Title: Come and follow me
Text: John 12:23~26
Purpose: Christians come to Jesus and follow him.
Content: Being a rich person/ Entertaining oneself/ Come and follow me
Halleluiah! I love God so much because God led me all the time. What I want always is that do not forget the love of God toward me. I know you may agree with me.
Being a rich person
Do you want to be a rich person? Let us imagine how it would be good for a person to be like that. The one could go to a luxury department store and has one’s membership in every luxury club for sports or entertainment. The one may be able to invite huge crowd for celebrating anything. Above all, rich person would make people work for oneself.
Do you want to be a rich man or woman? Do you know what? Jesus, your savoir does not want you to be the one! Jesus said that it is far more difficult for the one to enter the heaven than a camel go through the eye of a needle (Matt.19:23-24).
Why Jesus told this is because rich people do not please God but themselves. When they know about harsh life of their friends and neighbors, they do not take any action for it. There would be many who need help around the rich. Some of rich people might help others a little bit but not fully.
A few of poor people seems think that they would like to help the poor when they get rich. However, once a person has much possession then, they easily forget the past. What is the reason for this is that they love more their having than other people. Do you still want to be a rich person?
Entertaining oneself
These days, people seem that they only love to make themselves happy not others. People seek pleasure. There is no shame for anything. They say that whatever they do is for their happiness and this is their human right. A wife has her boy friends. A husband has numerous girl friends. Why? They only love themselves. They only worship pleasure of life.
There would be people like grasshoppers. However, they need to be changed. Why? The Bible told us so. ”Young man, it’s wonderful to be young! Enjoy every minute of it. Do everything you want to do; take it all in. But remember that you must give an account to God for everything you do.”(Eccl. 12:9)
Come and follow me
You must live like Jesus. This is because Jesus commended you to follow him. What is matter here is whether you love Jesus, whether you believe in Jesus fully. Once you came to Jesus, you need to know what Jesus want you to do. Today Jesus invites you into his life. He is the model of your life. Jesus is your future. When you imagine this, do not worry. Let me talk about it later more.
Jesus was not a person who oppresses others. Jesus blessed children who came to him. Whenever Jesus met sick and ill people, he healed them and gave them good news which makes them free from their sins. To the poor people, he showed his respect and know them how God loves them. This Jesus gave himself to us as he died on the cross. Do you believe in Jesus as you savior? I do.
If you live by Jesus’ rule, then you can build the Kingdom of God in this world. Jesus wants you to work for this world. You may think that you are not enough to serve this world and that you do not have brave heart to do. However, Jesus taught us that you must do your mission in belief in God. He said “Anything is possible if a person believes.” (Mark 9:23)
You shall think about how Jesus would do in this moment? If you live like Jesus Christ, you will be precious to God. Jesus said, “All those who want to be my disciples must come and follow me, because my servants must be where I am. And if they follow me, the Father will honor them” John 12:26 In short, God will love you more than ever when you do as Jesus did. The one who gets the love God is the most precious than any other person.
Do you still want to be a rich person or to enjoy for yourself? I am sure. You do not want these kinds of life anymore. Then you are a friend of Jesus. You are a disciple of Jesus. You are in Jesus. And then you are in God.
Let’s Pray.
God! Let us follow Jesus in sincere mind! The path and the door which Jesus has shown to us seem not pleasing. But God let us to go through there like your son of Jesus Christ. I pray in Jesus’ name. Amen.
Mustard Seed Church KMC Rev.Seung Joo Lee
238-9 2nd fl. Sinwol1dong, Yangchungu, Seoul, 158-831
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