[Message] Pastor Jung Myeong Seok
[Scriptures] 2 Peter 3:16
16) He writes the same way in all his letters, speaking in them of these matters. His letters contain some things that are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.
Revelation 19:11-6
11) I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True. With justice he judges and wages war.
12) His eyes are like blazing fire, and on his head are many crowns. He has a name written on him that no one knows but he himself.
13) He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and his name is the Word of God.
14) The armies of heaven were following him, riding on white horses and dressed in fine linen, white and clean.
15) Coming out of his mouth is a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations. “He will rule them with an iron scepter.” He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty.
16) On his robe and on his thigh he has this name written
Hallelujah! I bid you the love of eternal God and the peace of the Holy Son.
Like 2 Peter 3:16, which is today’s main scripture, if you interpret the Bible according to ‘your own perspectives’ and take action on it, you will come to ruin on your own by taking action incorrectly.
Jesus’ disciples preached to [the people of] their times telling them not to live interpreting the Bible in a forced and unreasonable way and by also writing down that people should not interpret the Bible in a forced and unreasonable way and live according to that, let the future generation read it and take it as a lesson.
A person who interprets the Bible in a forced and unreasonable way and takes action on it refers to a person who deviates from the truth of God, the Holy Spirit, the Holy Son, and the Lord, and interprets the Bible and takes action according to ‘his own perspectives.’
The Bible must be interpreted according to God’s Will. It must be interpreted according to how it is fulfilled in the present reality. Whatever in the Bible that is interpreted in a forced and unreasonable way will not be fulfilled even if history/time passes by.
Not only the Bible, but with dreams or revelations through nature too, if you interpret them in a forced and unreasonable way according to your own thoughts and physical nature, and take action according to that, it will cause you harm, and make you do senseless things.
Everyday life too, if you resolve things [you do in your everyday life] in a forced and unreasonable way, you will bring ruin on yourself.
Therefore, whenever you are doing something, you must always first pray and then take action. Only then will they turn out well. This is the really important component to letting your everyday life be resolved well.
If you resolve your own thoughts incorrectly, you will misunderstand God, misunderstand the Lord, misunderstand the Word, misunderstand your brothers, misunderstand many things, and will think ‘senseless thoughts’ and do ‘senseless things.’ That is why you must think correctly.
If you resolve the hearts of others in a forced and unreasonable way, they will get angry and their minds will be upset. You have to resolve the hearts of others according to reason, according to God and the Holy Spirit and the Lord’s Will. Only then will things go well and be peaceful.
I bless you that do not forget today's Word, live only according to the Will that God is carrying out in this time period and receive the blessings that the Trinity give you and be prosperous.
