Sinful Man5 [Rom 6 : 23] / Ephphatha Church Discipleship Training (Basic Course)

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 Sinful Man 5

[Rom 6 : 23]

 

 / Ephphatha Church 

Discipleship Training

 (Basic Course)

 

 

 

 / By Pastor Priscilla

 

 

If we know the ending

of a drama in advance,

we can watch it without

any anxiety at all.

 

 

 

Likewise, if we know

the ending of our lives,

we will spend our present

time more faithfully,

 

 

 

live joyfully, and enjoy

 the moment we are in.

 

 

 

We're going to deal with

'Sinful lives' in this chapter 5.

In this chapter,

 

 

 

let's look at what sin is

and why humans,

special beings created

in the image of God,

have sinned.

 

 

 

We're going to learn

how the sin comes in

and what it really is. 

 

 

 

And also, I hope

we can find our

identity this time

 

 

 

(Ex : 1)

 Galaxy Railway 999)

 

 

 

A boy who wandered

from planet to planet

for eternal life to find

and save his mother.

 

 

 

We human beings,

whether believers

or unbelievers,

 

 

 

will surely stand before

God's judgment seat

after death in the future,

regardless of anyone.

 

 

 

Matt 25 : 46 says as below.

"Then they will go away

to eternal punishment,

but the righteous

to eternal life."

 

 

 

If there is a judgment,

let's think about what

will happen to us

in the future.

 

 

For us sinners, there is

only one way to go. 

 

 

 

We must know

our identity,

acknowledge the

Creator God

 

 

 

who made us, and

return to our home,

 the kingdom of heaven. 

 

 

 

Will you choose

the way to heaven ? 

 

 

 

Or will you face the

judgment of sin that

 will lead to destruction?”

 

 

 

Today we will have to

make a fateful choice.

 

 

 

Romans 6 : 23 says:

"For the wages of sin is death,

but the gift of God is eternal life

in Christ Jesus our Lord."

 

 

 

We humans are so

accustomed to sinning

even if we don't take

 a seminar on sin.

 

 

 

(Ex : 2) The law of elasticity

of a rubber band

- A principle of returning

when pulled.)

 

 

 

(Ex : 3)  Diet

 

 

When people on a diet

get a little off guard,

 

 

 

they will end up with

'a yo-yo' effect and return to

their original state. 

 

 

 

Because of Adam's

disobedience and pride,

we humans have two

sinful natures :

 

 

 

-The original sin

and The sin of doing.

 (Gen. 3 : 15)

 

 

1. Original sin 

 

 

-This is the sinful nature

of man, and we can't

get rid of its attribute

even if we try to

wash it off. 

 

 

2. Sin of doing

 

 

This is an individual sin

committed by man

before God,

 

 

and we must spit out

the sins committed

and wash them away

with repentance.

 

 

(Ex : 4)

A young boy

 and his father

 

 

A father teaches his boy

what sin is as below.

 

 

Whenever the boy

commits a sin, his father

drives a nail into a tree,

 

 

and when the boy realizes

his sin and then does

a good thing, the father

prasis him, and pulls

out the nail. 

 

 

However, the boy sees

that the unsightly nail print

remains on the tree

 

 

after the nails are

pulled out and asks his

father a question.

 

 

“Dad. I've tried hard

to remove the nail

prints on the tree,

but they still

remain on it.”

 

 

Then Dad said,

“Right, son! 

You need to keep you

away from sinning."

 

 

It is the sinful nature

of man to commit a sin. 

 

 

Therefore, even if

we are children of God,

the devil denounce us

 

 

when we commit a sin

whether knowingly

or unknowingly. 

 

 

But never be so

discouraged or

embarrassed even

if we are deceived.

 

 

Let's truly repent

to God and bring forth

the fruit worthy of

that repentance,

 

 

and sincerely give

our heart to God

with the good deeds

that follow that

repentance.

 

 

Jesus, the last Adam

came to this world

in obedience for us

 

 

sinners and became 

a sacrifice to God,

died on the cross,

 

 

and opened the way

of salvation for

mankind.

 

(Gal. 2 : 20) 

 

Man of the old nature

sets his mind on

worldly things such as

the cravings of sinful man,

 

 

the lust of his eyes

and the boasting of

what he has and does.

 

 

However,

the inner being

wants to take after

God's nature. 

 

 

In other words,

the new being wants

to fully bear the fruit

of the Holy Spirit.

 

 

The apostle Paul

lamented all the

time as below.

 

 

"Oh, my inner man

wants to be like God.

 

 

My body, my outer

man walks in ways

I do not want!”

 

 

"What a wretched

man I am!

 

 

Who will rescue me

from this body

of death?"

 

 

He lamented that

because he was a sinful man,

the nearer he went

before God,

 

 

the more he committed

sins he did not want to.

 

 

God's Justice

 

 

God is fair. 

Sunlight and shade

are given equally

to whether believers

or unbelievers,

 

 

whether the righteous

or the wicked. 

 

 

 

Even in the same

environment,

 

 

 

it is divided into those

who live positively

and those who live

negatively. 

 

 

After all, it is important

what to choose and

how to live lives.

 

 

Are you looking for

sunlight in your life? 

 

 

Or  are you looking for

shade because you

don't like sunlight? 

 

 

After all, it matters

what to choose.

 

 

-Worship

 

 

We humans will worship

only God, our Creator.

 

 

What is worship?

It is to worship the most

valuable object.

 

 

It is a compound word

of'worth' and 'ship'

(to place something),

 

 

and worship means

to place an object

of worship in the most

valuable position.

 

 

Then what kind

of beings are humans?

 

 

On one hand,

we humans are special

beings of greatest value,

 

 

but on the other hand,

we must never forget

that we are sinners who

were cut off from God

 

 

as the descendants

of the first  man Adam

who had sinned and fell.

 

 

We must never forget

the value of Jesus' sacrifice,

who obeyed with mercy

for a fallen life

 

 

and opened the way

to salvation through the

suffering of the cross.

 

 

Therefore, we must not

be proud, and we must

not deny or disobey God.

 

 

When we lose our

center without

knowing our identity,

 

 

we feel like going back

and forth to heaven

and hell countless times

a day according to

our choice.

 

 

Let's find our identity!

 

(Ex : 5) identity

 

 

 

Humanity is divided

into various races. 

 

 

Just as if we don't like

our natural skin color

and cannot be changed

by washing or painting,

 

 

the original sin from

the crime committed

by the first man Adam,

 

 

the first ancestor

of mankind, cannot be

removed because

it is by nature.

 

 

However, Jesus Christ,

the last Adam, has

overcome this sin by

defeating the temptations

of the devil with the

Word to the end.

 

 

 

 What is the wicked man

that God speaks about?

 

 

It is important to know

God's view of the

wicked biblically.

 

 

Do you deny or

believe in God?

Or do you reject or

trust your God Father? 

 

 

 

By these standards,

God defines the wicked.

 

 

 

Zeal and passion

sometimes go

against God's will.

 

 

 

When we come to

realize God's love,

our first obstacle is

excessive zeal and

passion.

 

 

 

There are times when

these things precede

God's will and we rather

go against God's will.

 

 

(Ex : 6) Peter's zeal

 

 

Like Zealot members

of the Israelites,

 

 

we must not break

God's heart by following

mere natural instincts

with wrong passion.

 

 

 

They followed Jesus

as the Messiah

by their actions, and

eventually contributed

to crucifying

 

 

 

Jesus as an interpretation

for their own benefit.

 

 

 

Let's think about

the ending of Peter's

excessive zeal.

 

 

 

It resulted in the denial

of Jesus with his lips

three times.

 

 

 

Jesus pointed out

that even though

Peter had zeal and passion,

 

 

 

it was easy to make

mistakes by turning

to one side and violating

the great will of the

Lord many times.

 

 

 

In the end, he was

the one who gave his heart

to Jesus by asking to

be hung upside down

on the cross when he

was martyred.

 

 

(Ex : 7) Elder Salt)

 

 

There was a very

wealthy salt field

 business person.

 

 

 

And he had a nickname,

Elder Salt. He lived a life

of faith with a stubborn

sense of privilege

toward God.

 

 

 

Because of his nature,

the people around him

had a hard time

working with him,

 

 

and as a result,

through several

hardships and trials, 

 

 

 

his sense of ownership

and strong self were

broken before God.

 

 

 

One day there was

a strong typhoon in

his town.

 

 

The next day, all the

salt in his salt farm

on the seashore was

swept away by the

waves and gone.

 

 

 

The wealth he had enjoyed

in return for his hard work

vainly disappeared

in a single wave

and his strong ego

was broken.

 

 

 

He greatly repented

of his sins and became

changed.

 

 

 

The problem is that

we must abandon the sense

of ownership of our

lives and change it to

the concept of God's

managership.

 

 

 

Why did the first man

Adam sin and fail?

 

 

 

It is because he acted

with the consciousness

that the owner of his life

is him, not God.

 

 

 

Therefore, we must

abandon the attitude

of faith that is determined

by our own will

 

 

 

and realize what

God's will is, and

act accordingly.

 

 

(Ex :  8) Polycarp

 

 

 

There is s good example

of serving God faithfully.

 

 

 

It is a brave man

“Polycarp” who chose

the path of martyrdom

under Roman oppression.

 

 

 

Just before he was burned,

when he was told that

his fame would be

considered

 

 

 

and he would be given

a chance for his life

to be saved if he

denies Jesus,

 

 

his last words were

impressive and important.

 

 

Polycarp said,

“I've been walking with

Jesus for decades,

so why would I deny Him?

 

 

 

Hurry up! Burn me quickly.

I will be willing to meet

Jesus as soon as possible!” 

 

 

He was a man of faith

who cried out.

 

 

(Ex : 9) Late Kim

Hwal-ran,

President of Ewha

Women's University

 

 

 

It is said that many

of the people who attended

during the death of the late

President Kim Hwa-ran

were changed.

 

 

 

She said, "I was born

unlucky on this earth

but I did my best to live

a life without regrets

 

 

 

and shame while

I was living, so now

I'm willing to return

to God."

 

 

 

It is said that her resolute

attitude of faith changed

many of the people

who attended there.

 

 

 

 Loving God

 

 

God is a loving one

who has compassion

and mercy toward

humans.

 

 

 

When we humans repent

and return to God,

 

 

 

it is God who makes our

blood -red sins into

white like wool.

 

 

 

We should not forget

  that even if we forget

our nature and

make mistakes,

 

 

 

God has shown generosity

to those who realize

his nature and return

to Him.

 

 

We must never forget

the consciousness that

we are special beings to

worship God,

 

 

and that we are also

sinners who need

God's care.

 

 

Galatians 2 : 20 says,

 

 

" I have been crucified

with Christ and I no longer live,

but Christ lives in me.

 

 

 

The life I live in the body,

I live by faith in the Son of God,

who loved me and gave

himself for me."

 

 

 

As children of God,

while living on this earth

in the flesh,

 

 

whether in season or not,

we must follow good deeds

to resist the temptations

from the world and move

toward the will of God.  

 

 

How amazing is it that

those who endure

 

 

and overcome will

have eternal life as

children of God!

 

 

 

Therefore, no matter what

circumstances we may

face, we must have faith,

along with expectation

 

 

and hope that the

rewards and inheritances

in eternal heaven will

await us.

 

 

 

Remember King

-Solomon's words.

 

 

Eccl  12 : 13-14 says,

 

 

"Now all has been heard;

here is the conclusion

of the matter:

 

 

 

Fear God and keep

his commandments,

for this is the whole

duty of man.

 

 

For God will bring

every deed into judgment,

including every hidden thing,

whether it is good or evil."

 

 

Therefore, first of all,

let's find our identity

as children of God

on this earth.

 

 

In addition,

let's fear God every day

and live our own

duty humbly. 

 

 

Let's go further

and fulfill our mission

given for the blessings

and inheritances

 

 

we will receive

in Heaven,

our home.

 

 

Ultimately, let's become

faithful workers who

prepare for heaven,

 

 

and become children

who please God.

 

 

 

2020/12/12

 

 

/ By Priscilla