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The original Korean text: https://blog.naver.com/stevision/50025357849 (Written on 12. 24, 2004) Tomorrow is Christmas. Truly celebrating the birth of Jesus, who was born and laid in a manger in a stable, I think it would be meaningful at Christmas to think about the purpose of Jesus' coming into the world. Jesus prayed to the Father the day before the crucifixion. "Father, if thou art willing, ..

The original Korean text: https://blog.naver.com/stevision/50025357831 Some politicians these days make serious decisions and like to say, "New wine in a new wineskin!" But most of them only like new wine and do not want to become a new wineskin. They must be crafty human beings in the eyes of God. John's disciples and Pharisees fasted twice a week. This regulation is not in the Bible. The Bible..

The original Korean text: https://blog.naver.com/stevision/50025357803 John the Baptist said that he baptized people with water, but Jesus who would come after him would baptize them with the Holy Spirit and fire (Mt 3:11). The baptism Jesus gives is the baptism of the Holy Spirit. However, Jesus himself didn't baptize people during his days of life on earth. His disciples baptized people (Jn 4:..

The original Korean text: https://blog.naver.com/stevision/50025357774 Jesus stopped by a village in Samaria for a while. Samaria was the capital of (the north kingdom of) Israel (in the days of Old Testament). When Israel fell, the conqueror, the king of Assyria, removed the people of Israel to a place in his empire and brought other conquered people to Samaria, so that the inhabitants of Samar..

The original Korean text: https://blog.naver.com/stevision/50025357706 Criticized by John the Baptist, King Herod bore a grudge against him and put him in prison. John had baptized Jesus indeed, but he was not sure if Jesus was really the promised Messiah until then, because Jesus had been doing the work of God vaguely after he had baptized. John called his disciples and told them to go to Jesus..

The original Korean text: https://blog.naver.com/stevision/50025357682 On the day he met Jesus, Peter at first was very sad. He had cast his net all night, but had caught none, not even a small fish. Until the day before, Peter had been quite famous as a fisherman, but it was a bad day when Peter lost face. 'What a shame! How can I get home with empty hands? How can I see my wife? I couldn't eve..

The original Korean text: https://blog.naver.com/stevision/50025357661 It was the first day Nathanael met Jesus. Hearing that Jesus was from Nazareth in the countryside, Nathanael couldn't recognize Jesus as the Messiah promised in the Old Testament. But this one word of Jesus completely changed Nathanael's thought: "You're an Israelite indeed. There is no guile in you!" Jesus knew how to captur..

The original Korean text: https://blog.naver.com/stevision/50025357631 The word 'Jesus' means 'God is the deliverer' in Hebrew. At the time of Jesus' earthly life, Israelites longed for God's salvation. In other words, it was their wish that they be politically liberated, establish a strong nation, and serve God freely in the old way without being interfered by the Gentile oppressors. So many pe..

The original Korean text: https://blog.naver.com/stevision/50025357602 How beautiful it is when a couple meet, get married, live long together happily unto death. Looking at the couples in the Bible, you can see the right view of married couples in Christianity. 1. The couple of Ananias and Sapphira: These two were punished and died on the same day in the early days of Christianity. Some saints ..

The original Korean text: https://blog.naver.com/stevision/223012299540 Sakyamuni, the founder of Buddhism, acknowledging that he was a simple man, left a teaching to the people, "Don't rely on others, even on gods, but realize the truth yourself, live yourself, and deliver yourself by yourself." This is why Buddhism has not disappeared but survives even today. If Sakyamuni had said, "I'm omnipo..