12-3-2017 Weekly Message

The contemplation of the week: Psalm 90: 1-17

Text: II Corinthians 5: 1-13

The title of the Word: Powerful life believing invisible things in the hope

        When God created  man, He made him as a living soul. He also created the spirit by breathed life into the nostrils of man, and made man’s body with the dust of  the ground  to protect the spirit and soul (Genesis 2: 7).

        According to the image and likeness of One divine God, the perfect man  sinned to be fallen, and the Spirit of God was taken away by God, and the living soul has lost its vitality, and the body is getting old unto  death. The body of  man withers like grass as old  tabernacle collapses with the passage of time,  . Moses, the man of God who lived before the light of life came into this world through the Lord Jesus Christ, testified through his 120 years of age about the life of  man without eternal life;

” For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.

8Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.

9For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told.

10The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.

11Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath. “(Psalm 90: 7-11).

         That’s right! If God had not paid the price for the sins of man by being a man in the image of Adam , everyone born to the world would have been  living in vain, and  the living soul would not know where to go after death.. The old ancestors who knew this fact were saying that they would be wandering around in heaven. After giving a prayer to confess to God about the grace of life in this way, Moses gave a very important prayer of supplication. “ So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. (Psalm 90:12)

            All the words of God have given to all spiritually dead people the grace of  God when they receive the grace of the atonement of the Lord Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God, When Jesus came into the world, he testified through his own mouth saying, ” God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes in him, that the soul will not perish in dark hells, but have eternal life.” (John 3:16).

          Apostle Paul testified that he had received eternal life by believing in his Lord Jesus Christ. But even though he had received eternal life, the body of man has become a body of sin as  no one  can erase the black skin of a black man or the black dot of a leopard. Therefore, the flesh of sin, as a tabernacle is worning out, and collapses, and gradually fades at the age of seventy or eighty.

          But even though we live in the sinful body,  and live in groaning, we have been living in the hope of putting on new body from heaven as a new home.  As to this hope, Apostle Paul testified to the saints in Philippi: ” 

For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:

21Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.“(Philippians 3: 20-21).

           The body we are wearing now is the body of sin inherited by Adam, but we,

Weekly Messages 11-26-2017

Meditation of the week: Psalm 81: 1-16

Text: I Corinthians 4: 1-21

Message Title: Message of reproof for the corrupted churches in the last days

          Apostle Paul is witnessing the ministry received from God together with the  apostles such as Apollo and Peter . They are workers of Christ and are considered stewards of the mysteries of God. The stewards in the world manage the material of their owners.

          In particular, Apostle Paul testified that each time he wrote, he is the servant of the Lord Jesus Christ, and also an apostle. Also, by making himself known as a steward of God’s mysteries, he made it clear that he was not a steward of material. This stewardship is the office given to the servants of the Lord who vow to follow the apostles and serve the church.

            The mysteries of God are literally mysteries that cannot be known by the wisdom of man, the wisdom of the world, and the wisdom of rulers. In other words, if there is no Spirit of God, it is a mystery that cannot be realized even if men  study all their life. However, even an ignorant person who looking at human character and behavior, not the standards of God’s Word.

           However, the Apostle Paul clearly testifies through the Bible that it is possible does not have the knowledge of the world can receive it with the wisdom of  God given to him.

         Apostle Paul testifies that what is required of Christ’s ministers, including himself, of God’s mystery, is found to be faithful. In other words, it must be judged according to whether the criterion of whether the servants of Christ are faithful or not is faithful to the work of God’s mysteries. Today Christians see their own pastors judging whether they are faithful or not. We see subjective judgments by

to see whether the Bible understands the words of mystery received from God and teaches Christians about the standard of judging whether the servants of Christ are faithful or not. On the other hand, if they not  teach the mysteries of God, but are interested in material things, and teach that Christians are the stewards in charge of money, they are not faithful servants.

          Therefore, Apostle Paul testifies that he cannot judge himself by saying that it is very insignificant even if the saints of the Corinthian church or any other person make any judgments about him, but only one Lord God. In other words, those who fail to receive the wisdom of God through the Holy Spirit and do not know the works of the Spirit of God will have no concern whatsoever judgment they make of themselves:

”  But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

15But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.

16For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.“(1 Corinthians 2: 14-16)

             Apostle Paul testified about the judgment Seat of Christ, the last judgment of all Christians:

” We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. 9Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.

10For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.

But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother?

11-19-2017 weekly message

The Meditation of the Week: Psalms 126:1-6

Scripture: Genesis 1: 11-13

The title of the Word:  God gave the yielding seed after the kind

         On the third day in the midst of creating all things, God created all the grass and vegetables and trees yielding fruits to the earth, and gave them seeds to multiply on the earth. He also gave seed to all the creatures that dwelt on the waters and to all the birds with wings, saying that they should be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters of the sea. He also gave seed to cattles and creeping animals and animals that dwelt on the earth and let them multiply.

         On the sixth day, at last, he made man and woman according to God’s image and his likeness. He also blessed them and said:

”  Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth..” (Genesis 1:28)

God gave the seed to the person who created it in his own image.

         Giving the seeds to the  creation, God has given them life. Life is the opposite of death, and God  gave life unto  eternity. But all the creatures, including man, are no longer able to see the eternal life without dying. But the will of God is that all things created by Him, including man, should not die and not corrupted either, but to multiply in heaven and on earth forever. And God established  a timely plan to restore all things,  and he is still working on it.

          The seed of life that God has given to all creation, including man, is no longer the seed of life, but the seed of death and corruption, and that God will restore life to all creatures, including man. He is still working on it.

         The scripture testifies saying,  

  ” For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” (Romans 6:23). In other word, it is the law of righteousness of God that when sin is committed, life turns into death. Of all the creatures God created, only man sinned, and even all other creations that did not commit sin, but  their seeds die and  are  corrupted. God told the first man who sinned about the reason:

”  Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;

18Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;

19In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.“(Genesis 3: 17-19). And he said,

          Because of  the transgression of man, all other creatures living on the earth are cursed by man. But God knows that all these curses are due to the sin of the serpent, the Devil, and he will destroys the devil that brought sin in due time, so that he may give life to man in accordance with the law of his righteousness, He has decided to give the identity of the son of God  to them who believe in him. In addition to this, the seeds given to all other things are also to be restored unto  life.

           In the first book of the Bible, Genesis, including man, is written about the loss of life as a whole, but the last book of the Bible, Revelation, records the restoration of all things. Apostle John testified of his words:

” And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.

Weekly Messages 11-12-2017

The contemplation of the week: Psalm 16:1-11

Text: Matthew 16:15-20

The title of the Word: The Authority Of The Church Of God That The Gates Of Hell Cannot Prevail

           Jesus finally asked His disciples how  knew the world about him. Some have said that John the Baptist, and some others, are either Jeremiah or one of the prophets. Most of the people in this age also see him as one of the saints or one of the prophets.

            Finally, Jesus asked the disciples who he is. Then Simon Peter answered immediately:

” Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.

            At that time, Jesus was the son of Joseph, a carpenter, about thirty years old. How could Simon Peter confess that Jesus was the very Christ foretold in the Bible? Jesus first said to Him who   recognized Him that He is blessed. He also said that no one with blood and flesh could have made him known to him, but that he was  revealed by God the Father in heaven.

           That Jesus is the Christ, prophesied in the Bible, is that He alone is the God who gives eternal life to all who believe in Him. He who believes in Him must first know who He is. Jesus said of eternal life in his final prayer before he died:

” And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.” (John 17: 3)

            In other words, when we know that Jesus is the very Christ foretold in the Bible, we will receive eternal life when we become children of our Heavenly Father by faith. Jesus said that only those who believed in Him would come to the Father:

”  I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me..” (John 14: 6)

          The fact that Jesus Christ had been foretold in the Bible in advance that he is the way to heaven, the God who gives life to those who  believe in Him. He is the one who can get rid of the devil, the serpent who brought sin on earth He is the only one who can eliminate all the sins that are spread all over the world.

         Although many prophecies about Jesus Christ are recorded in the Old Testament, the first prophecy of Christ is clearly contained in the words of God spoken unto  the serpent who brought sin and death in the Garden of Eden:

” And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel..” (Genesis 3:15)

            God called Abraham to fulfill what he had said. He gave Jacob  the name of Israel, choosing the Israelites, and saying that he was his own God’s wife.

” For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.” (Isaiah 54: 5)

           God has made Israel a spiritual woman in order to send His only Begotten Son into the earth in the form of Son of man as the  seed of a woman. Apostle Paul recognized this truth and testified to the Galatians:

” Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ. (Galatians 3:16)

          Jesus Christ, who came as the  Christ, must give  eternal life to all who believe in Him, because He must take away all the sin of the world by dying and devouring His whole body, so that God the Father uses the serpent devil to kill Jesus Christ on the cross By nailing to bruise His heel. But God has enabled the resurrection of Christ on the third day through the power of the Holy Spirit to overcome the power of sin and death. As soon as Christ Jesus appears again in this world, the seed of woman that is , Christ Jesus, will bruise  the head of the  serpent that is the devil, and at this time heaven and earth will become new heavens and a new earth with...

11-5-2017 Weekly Message

The Meditations of the Week: Psalm 31: 1-24

Text: Psalm 30: 1-12

Word Title: When Is The Morning According To The Scriptures?

          King David finally praised the Lord God, who   exalted him. The LORD God prevented his enemies from rejoicing over their victory. The LORD God  healed him every time he cried to the Lord God, and he praised the LORD God. And he praised the LORD God who made not his soul enter into the dark grave to make him alive.  In addition, he confessed that the LORD God made his soul  not to go down into the pit that is the hell even when he dies.

           He confessed many times about the suffering he had received in his prayer:

” (To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.) How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?

2How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?

3Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;

4Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved.

5But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.

6I will sing unto the LORD, because he hath dealt bountifully with me.“(13: 1-6)

            God allowed King David to suffer  to show the  suffering that Jesus would receive  in the future, so that he could testify in advance  in his prayer of  the suffering that Jesus would take in the future. For example, Psalm 22 and 69 are the words of the prophecy that the Holy Spirit prophesy through David’s mouth about the suffering Jesus would receive on the cross. King David was able to rejoice in his trust in God’s mercy even in the midst of the great suffering he had received, and finally to praise the Lord God who will deal with him bountifully.

           Apostle Paul testified of the sufferings and shame that the Lord Jesus received as a prophesied through King David:

” Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

2Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.  “(Hebrews 12: 1-2)

           The Lord Jesus Christ saw the joy of the Father after suffering like the king David, and suffered in the shame for six hours while he was naked on both hands and on both feet, and died, and resurrected on the third day Through overcoming sin and death ,he overcame the power of the devil who killed him, and who ruled the world with the power of death for the past four thousand years and drove all men into the fear of death, He looked patiently in the day of salvation.

            Apostle Paul testified of the suffering and glory of the Lord Jesus Christ as he wrote to the saints in Philippi:

” Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:

7But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:

8And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death,

10-29-2017 Weekly Message

The contemplation of the week: Psalm 51:1-19

Text: Psalm 23:1-6

Word Title: Do You Believe In Jesus As Your Redeemer Or Another Jesus?

          King David confessed that the Lord God is his shepherd. In other words, he testify that he is the sheep of the Lord God. There was a time when he thought he was righteous not knowing  that only God is righteous. He spoke of his righteousness in prayer:

” The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.” (Psalm 7: 8)

         But after he had committed a great sins before God, his prayer was changed. When the prophet Nathan rebuked him for adultery and murder that he committed, he could no longer assert his righteousness, and realized that he was a miserable sinner before God, and prayed for repentance and mercy.

“ (To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.) Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. 2Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.

3For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me. 4Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.5Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.

6Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom. Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

8Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.

9Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities. 10Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.. “( Psalm 51: 1-10)

            At last he knew that through his righteous deeds he was made righteous, and that by doing all his best in keeping all the laws faithful, he made his righteousness before God, claiming that his righteous acts made him righteous, he did not know that there were sins that were inherited.

         When the God of David finally became a man and appeared in the land of Israel in the name of Jesus, the religious leaders at that time also knew that they would be justified by the acts of their law. Jesus said every single sin inside heart of  them:

 ” That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man. 21For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,  22Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:23All these evil things come from within, and defile the man. “(Mark 7: 20-23)

           That is correct! King David did not know that he had adultery and murder in his heart.

Jesus appeared to the world and told all the iniquities in them, but at that time the religious people and most of the Jews in the land of Israel did not realize at all. God still wants everyone who lives on the earth to realize this.

10-22-2017 Weekly Message

The contemplation of the week: Proverbs 25:1-28

Text: Revelation 4: 1-11

Word Title: Come Up Hither!

          The Lord Jesus Christ chose the Apostle John to write the last book of the Bible, and when he was on the island of Patmos after suffering, the Lord Jesus showed him in the Holy Spirit of all things that would happen. Apostle John recorded all that he had seen:

” The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

2Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw. 3Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.. “(Rev. 1: 1-3)

          Apostle John recorded the words of Revelation and first testified of what will happen in the future:

” Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen. “(Revelation 1: 7)

             He testified of what he saw and heard in the Holy Spirit as he was in the Day of the Second Coming of the Lord Jesus Christ:

 ”  I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ. Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.“(Revelation 1: 9-11)

           That is correct! The Holy Spirit, the Spirit of God, is an eternal Spirit that is able to show the things in the past, present, and future. All Scriptures are written by those who are anointed  by the Holy Spirit, so we can preview God’s eternal purpose in the Holy Spirit in the Word of God.

        Apostle John testified about the anointing of the Holy Spirit

“But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him. 28And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.29If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him.” (1 John 2: 27-29).

         Apostle John wrote  letters to the seven churches as  the Lord Jesus Christ gave him. These seven churches are the churches in ancient Asia and at the same time they are the types of all the churches that will appear in the future. In other word, the Lord has made the future history of the church that will come forth in advance. The last two churches, the Philadelphia Church and the Laodicea Church, are models of the church to be raptured before the Great Tribulation and the Church to be left in the world without being raptured.

          The text given to us today begins with “After this I looked.”. In other word, he witnessed of what will happen after the  church age...

10-15-2017 Weekly Message

The contemplation of the week: Psalm 90: 1-17

Text: Psalm 39: 1-13

The title of the Word: Dwelling?  Or Sojourning? In The Present World

           David, king of Israel, lived a life of supreme status, ruling over the Gentile nations at that time. However, when he was enjoying the glory,  he forgot the LORD God who raised him up and sinned against adultery and murder: and  the one-time sin brought about great disasters in his life.

          After he had sinned, when the prophet Nathan came and told how great his sin was, he realized that he had sinned and confessed before God:

” Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.

6Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.

7Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. “(Psalm 51: 5-7)

          His prayer, as revealed in the text passage  given to us today, reveals how short the life of those who live in the world.  When he was  old and weak  so that  he was about to leave the world, This is the final confession of the prayer:

” Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state isaltogether vanity. Selah.

6Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them. “(Psalm 39: 5-6)

           People living in the world now know about this fact. Some people have said that life is short and art is long. It is also sometimes referred to as “Nothing from the birth and nothing to death” In other words, I know that I cannot take anything when I die. But knowing and understanding is the difference between heaven and earth. If we do not end up with knowing this truth, but  understanding  it, then our understanding is to be clearly revealed in our life.  King David, who understood this truth, confessed that his life was no longer a life in the world, but a stranger and a sojourner with the Lord.

         As David understood the truth, in the world he lived like a foreigner who traveled for a while before he went to heaven, and the fact that he was a sojourner  for a while before he see the LORD God. But the Bible says that a man who knows but does not understand is like a beast that perishes:

“ Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.

14Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.

15But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.

16Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;

17For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.

18Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself.

19He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.

10-8-2017 Weekly Message

The contemplation of the week: Psalm 22: 1-31

Text: Isaiah 50: 5-11

Word Title: Are You Living As Christian?

           Through the prophet Isaiah, God sent Jesus, the only Begotten Son of God to this world to prophesy about what kind of suffering he would receive from sinners:

” I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting..” (Isaiah 50: 6)

          He foretold that Jesus God the Word   will make his face like a flint, knowing that he will not be put to shame in the end by the help of his Father, the Lord God, even though he is insulted and afflicted by those who do not recognize him.

          Also, those who do not believe in Him are going to be worn out like clothes, and that moth shall eat them, and their soul will lie in grief surrounded by flames in Hell.

           Seven hundred years later, when Jesus appeared in the land of Judaea, he suffered tremendous insults and sufferings from his people. The apostle Matthew testified:

” Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others smote him with the palms of their hands,

68Saying, Prophesy unto us, thou Christ, Who is he that smote thee?

….. And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe.

29And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!

30And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head. “(Matthew 26: 67,68; 27: 28-30)

           The Lord Jesus Himself testified of Christ   speaking to His disciples before He died after suffering all these afflictions and was raised to life again:

” Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be delivered unto the chief priests, and unto the scribes; and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him to the Gentiles:

34And they shall mock him, and shall scourge him, and shall spit upon him, and shall kill him: and the third day he shall rise again. “(Mark 10:33-34)

            Apostle Paul, who was baptized with the suffering and death of the Lord Jesus, urged all Christians to have the thought in Christ:

” Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.

4Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.

5Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

6Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:

7But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:

8And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

9Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:

10That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;

10-1-2017 Weekly Message

The contemplation of the week: Psalm 98: 1-9

Text: I Corinthians 13: 1-13

The title of the Word: God So Loved The World To Death; So He Will Judge The Nations That Reject To Believe In Him

         To the Pharisees and scribes who did not understand God’s love, Jesus told them to realize that they were people who needed the love of God, who were the ones who taught the law to others, considering them clean:

” That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man.

21For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,

22Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:

23All these evil things come from within, and defile the man. “(Mark 7: 20-23)

Because of these thirteen wicked thoughts,  American people may hate  number 13 even without their knowledge. We even see elevators that do not have 13th floors.

         Jesus, who is God, told them that when they spoke to them, they had already committed a crime, even though they had not committed any sin physically only keeping  it in their heart:

” But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.” (Matthew 5:28)

In other word, because they already has the lust of  adultery in their heart, they are already considered to be an adulterer. But they did not realize. Not only they, but most people now living in the world, are not even aware.

            John, the Baptist was  born to let the world know of  Jesus, the only begotten Son of God, cried out:

“Behold, Lamb of God which take away the sin of the world. (John 1:29)

         That is correct! Nobody can remove sins deeply rooted in his  heart. God spoke of this through his prophet Jeremiah:”Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? thenmay ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.” (Jer 13:23)

            God once again testified of  the heart of man through Jeremiah:

 “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

10I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.“ (Jeremiah 17: 9-10)

            The text  given to us today is the so-called the  chapter of love that  even those who do not believe in God are familiar with. But most people do not know what the love of God is, and even Christians either  saying they believe in God, are misunderstood about God’s love. They are not aware of the dynamics of love and hatred. In other words, they do not know God’s judgment when they betray  God who loved them uuto death for them.

              The love that appears in the text is charity, not love. The charity shown in the text is the Apostle Paul’s testimony of what God’s love is, not same as  the hypocritical love of the world. Apostle John, who testified that he was a beloved disciple of Jesus, testified that God is love itself. In other words, God   is love itself, not the  one of love:

 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.

8He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. “(1 John 4: 7-8)

             Apostle Paul wrote to the Corinthian church that no matter how religious they are, they are nothing without charity. The lack of charity means that if there is no God in them,