아침묵상 QT 나눔

John the Baptist obeyed the word “prepare the way of the Lord” and did not take any glory for his ministry, but only shouted the sound of the gospel of the kingdom “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand” and was preparing the way of the Lord. When I compare my ministry with the ministry of John the Baptist, who lived a simple life in the wilderness and prepared only the way of the Lord, I look at what I look like now. The teachings I convey check out whose voice I am conveying. 

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God appointed John the Baptist to proclaim that the kingdom of heaven is near with the coming of Jesus. This is a preparation to turn their hearts to God before the day of the Lord arrives. I must proclaim the gospel so that I can hear the voice telling people to repent even now, who cannot escape from sin, curse, and death on their own. At John's call to repent, people repented of their sins and were baptized. Being baptized means that the old self dies and the new self lives with Christ. I am united with Jesus and have freedom and life from sin and death. True repentance is revealed as fruit in real life. If you pride myself on being a citizen of heaven, but still live with my heart set on the things of the earth I can see, I am nothing more than a religious person. United with the Lord, I will live focusing on the eternal as a person who lives in heaven.