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Christian ethics - ② Justice and injustice

It is not advisable to see pastors or Christians in their pulpits or denominations, forcing their political views on others in official positions. I am neither myself nor a pastor or professor, but for a long time political debate has been intentionally avoided. Any faction pretends to have pure enthusiasm for the country during the campaign period, but after it comes to power, it reveals its nature, and only focuses on maintaining political power. As the days go by, more and more cynical voters do not even vote.

Now the world has entered a new era. In response to the paradox of pandemic caused by the worldwide epidemic, the political landscape was forced to change. Humanity recognizes democracy as the best political system through long experience and realizes this ideal through an agreed election system. However, few seem to recognize that half of the world still suffers from totalitarianism. What's more, attempts to establish a world unity by a group of people with doubts, the advent of the Antichrist, and religious integration will push the world under the control of the Big Brothers. A dark shadow is being cast upon the freedom we enjoy.

Those who experienced military dictatorship in Korea and who lived in college before and after the 1980s have lived a rapidly changing industrialized society. Discussing the regime's lessons economically at that time was the second issue, and at the time, students were usually politically one side inclining thinking. However, with God's help, we had the luck of catching two rabbits: democratization and economic growth. Although not perfect, I think Korea's democracy has been settled to some extent, but there are still many threats to democracy. Efforts to defend democracy, the highest political system chosen by mankind, must be continued.

Ideological ideas are not of great value unless it is an extreme totalitarian politics. Rather, shouldn't it be considered freedom as the value we should defend? Justice or freedom must be interpreted in God in the Bible. Righteousness in the Bible is said to be faith in God. Political choice as a Christian should be a choice that guarantees freedom to believe in God, in which this righteousness is embodied. In this regard, religious oppressors who are putting the world at risk are the greatest enemies of religious freedom. When the problem of justice and injustice is put into reality, Christians should be united to ensure freedom of faith. Historically, religious purity has been exploited and trampled by political forces. Believers need to be smarter.

In fact, there are more believers in this world than we think, who are imprisoned in torture camps, tortured by torture, and suddenly lost their lives because of the sin of believing in God. The events of the Antichrist's manipulation to disturb our faith are revealed in various contexts. It is not a mistake. By making a hundred concessions, even if this is not their manipulation, the crimes that continue to be committed against hundreds of millions of believers should be punished as vicious criminals. In addition to the North Korean human rights issue, how long should the world face religious oppressors? Whether Christian or not, the cost of silence will be paid before God.

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Christian Ethics - ① Roots of Sin

Regarding the problem of overcoming the sinful nature within us, “We are trying to cover the sinful nature with grace alone, and this cannot be solved. There is a saying that unless I am aware of myself and try to change, sinfulness cannot be resolved. That's a lot of thought. If we connect this issue with Christian ethics, we can see that it is most closely related to the “pastor's sexual ethics”. It is difficult to answer that anyone can be confident about whether they can overcome the sinful nature in themselves by faith. In this regard, however, there is a passage in Romans 1:23–26 that seems to have a sexual connection with idolatry. There seems to be a correlation between idolatry and sexual depravity. The Bible mentions in several places the events where men and women combine to become one body. “The secret is great, because a man will leave his parents and join his wife, and the two will become one flesh” (App 5:31-32). do. It is testifying that a secret that we do not know is hidden in the relationship between man and woman. Karl Barth says that "the image of God" means this "man and woman relationship" itself. It seems worth meditation. In this regard, we need to find a biblical answer to why Adam and Eve, who sinned in good and evil in the Garden of Eden, covered the lower body with shame and fear. Isn't it the mouth that actually sinned? If so, they should have covered their mouths with shame and fear. This is known to be raised by the heretical denominations, but it is also a subject of study on how to respond to the clear refutation logic with orthodoxy. When we consider the relationship between spiritual adultery and physical adultery, God seems to see spiritual adultery as a greater crime. Of course, there may be controversy here, but it is a logic within the limits that presuppose idolatry as spiritual adultery. Imagine that in the previous verse of the Romans, a man who committed spiritual adultery was thrown into physical depravity. In this passage, spiritual adultery is the cause of physical corruption. In addition, in light of the phrase “according to the passions of their hearts,” the original human being can be interpreted as “primarily sinning being”. Therefore, human beings have no choice but to sin physically, but if they do not commit spiritual adultery, that is, if they look at only one God, hope for the fruit of the Holy Spirit, and thoroughly reject the idolatry, they will not be physically corrupted. As the gift of the Holy Spirit, it can be interpreted that only the gift of the Holy Spirit can prevent the physical fall of man. In other words, the root of all sin is in wrong lust, and treatment for it is possible only by the Holy Spirit.

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What is theology? --- 3​

John Wesley's theology, centered specifically on soteriology, is thought to depend on how Jesus Christ is defined. Wesley emphasized divinity more than Christ's humanity by emphasizing that Jesus Christ acts as a'mediator' between God and man. This view differs from that of Lutheran or Calvinism, and I would like to know whether it is possible in light of evangelical orthodoxy to put more importance in the distinction between the humanity and divinity of Christ. Looking at the "sin" of Romans 7, which preached "freedom from the law" in relation to soteriology, "While we were living in the flesh, our sinful passions, aroused by the law, were at work in our members to bear fruit for death.” (Romans 7:5, NRSV) To understand this part, I tried to analyze and meditate on several Bibles, including the original Greek text. Part of'Let the passions of sin through the law work among our members' It seems to be correct to translate, "What sin is going to do, by using the law in our members." The God of the Governing Trinity works for the salvation of mankind. In the process, the Holy Spirit works in the salvation of each human person, and what we need to know is that the ultimate goal of this soteriology is deeply related to the community role.

Man had no sin in the Garden of Eden, and there was no alienation due to sin, but since man became a slave of sin because of the sin of one man, he has brought alienation among people and alienation in relation to God. The Church of Jesus Christ, guided by the Holy Spirit, is in charge of most of the role in healing this alienation from God.

The church should be interpreted as a dynamic perspective such as a contract, a sign of the kingdom of God, and a community, rather than just a static relationship of a building or people. The church is a community that is currently living and changing, and leads people in special covenant relationships to the end. In other words, the church is an eschatological contracting community. In the kingdom of God, God rules. The covenant people who love and be loyal to God are essential. God's rule must be decided in establishing the concept of the church. Humans have the same temporal order as the past, present, and future, but God has a thousand years as a day and a day as a thousand years, and there is no past, present, or future. God has already entered the human world in supernatural ways. He has penetrated into our present existence. Therefore, the kingdom of God is already present to us and we are invited to enter. The present life in the church is a training ground and preparation for the eternal world to come. In eschatology we can see God's grand plan for the redemption of mankind. Where is God leading history? Meditate on where the present world is located in God's plan. Amen.

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What is theology? --- 2

The reason for human dignity can be found in the fact that the holy God created creatures to praise him. Since God created the world, there are connections and similarities between creation. Therefore, we must live together in a beautiful community while respecting each other, and reveal the fragrance of Christ and go together in the way of salvation. Providence can be defined as “an example of the order of things toward the end”. God ultimately wants to build a community with creatures. Even though it may seem that you have not punished evil, God will heal all evil and injustice in your life at the completion of history through providence. We believe in God, who is the source of the goal for all creation and leads all history toward the completion of that goal. It is to understand the history of this world as an eschatological redemption history. We all have a common identity by being built from one God. In order to grasp our own identity, we need to grasp for what purpose God created us. Each person must rely on God, and it is contradictory that the body, soul, and spirit rely separately. It should be understood that whether or not the three have different functions, the “unified whole” depends on God. Even if a person has fallen and has lost the image of God, as Martin Luther said, it is possible to recover with “the Word and the Holy Spirit”. After all, the image of God is Adam and Christ before the Fall. Calvin elaborated on Luther's theory that through the process of sanctification, which resembles Christ, God's image is gradually restored in us. Reformers, however, conclude that the restoration of the perfect image does not take place in reality, and that it is only completed in another life.

In the light of the eschatological purpose of God's image, it must be viewed as a community in Christ, and it is a church. We belong to the church community to practice the love, the nature of Christ. Our Lord Himself said, "If anyone wants to save his life, he will lose it, and whoever loses his life for me will find it" (Matthew 16:23). . This is a reminder of the apostle Paul's martyrdom to wash away his sins. We must restore God's image by living in obedience to the purpose of God's creation, by working the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of the Triune God, within us. In Christianity we have to admit that Jesus is the one who has the complete divinity and the complete humanity and discovers two perfect natures in one person. In other words, the concept of'Jesus as Logos' emphasizes the creative and revelatory aspects of God, and the concept of'Jesus the Son' highlights the historical aspect of Jesus. Not only that, we learned from the Bible's evidence that Jesus Christ is the only Son, the divine Son of God and the incarnation of the virgin birth, not the result of human lust. This mission of Jesus Christ was human salvation through the ransom death, and we can see that soteriology is based on Christianity.

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What is theology? --- 1​

Theology is a combination of theos and logos. In other words, it means to study God logically and academically. Theology has a proper calling for each age. It serves Christians to accurately and profoundly address their callings and to set and shape historically responsible tasks. Christians should always meditate on how to serve the kingdom of God. We study theology in order to know accurately and correctly the Bible, which is inspired by God. In general, theology is divided into biblical theology, historical theology, organizational theology, and practical theology. Awe the righteousness of the evangelicals who shouted, "Only as the Bible." I am grateful for their insight. Until one point and one stroke, you will not be able to understand the emotions and life changes through the Bible without believing that the entire Bible is written by the work of the Holy Spirit. The Bible records the revelation of God, which cannot be understood by human power, as the results of recent scientific research reveal that the verses that have not been reasonably understood scientifically and reasonably for thousands of years since the Bible was written. It is compelling to believe that this is not a solution to human curiosity, but a message of human salvation to restore a right relationship with God.

Simaqian, a historian in the prehistoric era of China, was imprisoned and accused of shame and punishment for Lee's incident of subduing the Xiongnu when he was 49 years old. At this time, he cried out, "Where is the justice of the sky?" Afterwards, he devoted himself to writing the best historical book "History" in history by collecting data from all over the country. It is the so-called'History of Simaqian'. What he wanted to know is to speak as a Christian,'Is there a God? Is God righteous?' If Simaqian knew our God, he would have known that God, the great premise of theology, exists, and that God is a just and unique God who governs history by revealing himself in God's divine Word. Of course, the times are different, but if he had read and studied the Bible, he would have been greatly comforted by Romans 5:3-4. " “And not only that, but we also boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope,” (Romans 5:3–4, NRSV)

When I was a student, I remember that the topic that always appeared when the debate over religious issues with friends was Trinity. It is only to distinguish between orthodoxy and heresy at a kind of political conference in relation to the Trinity theory being recognized as the Orthodoxy by proclaiming the full divinity of Christ at the Council of Nicea in AD 325 and the Holy Spirit of the Holy Spirit at the Council of Constantinople in AD 381. They thought that problems could not be the essence of religion.

It seems that the Bible was written by God's inspiration, and even such a council was the result of failing to understand that it was God's providence. It is true that it is still difficult to establish a clear conception of the Trinity theory, but it is representative of the Genesis 1:26 “Revenge of Us,” John 14:26, “The Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name. I think it is important to accept the words recorded in the Bible as it is to remind you of everything I have told you. Particularly with regard to the divinity of the Holy Spirit, we must understand the God of the Holy Spirit in the economical Trinity, the plan of salvation and salvation, and if the Holy Spirit in the hearts of the Saints is not actually the Spirit of God, we will participate in the Holy Spirit. If we don't believe in sharing the essence, our religion will not stand on it. The Bible reveals that God created heaven and earth in the beginning, which proves that it is God's free will and transcends even from the created world. In other words, the doctrine of creation comes from the Bible. Creation is the work of the Triune God and can be explained by God the Father, accomplished by the saint, and completed by the Holy Spirit. “Voltmann” emphasizes the role of the Holy Spirit in particular. Creation doctrine distinguishes Christianity from other religions and can be said to be the most important part of our faith, and through faith in creation doctrine we can understand many other parts of the Bible. Amen

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The attributes of the great God

1. Introduction

The Triune God is a relational God. God is the source of life and is working to share his divine life with his people. We also ask questions about His attributes to get to know God deeper. The God who created this world is self-existing and has various attributes. Find out what attributes you have and see how they come to us and have a practical meaning.

2. Main subject

God's attributes are generally divided into two categories. It has non-shared attributes such as self-esteem, immutability, infinity, and unity, and is a shared attribute that includes sovereignty in knowledge, wisdom, honesty, goodness, holiness, righteousness, will and ability. God's essence is omnipotence, holiness, and love. The essential attribute means the essence of God and is God Himself. The relational attribute is the story of God's relationship with man and the existence of God. The personality attribute means the human personality such as intelligence, affection, and righteousness in the relationship between God and human beings, and the moral attribute is the attribute that occurs in meeting and governing in creation. God's attributes as an eternal God include ubiquity, omniscience, and omnipotence. God is the Spirit and is perfect alone as one who transcends time and space. He is also glorified by beings who are self-conscious, personal, and social. The living God is the source of life and the one who cannot be measured as I am who I am, and God is omniscient because all things are direct and original to God and present. In addition, God knows the world as an Almighty, one who can complete his plan for creation, who judges the created world and brings salvation to the world. Judgment and salvation are eschatological realities. As the immutable being who sees our suffering and is with us, He is the God of the Trinity.

The good God wants to relate to us, is morally pure, holy, unique, absolutely pure, perfect, self-respect, simplicity, infinity and power, goodness and mercy. He is also just, and God's law is perfect and just when God's holiness is related to us. God judges our sins as just, God is the true God, who has the authenticity of the true appearance, and His Word reveals the essence of man and things as truth. Since God is honest in nature, He is approaching the people honestly, so we must approach Him honestly. He is also a faithful man who fulfills his promises thoroughly and perfectly. He also loves us who are not qualified by love, and by giving grace freely according to the needs of the people, we become his children by faith. God is merciful and long-suffering. We can be saved by His patience.

Our response to these attributes of God is a joy to God and awe in praise. It also gives us courage to lead us in bold prayer and to act boldly in faith. God calls us to the eschatological plan of salvation, and the means we give us are acts of earnest supplication and obedience. Through prayer and action, we can be used to bring the power of the kingdom of God into the place of present life in a supernatural way. The God of love responds to creation world with long-suffering and compassion. This serves as a model for our ministry, and we who resemble the Lord of compassion must likewise make compassion our character toward others. However, holy mercy does not come from us, but from love, which must be created in us by the work of the Holy Spirit, so that we can participate in God's work.

3. Conclusion

As Christians, we need to know that God exists with a diachronic ubiquity and is in a complete and complete state as a whole, and we believe that God will overcome evil and create a new order at the time of completion. Also, the good God is holy in that he is just in all things, but he is slow to anger and treats creation with mercy. Both God's essence and God's character are love, but we must boldly participate in God's eschatological and straight-forward redemptive ministry by asking the Holy Spirit to sigh and ask for a wonderful change in mercy and love. Amen.

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Christian theological view and the theological meaning of human creation

1. Introduction

We have one identity. Because we believe that the Creator God is the origin of our personal existence and the human nature we are called to share. To this end, we will explain the theological prospects of our identity under the premise that we are open creatures to the world. We will first look at the nature of mankind, and then we will discuss our identity under the biblical and theological concept that it was built'in the image of God'. The main purpose of God's creation is to glorify God and make him happy forever. God's intention is for us to participate in the eschatological kingdom of God, the glorious community of mankind and God. Therefore, when we show God's reign to the world through life, the eschatological community God intends to become can become a present reality.

2. Main subject

[Christian view of humanity]

Human origin is God's act of creation. God made man with deliberate action. According to determinism, creative humanity is the product of any forces other than humans. The choices we make are scheduled and even decided. Humans have a dimension of eternity, so there is a starting and starting point. Human beings are made of earth, so the beginning is clear and we can see the future in God. Because God, the Creator, has given human values, human beings as creatures can be satisfied when they serve and love the Creator. God's image is inherent in human beings that no other creature has, and human beings are not human without God's image. By grasping the concept of God's image, we can infer the destiny of our humans, which God has planned.

We have the meaning of'being built in God's image' in that we have accepted God's plan and are not only fulfilling it now, but will someday realize it fully. In addition, humans have a personal relationship with God the Creator, so humans love God and must answer when God calls. The image of God is related in a special way among Christians. In other words, those who are united with Christ share God's image through that unity. However, this voluntary participation is not stagnant but dynamic. The transformation into God's image is a series of processes that begins with conversion and continues to that great eschatological renewal that will bring us a perfect match with God's image.

[Theological meaning of human creation]

The Creator God created man means that man is not an independent being. Man was created on the sixth day as part of God's creation, and the seventh day is the rest day, so the sixth day can be seen as the last day of creation. There is continuity in the creation. The creatures created from the first to sixth days of creation are ecologically connected, so everything in this world is a huge family. Because of the Creator God, man is not the most superior object in the universe. It is only creation by the Creator. Therefore, human beings are finite and cannot live for a moment without God. We must acknowledge this finiteness and live with each other to help, cooperate, and live. Humans are in a unique position in creation, and between these humans is the relationship of brothers and sisters in God.

The faith community describes the basic relationship between God and the world in two terms:'Creator' and'Creation'. As Christians, we are primarily concerned with the special relationship God wants to share with his moral creatures. Our existence itself is a testimony to God's existence. We owe our existence to the Creator God. We exist only because God has given us existence according to the free grace and the freedom to offer His grace. The confession of faith, “Our origin is in God,” means that God is the basis of human existence. Not only the personal life itself, but the meaning of our lives is not inherent to us. We take the meaning of an individual's life from reality beyond ourselves. Because God gives us meaning. And this implication is directly related to God's intended goal, destiny. Finding the right meaning is the mission of our believers.

3. Conclusion

Since God created man to interact with man in community, man's values ​​must be defined by the Creator God, serve and love him. God has chosen us in Christ before the creation of the world, and has predestined us to be His sons through Jesus Christ, to make us holy and without blemish before him in love (Ephesians 1:4-5). Thus, the image of God is related in a special way among Christians in Christ. Those who are united with Christ share the image of God through that unity and continue to the great eschatological renewal. Human beings are finite and cannot live for a moment without God. We must acknowledge this finiteness and work together to live for God's grand salvation plan, the salvation of the community. Only God can give us the value of existence.

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Christian conversion

1. Introduction

The beginning of personal salvation is conversion through the Holy Spirit. Conversion is the holy approach to God and the rebirth of a new life with a break from the previous fallen state. It can be defined as not only a great deal of a lifetime with the Trinity God, but also a life-changing encounter. Conversion consists of repentance and faith. Repentance is the turning of the unbeliever from sin, and faith is moving toward Christ. Here, we first look at the relationship between conversion and regeneration in the salvation process. In addition, while grasping the components of conversion, we examine how the Holy Spirit works in the conversion process from a personal and community perspective.

2. Main subject

When called by God, it goes through the process of conversion. In the salvation of individuals, whether rebirth comes first or conversion comes first is the main criterion between Calvinism (rebirth) and Arminianism (conversion). Wesleyan considers conversion to be a necessary condition for regeneration. In other words, explain that if God repents and believes in God's grace, God will save and transform him. In looking at the Bible's testimonies, there are many verses that indicate that conversion is before regeneration. The appeals of'repentance' to those who hear the gospel certainly imply that conversion leads to regeneration. You can also see that conversion precedes rebirth when judged by Paul in the Philippi prison, "Trust in the Lord Jesus, and you and your house will be saved." In any case, when we are called by God to become children of faith, and when we move our steps toward God, an important part is conversion.

Looking at the personal side of conversion, conversion has repentance and faith. Repentance is a concept that sincerely repents of sins and turns and changes behavior by returning to the one true God, while faith is a procedural concept that is finally completed through the stages of knowledge, consent, and trust. When we realize our sins and turn back, God sees us accepting Christ by faith, and passes us the righteousness of Christ to us by saying “just” to us. There are three elements of conversion. 1) True repentance involves, first of all, a knowledge of God's holiness and dignity. 2) Emotional change follows conversion, and if we go before a holy and just God, those who fear God will mourn their sins. 3) As a willing element of conversion, it means that through conversion, the purpose changes, and the inner distant from sin, while the tendency to seek forgiveness and purity appears.

If conversion is divided into aspects of external change, there are ethnic conversion, temporary conversion, and repeated conversion. Ethnic conversion appears as a moral renewal, and temporary conversion appears without any psychic change, but with some transitional change. Repetitive conversion means that a temporary conversion is repeated. A person who has been truly converted will live a life devoted to striving to live that life according to God's will. This conversion is created by God and is also our response to that grace. We must continue to repent throughout our lives in the process of sanctification. In the conversion process, there is the work of the Holy Spirit working in the whole process of salvation. It is the consistent claim of the disciples who wrote the New Testament that salvation can never be achieved by human effort alone.

The Holy Spirit gives us a sense of sin (Holy Spirit's illumination). The Holy Spirit calls us to God, even though we are sinners, illuminates the hearts of those who hear the Gospel, so that we can see the revealed truth of God, and enable us to repent and believe so we can respond to the Gospel. If the focus of the Holy Spirit's illumination ministry is on the mind, then the power of the Holy Spirit is related to our will. The individual's response to the gospel through the work of the Holy Spirit is not isolated, but in the context of a community of faith. In the process of conversion, the importance of the community of faith centered on the proclamation of the gospel cannot be overstated. The church serves as an intermediary for converting individual human beings through the proclamation of the Gospel, and also integrates them into new communities. The integration of an individual into the community of the church through conversion means the process of accepting a new frame of awareness and making the frame of awareness of the Christian community own.

3. Conclusion

God chose us in Christ before the creation of the world to make us holy and unblemished before him in love (Ephesians 1:4). The Holy Spirit works in the whole process of salvation, converting us and constantly repenting and moving forward in the life of sanctification. This enables us to respond to the gospel and participate in God's grand plan, eschatological redemption history, in the community context of believers. Amen.

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