Mark 12: 28-33

(Mark 12: 28-33) And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all?  And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these. And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he:  And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.

 

『The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.』 The LORD above is the God of thrones. my Lord means Jesus Christ sitting at the right hand of the throne. God is one, but he works in three persons. God the Father, Jesus Christ the Son, and the Holy Spirit. The Bible testifies of Jesus Christ. Jesus came in the flesh and said to himself, "It was in the Old Testament." He said he was with Abraham.

In John 8: 55-59『Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying. Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad. Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham?  Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.  Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by. 』

In Matthew 22: 41-45『While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them,  Saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him, The son of David. He saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying, The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool? If David then call him Lord, how is he his son? 』

The Pharisees also knew what the Bible said. However, it is difficult to think that you have come to salvation because you know the Bible well. In Matthew 21: 9, the crowds see Jesus coming down from the Mount of Olives and entering the temple in Jerusalem.『And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest. 』

Hosanna is a Greek transliteration of hosuia-na in Hebrew. It is called because the New Testament is written in Greek. When Jesus entered the city of Jerusalem, the voice that the crowd shouted was Hosiana. It means salvation. Hosea has the same origin as Joshua.

In Psalm 118, 25-26, about the One Who Comes in the Name of Jehovah『Save now, I beseech thee, O LORD: O LORD, I beseech thee, send now prosperity.  Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the LORD: we have blessed you out of the house of the LORD. 』 In Matthew 23: 37-39 says.『O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! Behold, your house is left unto you desolate. For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. 』

The Lord's name is Jehovah. So, Jesus Christ is Jehovah. God will save "the one who realizes that there is nothing good in the hearts of men and repents" from judgment. God will save the old man dead. So those who have died of the old will obey the Lord entirely. The case that showed the old man to die is the case of the cross. Jesus told his disciples tonight, "All will forsake me." If the old man does not die, they flee from the cross.

Jesus showed his disciples through the crucifixion that all the old people born of the flesh of the world run away from the cross. The cross was a light to the disciples. When Jesus died on the cross, darkness came, but it became a light to the disciples. The disciples knew that Jesus was the Son of God, but Jesus was not the Lord for them. Likewise, even if you are familiar with the Bible, those who abandoners of Jesus in certain circumstances do not become Lord.

The one who becomes Lord is to be one with Jesus who died on the cross. If we do not become one with Jesus, there is no resurrection with Jesus, nor can we sit in heaven. The word “to be one” is well expressed in the Gospel of John. In John 17: 21-22『That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.  And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one: 』

In Ephesians 5: 31-32『For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church. 』

In Genesis 2:24『Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh』 In the Bible, "Being one of a man and a woman" is not about talking about marriage, but to say the meaning of being one. If you do not become one with God, you will not be saved because God is holy. Only those who are in Christ can be one with God.

In order to be in Christ, they must be Lord of Christ, and they have to give up “My Mastership”, because "my master" is "old man." Because this old man is connected with Satan, God never forgives the old man. No matter how much Jesus' blood is spoken, it is not subject to forgiveness. This is because the old man must be dead.

Baptism means that the old man dies. So, the one who died of the old man was born from heaven. Baptism represents a form, but baptism of the heart is important. If you say that you were baptized and that the old man lives the world without dying, it is not true baptism. Peter warns Simon the baptized magician, "Repent, you who are full of evil." Eating rice cakes and drinking glasses at the sacrament confirms the death of the old man.

Without the old man dying and not being born again, what they celebrate is to eat and drink sin. Worshiping to God at the church every week is also a time to confirm that the old man is dead. They are born again. So, it is a saint. It is not the main purpose that worship is favored through the Word of God, but it is a time to confirm the death of the old man.

"Old man" becomes the enemy of God, because "Old man is not dead" is Satan's servant. If you sit in the church and the old man doesn't die, God will trample his enemies.『 The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.』 If people don't repent and old people don't die. It means that God will trample them directly. In Ephesians 5: 15-16『See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. 』

In 2 Peter 3: 12-13『Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.』

Jesus speaks to the Pharisees and scribes. They are indulged in their righteousness. So, Jesus says to humble yourself. They said that they were not aware, they were full of evil, and they were also those who shut the gates of heaven in front of people and made those who were trying to enter heaven out.

It is expressed in Romans 3:9-18.『What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;  As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:  Their feet are swift to shed blood:  Destruction and misery are in their ways:  And the way of peace have they not known:  There is no fear of God before their eyes. 』

Those who are not afraid of God can always pray for what they want. The reason is that the spirit is dead. Those who fear God can repent. If people are not afraid of God, they do not even know the meaning of repentance. When people sin and run away from their father, the father will say, "Now kill the heart and come back."

The heart must die. This is repentance. By the way, if people just go back to their father without dying. They misunderstand that his father will accept it because they are not afraid of their father. They think of God only as a loving father, for they do not know the fearful eyes of their father who punishes sin. If the heart does not die, the father will not accept it. The father waits patiently for the heart to die. God is waiting. This is the God of justice and the God of love.

God's judgment will begin at the Lord's house. There are not many who seek God in the Lord's house. As the Jews came to Jesus and believed in Jesus, it is said that today they come to church and worship God, but there are not many who seek God. Because the way of self-denial cross is not the easy way. Because it is a narrow road. But the Lord said, 'Go on a narrow path.' Those who are not afraid of God will not go down the narrow path. Even though they go on a wide and flat path, they believe that Jesus can be saved by faith. Those who do not have self-denial of repentance are those who do not fear God. So, even if they confess that they believe in Jesus, Jesus will say I don't know you.