Living in the Wesleyan Spirit Living in the Wesleyan Spirit

Third Sunday of Easter (May 1, 2022) John 4:24 The Way to God: Worship ○ Today’s text is the Gospel according to John 4:24. Let’s read it together. “God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.” ○ What is the Christian life? What would you say? It can be defined that the Christian life is walking with God. Do you agree with me? ○ Yes. Walking with God everyday! This..

Summary of John Wesley’s Sermon No. 43 Title: The Scripture Way of Salvation (1765) Text: Ephesians 2:8 Commentary: This sermon is a well-organized theological sermon on Wesley’s soteriology. It is a twin sermon with “Salvation by Faith” (1738) of the same text. Wesley stated that salvation consists of justification and sanctification. We are sanctified, as well as justified, by faith. The clima..

새벽기도회 2022. 4. 25. 마태복음 25장 19~26절 주님께 달란트를 남겨 드리자. 가. 마지막 결산의 때가 있다. 마태복음 25장을 읽으며 21절이 새롭게 눈에 들어왔습니다. “그 주인이 이르되 잘하였도다 착하고 충성된 종아 네가 적은 일에 충성하였으매 내가 많은 것을 네게 맡기리니 네 주인의 즐거움에 참여할지어다.” 주인이 다섯 달란트 맡긴 종에게 하는 말이 그것이 “적은 일”이라는 것입니다. 이건 한 달란트 받은 종의 입장에서는 기분 상하는 말일 수 있습니다. 처음에 한 달란트 받은 종은 다섯 달란트 받은 종이 부러웠을 것입니다. 다섯 배가 결코 적은 차이는 아닙니다. 그런데 하나님은 우리와 생각이 다르십니다. 아니 정확히 말해 우리의 생각이 틀립니다. 다른 사람이 나 보다 더 잘사는 것 ..

Thru the Bible-9 2022. 4. 24. As If the Heart Mattered: A Wesleyan Spirituality (2) Religion of the Heart: OrthoKardia  Wesley’s vision of Christianity: orthodoxy (right belief), orthopraxy (right action), and orthokardia (right heart).  Works of piety: praying, searching the Bible, taking the Sacraments, fasting, fellowship of believers.  Works of mercy: feeding the hungry, clothing the nake..

Thru the Bible-8 2022. 4. 17. As If the Heart Mattered: A Wesleyan Spirituality (1) The book, “As If the Heart Mattered” (Gregory S. Clapper, Upper Room Books, 1997.) expounds on John Wesley’s image of religion as a house by exploring three main parts: the porch of repentance, the door of faith, and the house itself, holiness. John Wesley’s Vision of Heart Religion - OrthoKardia Wesley recognize..

Thru the Bible-7 2022. 4. 10.  The Church Year (2) As the week and the day witnessed to Jesus Christ, too, the Church year (the liturgical year or the Calendar) became a structure for commemorating the Lord. Just as Sunday was the center of the week, so too, the year focused on the Pascha (Passover-Easter) event as its central feature.  The Pascha had been the center of the Jewish year as commem..

The Fifth Sunday in Lent 2022. 4. 3. Matthew 12:43~45 Accept Jesus as my Master. Today is the fifth Sunday in Lent. Now we are spending in Lenten season. Lent is a penitential period of preparation for Easter. It begins on Ash Wednesday and lasts for forty days except the six Sundays within the season. We begin to emphasize penitence: a recognition of our rebellion against God and our alienation..