Go to the land I will show you
“1 The Lord had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you.
2 “I will make you into a great nation,
and I will bless you;
I will make your name great,
and you will be a blessing.[a]
3 I will bless those who bless you,
and whoever curses you I will curse;
and all peoples on earth
will be blessed through you.”[b]
4 So Abram went, as the Lord had told him; and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he set out from Harran. 5 He took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, all the possessions they had accumulated and the people they had acquired in Harran, and they set out for the land of Canaan, and they arrived there.”
Today's sermon is about Abraham, who is known as the father of faith. Abraham was the first person through whom God began the history of salvation for humanity, and God called him and gave him a great promise. Abraham responded to this call with faith, and his life demonstrates what faith is and what it means to trust in God's promises.
God commanded Abraham to leave his homeland, his relatives, and his father's house and go to the land that He would show him. This command meant that Abraham was called to leave behind everything he had relied on and live a life depending solely on God. Abraham's calling was not just for his own personal blessing but was part of God's plan to bless his descendants and all nations.
Similarly, Jesus came to reveal the new Kingdom of God to the world. Previously, the Israelites and the Jews understood the Kingdom of God from a national and traditional perspective, but Jesus revealed the complete picture of God's Kingdom for all humanity. Jesus' first sermon was, "Repent, for the Kingdom of God is near." Repentance here does not simply mean correcting small mistakes, but it signifies a fundamental change, leaving behind old values and ways of life, and being invited into God's Kingdom.
Just as God worked in Abraham's life, He also calls each of us to new decisions of faith today. We are called to leave behind our familiar patterns and secure lives and respond to God's grace and calling. By faith, we must entrust our lives to God, allowing Him to work within us and through us to share His abundant blessings with the world.
Prayer: Lord, we thank You for calling us today. Help us to let go of our attachments to what we have built and the paths we have walked, and to respond to Your new promises and the calling of Your Kingdom. We give You our hearts and souls, and by faith, we entrust the direction of our lives to You, following the path You lead us on. May our KCON stand firm in faith, encouraging one another and being filled with the fullness and joy of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
(Note: This summary was created based on an AI draft.)
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