<에스라 2:43-70> There are consequences for disobeying God

<Ezra2:43-70> There are consequences for disobeying God

2014.9.17

Morning Prayer (네이든 곽전도사)

Ezra 2:43-70

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<Ezra 2:43-70> There are consequences for disobeying God

하나님을 순종함에 대한 결과가 있습니다. 

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Today’s passage was is a little difficult on it’s own, 

and yet there are still some principles we can get out of it.

오늘 말씀은 그 말씀 자체로는 조금 어려웠습니다.

그러나 우리가 얻을수 있는 원리가 있습니다.  

There are consequences for disobeying God

하나님을 순종함에 대한 결과 있습니다. 

•       Even after forgiveness and faithfulness (믿음), 

        the consequences (결과) remain as scars (아픔.상처).

        용서와 신실함이후에 상처가 남는 결과가 있습니다. 

•       I want to highlight one passage here. They lost their identity (정체성). Some literally lost their identity in the all important genealogy 족보 (v.62).

저는 이 말씀에 하일라이트를 하기원합니다.

 이스라엘 백성들은 그들의 정체성을 잃었습니다. 

•       v.58 “The following were those who came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer, though they could not prove their fathers’ houses or their descent, whether they belonged to Israel.”

•       v.62 “These sought their registration among those enrolled in the genealogies, but they were not found there, and so they were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.”

•       이 사람들이 보계 중에서 자기 이름을 찾아도 얻지 못한고로 저희를 부정하게 여겨 제사장의 직분을 행치 못하게 하고

•       Hebrews 12:6, ‘For the Lord disciplines (훈련) the one he loves, and chastises (매질) every son whom he receives.’ 주께서 그 사랑하시는 자를 징계하시고 그의 받으시는 아들마다 채찍질하심이니라 하였으니

•       These days you’re not supposed to hit, but in the past when you did, sometimes scars (상처) would remain. And the pain and the scars (상처) would remind you, and be a part of reminding you of the seriousness (심각함) of your mistake.

•       For these people, there was a lasting scar that reminded them of the seriousness (심각함) of their sin.

•       If you sin, though God’s grace is there, and forgiveness is real, consequences (결과) are also real. It is possible, if you continue in your sin, that you will build up God’s discipline (훈련). And when it unleashes, it will hurt. And it will be unpleasant.

•       EX/ Jacob

•       Did not have good character. 

        ( 야곱은 좋은 인물이 아닙니다. )

•       He cheated  his brother. ( 그의 형제를 속였습니다.)

•       He lied to his dad. ( 그의 아버지에게 거짓말을 했습니다. )

•       And this became a normal thing for him. And God dealt with him. He brought him into the presence of his uncle Laban. Laban began to cheat and lie to him for 20 years. This, I believe, was all a part of God’s disciplining of him. That is extreme consequence. He had to work 7 years for his Rachel, and ended up getting Leah. Then another 7 years for a total of 14 years. On his return home, Rachel got sick and died. Later, his sons lied to him about his favorite son Joseph. At one point, he cried out to God, “All these things are against (저항한다) me.”

•       But by the end, he had learned through circumstance and the discipline (훈련/매질) of the Lord. He was humble (겸손), gentle (부드러운), and mature (성숙). Even Pharaoh saw him as a man of God, and received a blessing (축복) from him.

•       But the consequences (결과) remained with him.

•       This is a warning (경고). Let it be a warning (경고) to us.

•       There are consequences for disobeying God

•       And at the end of the day, for our sin, for our disobedience, the biggest consequence is what? That Jesus had to die on the cross for it. He suffered and bled and died, and took the weight and punishment of God’s wrath for our sin. That is an enormous consequence.

•       What, just so we can be justified in our anger? Just so we can revel in our laziness? Just so we can gossip and be jealous? Just so we can be greedy? Just so we can sin?

Even when we are disobedient, God is faithful (신실함) to His own people. He will not forsake them.

비록 우리가 불순종할때에도 하나님은 자신의 백성에게 신실하십니다. 

하나님은 그들을 버리지 않을 것입니다. 

•       We must remember this in the hard times. We must remember this in our guilt (죄책감), and suffering 고통, and despair 절망.

•       He can move huge groups of people

•       50,000 people

•       10,000 animals

•       moved in the heart of King Darius of Persia to do this

•       EX/ No matter what, God’s faithfulness will never fail. Even when we are faithless, He is faithful. There is no sin too big to stop Him from loving us and restoring us. In this world, we will see a glimpse, but in the world to come, we will see it in it’s entirety as God makes all things new.

What is our response to God’s faithfulness? 

하나님의 신실함에 대한 반응은 무엇입니까?

•       They gave freewill offerings ( 예물) (v.68)

•       Notice that it was “some”, not “all”

•       They valued the temple of God

•       Do we value the freedom we find in being His people forever? 

         For being the temple of God?

•       When we are thankful to God’s for His faithfulness, we give freewill offerings. It is freely given, and it is given lavishly. We give our lives to God. We give all that we have to God. 

       우리는 하나님의 신실함에 대해 감사할때 우리는 즐거운 예물을 드립니다. 그것은 자원하는 드림입니다. 그리고 아낌없이 드리는 것입니다. 우리는 하나님께 우리 삶을 드립니다. 우리는 하나님께 할수는 모든 것을 드립니다. 

•       Hebrews 12:7, 11