this world, namely blessed is one who conceives Jesus as son.
It means as follows:
- The happiness because of having a child.
- The happiness because of having something great.
- The happiness because of being cared.
- The happiness because one always experiences help from problem.
- The happiness because one can do whatever he needs.
As the conclusion, it refers to the happiness because of physical things.
- The view of Jesus/heaven, namely blessed is one who hears the word and keeps it. It is the same as conceiving Jesus as the true word.
The process is as follows:
- Hearing the word of God earnestly. It is the same as eating the true teaching word.
- Understanding and believing the word. It means that the word becomes faith in our heart. It is able to justify and save us.
As a result, we can live in righteousness.
If our heart believes in Jesus, our mouth will be able to confess our sin to God and others. Do not sin anymore after being forgiven!
- Practicing the word.
1 Peter 1:22-25
1:22. Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit in sincere love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart,
1:23. having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever,
1:24. because "All flesh is as grass, And all the glory of man as the flower of the grass. The grass withers, And its flower falls away,
1:25. But the word of the LORD endures forever." Now this is the word which by the gospel was preached to you.
As a result, we will experience two things as follows:
- The purification from sins up to the peak, namely sin of eating-drinking and marrying-giving in marriage, so we can love one another even we can love our enemy.
If we do not hear the word earnestly, we will surely keep sinning. The results are hatred and lie.
- Experiencing the renewal or new birthfrom fleshly men to spiritual ones like Jesus.
If we only eat the rice (the grass), not the word, our life will become fleshly men who are like the grass. We easily get withered and proud, so we will surely fall.
The man like grass is also easily disappointed, desperate and leaves God. He prioritizes worldly thing more than heavenly one.
The man like grass just sins. He cannot do the right and good thing. It is the same as being withered spiritually.
Psalm 37:1-2, 20
37:1. <<A Psalm of David.>> Do not fret because of evildoers, Nor be envious of the workers of iniquity.
37:2. For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, And wither as the green herb.
37:20. But the wicked shall perish; And the enemies of the LORD, Like the splendor of the meadows, shall vanish. Into smoke they shall vanish away.
The splendor of the grass is for a while and then it will dry and be burnt to become smoke that will vanish away.
Do not look for physical thing in the ministry! We have to look for the eternal word of God.
As a result, we will live forever.
What must be renewed?
- The renewing of heartfrom the hard one to the gentle one.
Romans 12:2
12:2. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
The gentle heart is able and firm to distinguish between the will of God or the true teaching Word and the one which is not His will or the false teachings. As a result, we will not falsely choose between Jesus Christ and Jesus Barabbas.
We can differentiate between the true marriage or worship and the false ones. It continues until we can differentiate everything that is right and wrong.
- The renewing of tongue, namely one does not lie, but speaks honest and true word. Say yes if yes and no if no.
Ephesians 4:21-25, 29
4:21. if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught by Him, as the truth is in Jesus:
4:22. that you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts,
4:23. and be renewed in the spirit of your mind,
4:24. and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness.
4:25. Therefore, putting away lying, "Let each one of you speak truth with his neighbor," for we are members of one another.
4:29. Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers.
We can testify until we can worship God.
- The renewing of character, namely the fleshly one is changed into the one of God the Trinity. It is the same as nine fruits of the Spirit.
Bearing fruits= changing.
Galatians 5:22-23
5:22. But the fruit of the Spiritis love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
5:23. gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.
Genesis 1:26
1:26. Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth."
If we have the character or the image of God the Trinity, we will return to become the first creation. We become the mortar in the hands of the Creator, so we experience the miraculous power of God.
The resultsare as follows:
- The power of God blesses and takes care of us in the middle of difficulties in the world.
Genesis 1:27-28
1:27. So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
1:28. Then God blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth."
We experience Paradise atmosphere in the midst of curses in the world.
- The power of God escalates our life, especially in spiritual thing. We can live in righteousness and holiness up to perfection.
Genesis 1:28
1:28. Then God blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth."
We are used in the revival of Holy Spirit at the last rain or the one of the building of the perfect body of Christ.
It starts from household, shepherding, inter-shepherding until the perfect body of Christ.
If the spiritual thing increases, the physical one will surely increase too.
- The power of God defeats Satan the trinitywho is the source of all bad things.
Genesis 1:28
1:28. Then God blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth."
Satan the trinity is the source of problem. The power of God is able to defeat Satan the trinity, so all of impossible problems can be finished.
Satan the trinity is the source of tears. The power of God is able to defeat Satan the trinity, so there are no more tears.
Satan the trinity is the source of failure. The power of God is able to defeat Satan the trinity, so all things become beautiful and successful.
Genesis 1:3-4, 10
1:3. Then God said, "Let there be light"; and there was light.
1:4. And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness.
1:10. And God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering together of the waters He called Seas. And God saw that it was good.
God is able to make everything good up to very good when Jesus comes a second time.
Genesis 1:31
1:31. Then God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good. So the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
We are purified and changed, so we are worthy to greet Jesus when He comes a second time on the glorious clouds.
God blesses us.