A line in this gospel song states that the gate of the Tabernacle shows us the love of Lord. Yes, we can discover the true love of the Lord on the gate of the Tabernacle. The Scriptures state that the Lord’s sincere love for us is manifested all in the blue, purple, and scarlet tread and fine woven linen. And in that God’s love, Jesus has manifested the remission of our sins by the baptism Jesus received from John the Baptist and the blood He shed on the Cross. The colors engraved on the screen gate of the Tabernacle shows more obviously our salvation that Jesus fulfilled by the baptism He received from John the Baptist, the blood He shed, and His resurrection from death.

https://www.bjnewlife.org/ 
https://youtube.com/@TheNewLifeMission 
https://www.facebook.com/shin.john.35 

We have recently composed new hymns to praise the Lord’s righteousness, and these new hymns delight me so much. Whenever new souls come into our Church, it’s very important for us to pay them extra attention and teach them these new hymns, so that they can also sing along with us. We need to put ourselves in their shoes and be considerate to them. Even we struggle sometimes when we try to learn a new hymn, and so it’s all the more difficult for new attendees coming to our Church for the first time. God sent us to this earth to save these people also, and so we ought to put ourselves in their shoes and be kind to them. It would be a big mistake if we were to neglect them thoughtlessly.

https://www.bjnewlife.org/ 
https://youtube.com/@TheNewLifeMission 
https://www.facebook.com/shin.john.35 

It is written in Ephesians 1:23 that the Church “is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.” All of us had to receive the remission of sins into our hearts by believing in the gospel of the water and the Spirit which was given by the Lord. For you to become a member of God’s Church, you have to have unwavering faith in the gospel of the water and the Spirit. So now that we have received the remission of sins into our hearts by believing in the gospel of the water and the Spirit, we must preach this gospel all over the world until we die. And in doing so, all of us ought to strengthen our faith and glorify God. For all of us to become members of God’s Church, our faith in the gospel of the water and the Spirit must be unwavering, and only when we have this faith can we become members of God’s Church.

https://www.bjnewlife.org/ 
https://youtube.com/@TheNewLifeMission 
https://www.facebook.com/shin.john.35 

With Christmas just around the corner, some of you might be wondering why I am preaching about the Epistle to the Ephesians instead of Christmas. Tomorrow is Christmas Eve and the day after is Christmas Day, and it will be enough for me to preach about the birth of Christ on those two dates. But still, I would like us to ponder on the meaning of Christmas and the will of God from Ephesians 1:1-6.
I used to send you Christmas cards and gifts in the past, but nowadays I can hardly find anytime to do this. Aside from being too busy, my health has not been that good, and so I’ve been rather too preoccupied. So I ask you for your understanding, and I hope that even though we have missed the chance to exchange Christimas gifts this year, we can still celebrate the Lord’s birthday in joy and rejoice together.

https://www.bjnewlife.org/ 
https://youtube.com/@TheNewLifeMission 
https://www.facebook.com/shin.john.35 

Into the hearts of all of us who believe in the gospel of the water and the Spirit, the Lord has given the remission of sins and peace. The Lord Himself is testifying here that we have no sin, for we believe in the gospel of the water and the Spirit with our hearts. Through our faith in the righteousness of Jesus Christ, God our Father has made it known to us that He has washed away all the sins of this world.

https://www.bjnewlife.org/ 
https://youtube.com/@TheNewLifeMission 
https://www.facebook.com/shin.john.35 

Paul said to the Ephesians in today’s Scripture passage that they “were dead in trespasses and sins” (Ephesians 2:1), and all of us were in the same condition before believing in the gospel of the water and the Spirit. But our Lord has saved such wretched people like us all at once through His gospel work of the water and the Spirit. He has delivered us from the prince of the power of the air. And He has blessed us to overcome Satan by giving us the gospel of the water and the Spirit and making us believe in it.

https://www.bjnewlife.org/ 
https://youtube.com/@TheNewLifeMission 
https://www.facebook.com/shin.john.35 

Genesis chapter 2 shows that God gave a real rest to man. And He also gave man the Garden of Eden. God wanted to be with man having fellowship with them.
What we need to pay a close attention here is that in the center of the Garden of Eden there was the tree of life as well as the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. This means they were supposed to eat from the tree of the life by trusting in the Word of God. God’s order not to eat any fruits from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil was given in order to remind them of the spiritual reality that they must not challenge God’s authority. God once said, “But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day you eat of it, you shall surely die” (Genesis 2:17). For this reason, we can admit that the tree of the knowledge of good and evil was placed there by God for all the human races. From man’s perspective, that didn’t make much sense, but in God’s eyes the tree was more than appropriate. It was an essential tree in God’s master plan for Him to reveal His righteousness. However, in the eyes of man, we may have such question as this; “Why did God create the tree of the knowledge of good and evil? I think it would be better not to create it at all.” It was because God wanted us to acknowledge His authority.

https://www.bjnewlife.org/ 
https://youtube.com/@TheNewLifeMission 
https://www.facebook.com/shin.john.35 

The Apostle Paul said that our salvation was prepared in Jesus Christ before the foundation of the world. God the Father said that He has made us His own people through His Son Jesus Christ with the gospel of the water and the Spirit. Therefore, by believing in the gospel of the water and the Spirit, we were able to receive the remission of sins once and for all. But today, I would like us to examine how our condition was before receiving the remission of sins by believing in the gospel of the water and the Spirit.

https://www.bjnewlife.org/ 
https://youtube.com/@TheNewLifeMission 
https://www.facebook.com/shin.john.35 

Jesus is our Savior and the King of peace. When all human beings had become God’s enemies because of their sins, Jesus the Son of God came to this earth incarnated in the flesh of man and bore all the sins of the world once and for all by being baptized by John the Baptist in the Jordan River. That is why Jesus could shed His precious blood on the Cross, rise up from the dead again in three days, and then sit at the right hand of God the Father as the Judge. Jesus Christ offered Himself as our everlasting propitiation of peace to reconcile us with God the Father. It was to break down this wall of sin separating us from God, and it also was to abolish the enmity between God and us humans that Jesus offered Himself as our own propitiation.

https://www.bjnewlife.org/ 
https://youtube.com/@TheNewLifeMission 
https://www.facebook.com/shin.john.35 

We just read the whole chapter of Ephesians 3 for today’s Scripture reading. Through this passage, I would like to speak to you about the work God has done to us. In his letter to the Church of Ephesus, the Apostle Paul is speaking about God’s Church, His plan of salvation, and the abundant blessings God has bestowed on us.
If the Epistle to the Galatians taught us to reject heresy, the Epistle to the Ephesians is speaking to us about God’s Church. It addresses such questions as how God has blessed us so abundantly on this earth through His Church, and which gospel God has made us preach through His Church. In other words, God is teaching us how His work has unfolded through His Church to spread His abundant blessings among all the nations.

https://www.bjnewlife.org/ 
https://youtube.com/@TheNewLifeMission 
https://www.facebook.com/shin.john.35