Acts 20: 1-12

(Acts 20: 1-12)

Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretched forth the hand, and answered for himself:  I think myself happy, king Agrippa, because I shall answer for myself this day before thee touching all the things whereof I am accused of the Jews: Especially because I know thee to be expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews: wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently.  My manner of life from my youth, which was at the first among mine own nation at Jerusalem, know all the Jews; Which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that after the most straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.  And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers:  Unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope's sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews.  Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead?  I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.  Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them.  And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities.  Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,

Hella runs through Corinth, the capital of the Agaya region. Paul, who was in Ephesus in the region of Achaia, went to Macedonia and then came back to Achaia. Coming and going that long, there is only one thing Paul has done, and that will encourage his disciples. That is, the reason Paul visited the Macedonian region was to exhort those he preached. Paul said in several words that he had recommended his disciples. Paul was persecuted and, in many difficulties, led to Troas. And the Bible introduces an event that took place at Troas, which is the case of Eududou's death and life. At Troas, Paul preached a kind of farewell sermon, which was exceptionally long. While listening to the sermon, Yuduo stopped sleeping, but fell asleep on the third floor railing and died. And Paul saved him.

This reveals that spiritually dead people must be raised to be saved. Ephesians 2:1 "And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; 』 The original is ``You are the ones who died in transgressions and sins.'' The word ``raised'' came into the translation process. It means that everyone is dead by God. Salvation is not forgiveness of sins, but the dead must rise. In order for the dead (spirit) to be alive, the old man (soul), the physical body, must first die with Jesus. Eat bread and drink cups at the sacrament. Rather than just drinking a cup, we drink the cup after eating the rice cake first. The reason for eating bread is to participate in Jesus' death. First, after participating in the death, forgiveness of sins is fulfilled with the blood of Jesus.

Those who can participate in the death of Jesus are not those who say, "I will believe in Jesus" or "I accept Jesus," but those who first realize how corrupted they are to God and repent can participate. By the way, people say that everyone has repented to God and is repenting day by day. "What did you repent?" Do you repent of your sins as a result of your sins? Or do you repent of the old man who made you sin? To repent of sins will be the purpose of forgiveness. However, if you repent of the old person who caused you to sin, you are not forgiving your sins, but confessing that you are a sinner to die.

The sinner to die must die. God does not forgive sinners. However, God wants to save a repentant sinner. You have to kill the sinner, and you want to save it. However, God Himself comes to this world in the form of a sinner, and in the name of a repentant sinner, he dies to sin. So, those who repent and are in Jesus are dead. By the way, what would happen if you believed that you were dead and lived as you were? What if you say you are dead to the world and you love the world? So, we must be dead every day. Otherwise, as Jesus said to his disciples, he is saying, "Tonight all will forsake me."

 

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