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  God who fulfills His word     [Nehemiah 9:6-8]     There is a French proverb that goes like this: ‘People count the faults of those who keep them waiting.’   This statement applies to the appointment time.   In other words, being late for an appointment is more costly than you think.   It's because you can buy the other person's hatred with something insignificant (?).   If you look at the Internet site called “Money Today”, you will find a story about Chairman Jae-joon Lee, the founder of Daelim Industrial, told by his aide: I once went on a trip to China with him.   I went out at the appointed time, but the president was already there.   I was perplexed.   The next day came 7-8 minutes ahead of time, but the president was still there.   I had no choice but to leave about 20 minutes early the next day.   Then, after a while, the president came out.   I looked at my watch and it was exactly 15 mi...

Fleeing Jesus         [Matthew 2:13-18]                       The gospel is Jesus Christ.  The heart of the gospel is the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.  So, in order to know more about the gospel of Jesus Christ and the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, the core of the gospel, we meditated eight times under the heading “The Word became flesh” centered on the words of John 1:1-4, 9-14.  Who is Jesus Christ?   He is the One from the beginning (Jn. 1:1), and was with God, so Jesus Christ is God (v. 1), the Creator of all things (v. 3).   There is life, the light of man, in Jesus Christ (v. 4).   What was the purpose of Jesus Christ becoming a man [“the Word became flesh” (v. 14)]?    It was to dwell among us.   Look at John 1:14a – “And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, ….”   Also, it was t...

Powerful temptation "The temptation to take shortcuts was inevitably most powerful when it seemed most difficult for the promise to be fulfilled."   (Iain M. Duguid, "Living in the Gap between Promise and Reality")