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‘According to the grace given us’     [Romans 12:3-8]     Am I really living a life of faith?   Have you ever asked yourself this question?   I think there is no one who has not asked himself this question at some point in his life of faith.   Why are we asking ourselves this question?   Perhaps one of the reasons is because when we look back on our own lives of faith, we have a guilty conscience that we are not doing something right.   How can we know whether or not we are living a life of faith properly?   Superficially, when we look at each other and say, ‘Oh, brother and sister, you are working hard in your life of faith’, what do we see and say that?   For example, when we see these things, such as diligently coming to the church to worship God, praying very well (of course, attending the early morning prayer meeting diligently), and serving the brothers and sisters diligently while serving the church diligently,...

The gift that came by the grace of Jesus Christ     [Romans 5:12-21]     I will give you an English test question.   What does the English word “present” mean?   What does it mean in Korean?   The word “present” can be either “the present” or “gift” in Korean.   When I think about these two meanings, I get a lesson to think of the present life as a gift.   When I heard the news that a co-worker whom I had been praying for two weeks ago fell asleep (died) in the Lord, I thought that I should value the time given to me every day and enjoy it in the Lord.   We should cherish every moment.   Today is a gift given to us, so we must live thinking of the present as a present.   Romans 5:15 speaks of “the gift.”   The Scripture says that we who believe in Jesus have received the gift.   What gift is the apostle Paul talking about?   I would like to think about this gift in four ways.   First, th...

“Those things result in death!”         [Romans 6:19-21]                        Romans 6 begins with ‘sin’ (v. 1) and ends with “sin” (v. 23).   It starts with “the grace” (v. 1) and ends with “the gift” (grace) (v. 23).   Romans 6 is a chapter where grace increases all the more where sin increases (5:20).   Look at Romans 6:19-21: “I put this in human terms because you are weak in your natural selves. Just as you used to offer the parts of your body in slavery to impurity and to ever-increasing wickedness, so now offer them in slavery to righteousness leading to holiness.   When you were slaves to sin, you were free from the control of righteousness.   What benefit did you reap at that time from the things you are now ashamed of? Those things result in death!”   In Romans 6, the last part, verses 19-21, is divided into three parts...

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“The Law came in so that the transgression would increase”         [Romans 5:12-21]                        Look at Romans 5:20-21: “The Law came in so that the transgression would increase; but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more, so that, as sin reigned in death, even so grace would reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”                   First, let us consider the phrase, “The Law came in so that the transgression would increase” (v. 20).   Why did the Law that God gave to Moses on Mount Sinai come in?   The reason is to increase the transgression.   Here, the word ‘increasing the transgression’ means that there are many sins, very many sins, and the sins are tight.   It means that sin is tense as if a ballo...