October 21, 2018_Before the Presence of the Lord

Overseer Kidong Kim

Outline

[2 Samuel 6:12-23]

God
is the glorious Lord.
He
has done all of His work for the sake of the glory of His Name.
He created the glory of heaven, the universe and all the material things in it
for the sake of the Son (He 1:2).
This is all so that
He might receive glory through them (Mt 6:13).
The very reason why man exists
is for His glory alone.
The coming of the Holy Spirit and the great help that he gives us
is for His glory alone (Ac 1:8).
Our faith
is to give all the glory that we can possibly give to the Lord
and give it with our hearts, souls, strengths, and our lives.
Doing this
is the way one truly loves the Lord (Jn 21:15).
Even if what we do before the presence of the Lord
seems offensive to others,
if it is for the work of the Lord, we must do them more strenuously,
joined by singing and dancing.
○ Let us throw away all our fleshly pride
and serve the Lord.
The Lord is the one who gives life to my soul.
○ Let us not despise the name of the Lord,
but drastically lower our names.
The Lord is the object of my love.
○ Even if you are dancing while wearing an ephod,
you must not feel ashamed of dancing before the Lord.
The Lord is the One who gives me the resurrection.
※ Let us love.
Let us love the Lord.
Let us love the Lord Jesus again and again.

Summary

Semuon’s Letter

The world could not see God, yet God has now shown Himself through the person of Jesus Christ. Now we are those who have seen God with our own eyes, touched Him with our own hands, and heard His voice with our own ears.

I have come to know God and have testified to Him. And this is all because I have believed in the Bible. Even though I was born as a man of very humble circumstances, God had chosen me. I am nothing but joyful to have become His witness. I am nothing but grateful. In no time at all, 80 years have now passed, and this flesh of mine has nothing more to hope for. My final hope is that I can receive praise and comfort from the Lord Himself.

The Lord has kept all the promises that He was spoken with His mouth, and He has saved a wretched child of hell like me. To keep me from dying from the mushy pit of the Law, He has continuously led me by the Law of the Holy Spirit. From now on, all that is left for me to do is to squeeze out of from my being all the word of the Lord, and to do this with all my soul and with all my strength. My whole being has been soaked through and through with the living voice of the Lord. But just how much time will there be for me to completely proclaim all that I have received?

I cannot ever speak a lie concerning God. What I preach is ‘The Picture of God’s Will’, which was made known to me. It was not artificially fabricated in anyway, but I came to understand and know this truth only by the Holy Spirit. Now, just like Stephen, I need to proclaim this great gospel to the world. Just like Stephen, I must and already have wholly given my life to the Lord. When I say that I cannot speak a lie concerning God, what I mean is that, even though the world may not know about this truth, there will still be those out there who come to know about it. Because such people have already heard these words as truth and have believed in them, I am truly happy in my spirit.

Who had believed that the words of Jesus were the words of God when He had walked on this earth? Only His mother had believed and revered His words as the words of God. While she was standing at the bottom of the cross, her spirit accepted the death of the Son, who had died without any tears. The Lord also keenly knew this.

When He said, “Women, behold your son!”, the people of this world took no interest in these words. Instead, they indulged in their own feasting. The Lord descended into the darkness, yet God raised Him from the dead three days later. He is the Son of Man who now sits at the right hand of God, and he will come again to judge the world.

As each moment of every day passes, we are eagerly waiting for the Lord Jesus to come again. He has never spoken a lie to me, and the word that He speaks is the truth. I am a worker who has been chosen to let the world know that He is God. Even if I had glory or peace in this world, I would be compelled to give it all up. I intend only to testify to the truth just like Stephen did. Even if I had spent my whole life in perfect labor and toil, it could not compare to that one breath-taking moment when Stephen had spoken the truth. I will die a martyrdom for the truth just like Stephen did.

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