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  Question 5: From this, can we see that there is no greater misfortune than not living according to God's will? Answer: Yes, certainly. People in the world neither know God, nor understand His will, nor do they realize that this is a misfortune. Many believers even claim to know and believe in God, yet live without understanding His will. 1 Thessalonians 4:4 states that God's will is your sanctification. God has given holiness to His saints. Holiness is a gift from God to those who died with Jesus and were resurrected with Him. Therefore, holiness is synonymous with resurrection life. Nevertheless, most believers strive diligently to achieve holiness. They strive to achieve righteousness by keeping the law, examine themselves daily to see whether they sin or not, and seek forgiveness of their sins through the blood of Jesus. These are those who claim to believe in God but do not live according to His will. There is no greater misfortune than this, and they do not know it. This...

  Question 4: Why do you call it the greatest happiness? Answer: Because if we do not know God, we are more miserable than animals. The reason why attaining resurrection life, or eternal life, is the ultimate happiness is because there is no more sin or death. However, attaining resurrection life is not easy. It is a gift given to those who have died to the world. Death to the world signifies a change in one's identity. Although we live in the world through our flesh, the old and new temples coexist within our souls, the identity of the saints lies in the new temple (the new person). The old temple is the physical body, the new temple is the spiritual body, and these two engage in a daily spiritual battle. Romans 7:21-23 “Therefore I find it to be a law, that when I want to do good, evil lies close at hand. For I delight in the law of God, in my inner being, but I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that dwells i...

  Question 3: Then what is the greatest happiness for humans? Answer: As above. The ultimate happiness for humanity is to be saved by God and enter the kingdom of God. Salvation, united with the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ on the cross, means escaping from the world and entering the kingdom of God. In the Old Testament, the Exodus meant leaving Egypt, which symbolizes the world, and entering Canaan, which symbolizes the kingdom of God. However, in the New Testament, the Exodus meant dying with Jesus, and entering Canaan meant being resurrected with Jesus. Resurrection means gaining eternal life.

  Question 2: Why do you say that? Answer: Because God created us and placed us in this world to receive glory among us. Since God is the source of our life, it is only natural that we live our lives for His glory. Those who have turned away from God forget Him, live as their own masters, and then die. The spirit within all humans comes from the kingdom of God, but those who do not know God ultimately go to Hades upon death and face judgment. This is God's justice. God's justice is His will to judge sin. However, as in the parable of the prodigal son, God waits for the sinful spirits cast into the world to repent and return. By becoming flesh and dying on the cross, God opened the way for those who repent to return to the kingdom of God. God opens the gates of heaven to those who repent, believe that they died with Jesus on the cross, and were resurrected with him. Heaven refers to the kingdom of God within the hearts of believers. First, we must live in this world to...

  (6) Matna and Quail Exodus 16:2-5 “ The whole congregation of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness. The Israelites said to them, ‘ If only we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the meat pots and ate bread to the full! For you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger. ’ Then the LORD said to Moses, ‘ See, I will rain bread from heaven for you. The people shall go out and gather a certain amount each day, so that I may test them, whether they will walk in my law or not. On the sixth day they shall prepare what they gather; it shall be double what they gather each day. ’” "The whole congregation of the children of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness," but the Hebrew Bible says, "The whole congregation of the children of Israel stayed and stayed and stayed in the wilderness on the shoulders of Moses and Aaron." In the phrase "to stay" (r...

  Calvin's Geneva Catechism A. Concerning Faith Question 1: What is the chief end of human life? Answer: To know God. Salvation means "realizing that all people born into this world are sinners, being freed from sin through Jesus Christ, and becoming righteous people of God." Therefore, the greatest goal of the saints, as God's people, is to establish God's kingdom on earth. The Kingdom of God on earth signifies the establishment of a new temple within the hearts of believers, creating heaven. This is precisely the purpose for which Jesus came to this world. When Christ dwells within the hearts of believers, they are restored to the image of God, becoming one with God in Christ. Only then can they live a life that glorifies God.

  Question 128: What is the meaning of the conclusion of this prayer? Answer: The meaning of the words, “For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever” is that we ask God, who is our King and has power over all things, and who is willing and able to give us whatever is good, and that by doing this, we are not glorifying ourselves, but that God’s holy name is glorified forever. Like the parable of the prodigal son, all people who have turned away from God and live as sinners in this world will turn to God and praise Him. This means they will confess and praise that all things are under God's authority, and that while all things on earth will pass away, only God's glory remains. Therefore, the day will come when all things on earth and in heaven become one, becoming the Kingdom of God, where all things sanctify God's name and praise Him. Therefore, believers should understand and understand this truth and pray with a heart that desires for Heaven's will...

  Question 126: What is the meaning of the fifth petition? Answer: "And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors." This means, because of the merits of Christ's blood, that we, poor sinners, be forgiven of all our sins and that the evil that constantly torments us be removed. And as a proof of God's grace within us, we ask that we forgive our neighbors, as we forgive ourselves. 『Forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.』 καὶ ἄφες ἡμῖν τὰ ὀφειλήματα ἡμῶν, ὡς καὶ ἡμεῖς ἀφήκαμεν τοῖς ὀφειλέταις ἡμῶν If we translate the Greek Bible again, 『Let us forgive our debtors, as we forgive our debts (hos kai ὡς καὶ)』 The English translation of hos kai is as also, so it is translated as ~, but hos should be seen as a relative pronoun. Debt signifies sin. The Korean Revised Version translated the latter part of the Greek text forward and the former part backward. First, God forgives our debts, and then we forgive those who owe us debts. God judged His Son, Jesus Chris...

  Question 124: What is the meaning of the third petition? Answer: "Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven" means that not only we but all people may renounce their own wills and humbly follow God's will, for only God's will is good. And all people may fulfill their callings willingly and faithfully, like the angels in heaven. God's will is stated in John 6:40: "That everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him may have eternal life, and that he will raise them up on the last day." This means that God's will is that "everyone who believes in Jesus Christ will be saved," and that this will was "established before the foundation of the world." We give thanks for having chosen the saints and brought them to salvation according to God's plan before the creation of the world. The kingdom of God comes into the hearts of the saints and is established on this earth. John 1:9 says, "That was the true light, whic...

  Question 123: What is the meaning of the second petition? Answer: "Thy kingdom come" means that we are to be governed by the Word and the Holy Spirit so that we may obey God more and more. It also means that we are to be prayed for the preservation and revival of God's church. It also means that we are to be prayed for the destruction of all the forces of Satan that oppose God and all plots that contradict God's word. This is until the kingdom of God is fully consummated and God becomes Lord of all. The meaning of "Your kingdom come" is to ask for God's kingdom to come. What is the kingdom of God? It refers to the place where God's complete rule is realized. This rule is realized through the Holy Spirit. The concept of the kingdom of God is the concept of the work of the Holy Spirit. When the Holy Spirit comes, the kingdom of God has come, and God's complete rule is realized. As Jesus said in John 17, it is to “ become one as the Father a...

  (5) The Waters of Marah and Meribah ① The Bitter and Sweet Waters of Marah Exodus 15:22-27 “ Then Moses led Israel from the Red Sea, and they went into the Desert of Shur, and they went three days ’ journey in the wilderness, but found no water. They came to Marah, but they could not drink its water, because it was bitter. Therefore its name was called Marah. The people grumbled against Moses, saying, “ What shall we drink? ” So Moses cried out to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a tree, which he threw into the water, and the waters became sweet. There the Lord made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he tested them, saying, “ If you diligently listen to the voice of the Lord your God and obey him, and do what is right in his eyes, and give ear to his commandments and keep all his decrees, I will put none of the diseases on you which I have brought on the Egyptians, for I am the Lord, your healer. ” They came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water a...

  Question 122: What is the meaning of the first petition? Answer: "Hallowed be thy name" means that we first know God, sanctify Him, and glorify Him, and that His omnipotence, wisdom, goodness, justice, mercy, and truth may shine forth in all His works. It also means that we pray that God will direct our lives — our thoughts, words, and actions — so that His name may not be profaned by us but may be honored and praised alone. "Hallowed be thy name." The Father's name is Jehovah in heaven, and on earth Jesus. The fact that the name is hallowed is not the noun "name," but that Jesus is holy. Because Jesus is holy, those who enter into Christ are also holy. The holy Jesus possesses authority in heaven and on earth. Matthew 28:18-20 “ Then Jesus came and said to them, ‘ All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spi...

  Question 120-121 Question 120: Why did Christ command us to address God as "Our Father"? Answer: At the beginning of the prayer, Christ taught us to believe and revere, like a child, the most fundamental principle of prayer: that God has become our Father through Christ. Just as earthly fathers do not reject their children's requests for earthly things, so God the Father will not reject what we ask for in faith. In Matthew 3:16-17, “ When Jesus was baptized, he went up immediately from the water. And behold, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and lighting on him. And lo, a voice from heaven, saying, ‘ This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. ’” Jesus was originally God in the kingdom of God, but he came to this world as the Son of God. Philippians 2:6-8, "Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a ser...