My Jesus 081221 겨자씨감리교회 이승주목사

Title: My Jesus
Text: 1John 5:1-12
Purpose: Christians share eternal life with God through Jesus Christ.
Content: Love/Obedience/Overcome the world/ Eternal life

It was really busy days. I mean, I had to meet children to know them what is happening in my church at Christmas. You must know that the day of Christmas is for my church this year. I invite you all to Christmas party where magic show and games are prepared.
Today let me tell you about “My Jesus”, I mean, “Your Jesus”. As Christians you must confess your faith in Jesus Christ as your savior. I want you to know that through Jesus Christ you get great life you never had before.

Love
Christian faith is to born again. Anyone who is in faith could experience this. Once you reborn, your father are God not your birth father. That is why we call God Father. You have to love other Christians to show your love to God.
When you believe in Jesus Christ, you become like Jesus. If you do as Jesus did, you are Jesus’ mother, brothers and sisters (Matthew3:35). If you say that you love God, then you must love your Christian brothers and sisters.
Some times you might have trouble with your Christian family in your church. But you should know that you must not confront your Christian fellows. As Paul told, you better lose your possession or your fame for your Christian fellows who do not good things for you so that unbelievers know that you truly believe in God.

Obedience
What God loves is your obedience in Jesus Christ. If you live by the word of God, God will be pleased by your doing. Your obedience is the proof of your love for God. If you love God, then you have to obey God.
However, you must not be depressed by this. God do not order you to do harmful things for you. Our God is love and trust worthy. Following Jesus Christ is not heavy load. Why? In three reasons: First, God gives you strength to keep in mind of the word of God and live by that. Second, your response to God should be the response of your love. If you love your God, then you would not feel the shipment heavy.
There was a young man whose little brother was handicapped. Because of that he has taken him to school every day by himself. Some one asked him whether he felt his brother heavy on his back. It was his answer. “Oh! No. Not at all! He is my brother!”
If you love some one, you can do anything for the one. In the same way, if you love your God truly then, you can do whatever you might please your God. Do you feel that you did not royal to God not doing good things in your church and around your place? This is the time to repent and do some demanding work for God.

Overcome the world
There is the faith overcoming the world. This is faith in Jesus Christ. This is the faith that you confess Jesus is the Son of God. The faith overcoming the world is the faith of incarnation. If you believe that God came to us and go through the death as real human being, there is no one could fight with you. With this faith, we Christians overwhelm any kind of evil doing.
Some Christians seem live their life with their own power. But that is not what God wants. We Christians can have hope in Jesus Christ because Jesus has risen. God had been with Jesus both when he was a man and when he died. God will help us to overcome the death as God did for Jesus Christ. This is our hope. If you believe Jesus’ incarnation and resurrection, you can be with Jesus Christ for ever.


Eternal Life
The nature of Christians is to live eternal life. There is no one but God who lives eternally. Eternal life means the life of God. You are invited for this life.
When you live this eternal life, you can experience a few things. There is peace in mind. There is no depression. There is no regret for sins. There is no wrath but love. There is no death but ever last life.
I am not talking about after life but life here and now. I am sure that I am in this eternal life. I trust in Jesus Christ as I trust in God. I gave my life to God. I mean, my dream, my love, my relationship, my taste, and so on.
You must know that eternal life is through Jesus Christ. To have eternal life, you must know God first and go to God. For this, you must have Jesus Christ in your mind. Jesus only knows God fully and only Jesus can show God. “No one has ever seen God. But his only Son, who is himself God, is near to the Father’s heart; he has told us about him”(John1:18). Trust Jesus Christ as you savior and follow Jesus in your life, living eternal life in God. God bless you.

Let’s Pray.
Savior God, thank you for giving us eternal life. There is no one else but Jesus Christ to show God. Let us believe in Jesus and follow Jesus. we pray in Jesus’ name. Amen.