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   Paul's Preaching of the Kingdom of God   Acts 19:8 『『 And he went into the synagogue, and spake boldly for the space of three months, disputing and persuading the things concerning the kingdom of God. 』 Chapter 19 records the core ministry of Paul's third missionary journey, the pioneering ministry in Ephesus. Paul stayed in Ephesus for about three years, teaching the word of God. This was the period when Paul's missionary work blossomed. Paul set aside disciples in the school of Tyrannus and preached the word every day. At that time, all the people of Asia, whether Jews or Greeks, heard the gospel. In addition, the magicians repented and burned their magic books, and the amazing work of the Holy Spirit occurred. What is the content of the kingdom of God that Paul preached about? It is not specifically stated. However, we can guess from the story before and after. First, there is the story of the baptism of the Holy Spirit. In Acts 19:1-2,  『 And it came to pass, ...

  God wants to give believers 100% heavenly life   God wants to give believers 100% heavenly life, but believers are rejecting it. God wants to give believers a life of perfect holiness. To those who believe that Jesus Christ died on the cross, God gives them the life of resurrection with Christ. However, those who do not believe in the present resurrection life are rejecting it. According to the doctrine of justification by faith, believers are saved once they believe in Jesus, and then they must achieve sanctification. So they work hard to achieve sanctification. They must restore the image of God, or live a life that resembles Christ, or pursue righteousness, or strive to live a holy life, or examine whether they sin or not every day and try to keep the commandments, or try to live a life like light, etc. God gives the grace of resurrection life to those who died with Jesus on the cross. God gives resurrection life. Just as Jesus Christ became the first fruit of resurrectio...

  Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you   Acts 9:33-35  『 There they found a man named Aeneas, who had been bedridden for eight years, paralyzed. Peter said to him, "Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you." Immediately he got up, and all who lived in Lydda and Sharon saw him and turned to the Lord. 』 Paralyze, translated as paralysis, has the meaning of stretching sideways, weakness, paralysis, etc. The scene where Jesus heals a paralytic is introduced in Mark 2:3-12, where Jesus says to the patient, "When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, 'Son, your sins are forgiven you. '" In Luke 5:21,  “ The scribes and the Pharisees were thinking,  ‘ Who is this who blasphemes? Who can forgive sins but God alone? ’”  Jesus said to the paralytic,  “ Your sins are forgiven. ”  We can see that paralysis and sin are related. A paralytic is someone who cannot move on their own, and cannot move unless someone else helps them. The spiritual meaning of a paralytic i...