Year of Sabbath and Jubilee
Leviticus 25:1~7 The Lord said to Moses on Mount Sinai, “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘When you enter the land I am going to give you, the land itself must observe a Sabbath to the Lord.’” (1~2)
Hymn for scheduled worship: Korean/English Hymnal #182 Joys are Flowing Like a River (#169 in previous version)
What an infant needs is not a lot of money, jewels, or beautiful clothes, but his mother’s milk and love. People who are spiritual beings do not need fame or popularity that we can see, but instead, need true peace and joy from God. It is because all life and future of mankind is in God’s hands. When unexpected, incomprehensible things happen as you live your life, you only need to realize, “I need true peace and joy!” Why does God tell us to find true peace and joy?
1. The original sin problem of Genesis 3 is an inescapable disaster.
Mankind cannot block the problems of war, terror, famine, and calamities. Even though science and the age develop, we cannot avoid the death and end times of the individual, the age, or the earth. In addition, the original sin problem of Genesis 3 is relayed to our descendants as a spiritual inheritance.
2. God desires to give us true peace and true joy.
Only God gives true peace and true joy. The Sabbath Year (year in which they let the land rest) and Year of Jubilee (the following year of every seventh Sabbath year) means to free any slave and forgive any debt. It has the spiritual meaning to be freed from heavy and painful sin (Mark 10:45), escape from the state of despair of being enslaved to Satan (1 John 3:8), and enjoy true peace and joy from God. It is for this purpose that Jesus came to earth.
3. It begins in the correct Gospel.
If you pray with factual eyes and a truthful heart, you will receive answers. God is with us until the end of the world (Matthew 28:20), and he has given us the authority to overcome Satan (Mark 3:15, Luke 10:19) and the power to move all things (Philippians 3:21). The day you believe in this fact is when your problems will be solved. It is because receiving answers through faith is God’s method. When the Holy Spirit that came upon Mark’s upper room on the Pentecost comes upon you, He gives us the wisdom to realize. Therefore, it is important to discover your own filling of the Holy Spirit. Inside of the correct Gospel, joy and peace will grow.
- Do you have true peace and joy inside your heart? Confess that only God can give you true peace and true joy, and pray about how you can discover your future inside of it.
Immanuel Church Sunday Worship 1st Service / 2011.7.3