Sermon ( 설교 ) “Christianity 101” 기독교 101 Luke ( 누가복음 ) 15:1-7

1. Sermon (설교) “Christianity 101”기독교 101Luke (누가복음) 15:1-7

2. How can I come to know God?하나님을 어떻게 만납니까?? How can I have a relationship with God?하나님과 관계를 어떻게 갖나요? How can I know God’s will for my life?하나님이 나에게 주신 사명을 어떻게 알까요? The generic answer Christians give … “Come to church and find out.” “ 교회로 와서 알아갑시다” Questions of Young Adults(청년들의 질문들) Why should I go to church?교회를 가는 이유가 무엇입니까?

3. Luke (누가복음) 15:1-2 Now the tax collectors and sinners were all gathering around to hear Jesus. But the Pharisees and the teachers of the lawmuttered, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.” 많은 세무원과 죄인들이 예수님의 말씀을 들으려고 모여들었다. 그러나 바리새파사람들과 율법학자들은 “이 사람이 죄인들을 환영하고 함께 음식까지 먹는다” 하고 투덜댔다. How the young adultsfeel about church 청년들이 생각하는 교회

4. Matthew (마태복음) 7:7-8 7 “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. 7 “구하라. 그러면 받을 것이다. 찾아라. 그러면 찾을 것이다. 문을 두드려라. 그러면 열릴 것이다. 8 누구든지 구하는 사람은 받을 것이며 찾는 사람은 찾을 것이요 두드리는 사람에게는 열릴 것이다.

5. When Seeking God . . .하나님을 찾을 때 , , , • Seek diligently 열심히(not be lazy) • We can be sure that if we do not seek, we will not find • Seek humbly 겸손하게(not proud) • Don’t say you know it all, you are seeking after God, whom, if He exists, is greater than all our minds can fathom. • Trust logic, but don’t rely on it. Remember our minds our finite • Seek honestly 솔직하게(open mind) • Be open to who God is, not just your assumptions • Seek obediently 순종할 가고하며(prepared to change) • be prepared not just revise our preconditioned notions/ideas, but reform our lives.

6. Sang Notes You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. 너희가 진심으로 나를 찾고 구하면 나를 만날 것이다.-Jeremiah 29:13 • Let us cast aside apathy, pride, prejudice, and sin,and seek God in scorn of the consequences. • We know that to find God and to accept Jesus Christ would be a very inconvenient experience. It would involve re-thinking of our whole outlook on life and readjustment of our whole way of life. • Be open2possibility that u may b wrong. Christ may in fact be true. • Give him a chance to confront you with himself and to authenticate himself to you. Come with the full consent of your mind and will, ready to believe and obey if God brings conviction to you.

7. God Initiated 하나님이 시작하셨습니다

8. God Spoke 하나님이 말씀하셨습니다

9. God Acted 하나님이 일을 하셨습니다

10. Read Romans 1:1-6 Paul declares what God has Initiated,spoken and how He acted on our behalf

11. Read Luke 15:3-7 The Seeking God (우리를) 찾으시는 하나님 99 – 하나님을 믿는다고 생각하는 사람들 (People who think they believe in God) 1 – 죄인 (the sinner)

12. Christianity is about God’s salvation, and no other beliefs can compare with this message of a God: who loved, and came after, and died for a world of lost sinners. 기독교는 하나님의 구원에 대한 것입니다. 어떤 다른 믿음 (종교)들은 이 메시지와 비교할 수 없습니다: 우리를 (한 사람식) 사랑하시고, 우리를 찾으시고, 길 잃은 죄인들을 위해 죽으신 하나님.

13. God initiated, spoke, and acted, Now, the man’s response: What is yours? 당신의 응답은?

14. Sang Notes God has spoken; but have we listened to his word? God has acted; but have we benefited from what he has done? God sought us, and He still is, We must seek Him back. Psalm 14:2-3 2 The LORD looks down from heaven on all mankind to see if there are any who understand, any who seek God. 3 All have turned away, all have become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one.