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“Repenting once is the best” 11

II Chronicles‬ ‭18‬:‭18‬-‭20‬ ‭NKJV‬‬:
Then Micaiah said, “Therefore hear the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord sitting on His throne, and all the host of heaven standing on His right hand and His left. And the Lord said, ‘Who will persuade Ahab king of Israel to go up, that he may fall at Ramoth Gilead?’ So one spoke in this manner, and another spoke in that manner. Then a spirit came forward and stood before the Lord, and said, ‘I will persuade him.’ The Lord said to him, ‘In what way?’

I don’t know if he was a real prophet, but Micaiah caught the prophecy of a spirit that spoke false prophecies.
Everyone, you will receive various information, so you need to be able to tell whether it is from God, the devil, or whether it is just your own opinion.
Those who know this is not correct will not speak only the right things, although I won’t say 100%, speaking the words of the Lord will be more effective.

Micaiah saw.
“I saw the Lord sitting on His throne, and all the host of heaven standing on His right hand and His left.”
And he said if there was anyone who would persuade Ahab of Israel.
Ahab would be defeated was decided.

“So one spoke in this manner, and another spoke in that manner.”
They had various manners but a spirit came forward and stood before the Lord, and said, ‘I will persuade him.’
How would he do it?

II Chronicles‬ ‭18‬:‭21‬ ‭NKJV‬‬:
So he said, ‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.’ And the Lord said, ‘You shall persuade him and also prevail; go out and do so.’

‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.’
In other words, 400 prophets will make false prophecies.
As vessels of God, we do not want to say the wrong thing, and like Micaiah, we always want to be people who clearly understand what God’s will is.
We say the same thing because everyone else is saying it.
Also, we don’t know what will happen to us if the king gets angry.
It’s not like that.
Micaiah later found himself in a situation where he only had a little water and little food, but if God tells him to speak, he speaks. This is what it means to be someone who obeys God.

Even if you don’t know what will happen to you by confessing your true faith, you must be clear in your attitude as a believer in God, “I believe in God. My faith cannot be overturned. I cannot worship the emperor. I cannot worship idols.”
When you do that, you will definitely be rescued, protected, and go to a place where you will be blessed.
Of course, you will be evaluated in heaven.

II Chronicles‬ ‭18‬:‭22‬ ‭NKJV‬‬:
Therefore look! The Lord has put a lying spirit in the mouth of these prophets of yours, and the Lord has declared disaster against you.”

Four hundred prophets have spoken falsely, but the Lord has declared disaster against him.
Then the four hundred prophets got angry and hit Micaiah.

II Chronicles‬ ‭18‬:‭23‬ ‭NKJV‬‬:
Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near and struck Micaiah on the cheek, and said, “Which way did the spirit from the Lord go from me to speak to you?”

It’s his own pride.
If he was told that the horns of iron are fake, he would lose his position.

II Chronicles‬ ‭18‬:‭24‬ ‭NKJV‬‬:
And Micaiah said, “Indeed you shall see on that day when you go into an inner chamber to hide!”

Micaiah’s prophecy came true, so he said that he would be unable to speak publicly because his prophecy was wrong and he have no choice but to hide.

II Chronicles‬ ‭18‬:‭25‬ ‭NKJV‬‬:
Then the king of Israel said, “Take Micaiah, and return him to Amon the governor of the city and to Joash the king’s son;

He ordered his men to take him in prison and feed him only a little bread and a little water.

II Chronicles‬ ‭18‬:‭27‬ ‭NKJV‬‬:
But Micaiah said, “If you ever return in peace, the Lord has not spoken by me.” And he said, “Take heed, all you people!”

Because Micaiah saw it clearly, so he said, “If you ever return in peace, the Lord has not spoken by me.”
If the king returns, it means his prophecy was wrong.
“Take heed, all you people!”
—11

And then they went into battle.

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“Repenting once is the best” 12

And then they went into battle.
Then Ahab came up with a plan.

‭‭II Chronicles‬ ‭18‬:‭29‬ ‭NKJV‬‬:
And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “I will disguise myself and go into battle; but you put on your robes.” So the king of Israel disguised himself, and they went into battle.

If he wore the king’s robes, he would be recognized as the king and would be targeted.
If the king falls, the battle is over, so he said he will go in normal clothes, but he said to Jehoshaphat, “you put on your robes.”
In other words, he did a sneaky thing to make Jehoshaphat the target.
Ahab, the king of Israel, disguised himself and went to battle, but even if he did something like that, God’s plan wouldn’t have changed.

II Chronicles‬ ‭18‬:‭30‬ ‭NKJV‬‬:
Now the king of Syria had commanded the captains of the chariots who were with him, saying, “Fight with no one small or great, but only with the king of Israel.”

The enemy king’s target was the king of Israel, not King Jehoshaphat.
So the plan was to target only those wearing royal robes, and to kill Ahab.

II Chronicles‬ ‭18‬:‭31‬ ‭NKJV‬‬:
So it was, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, “It is the king of Israel!” Therefore they surrounded him to attack; but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the Lord helped him, and God diverted them from him.

Since Jehoshaphat was the only one wearing royal robes, the chariot commanders were going to attack him, thinking he was the king of Israel.

“Jehoshaphat cried out, and the Lord helped him”.
When we have a problem, we cry out. We cry out to the Lord.
And we are helped.
And then, “God diverted them from him.”
Because their target was the king of Israel, not the king of Judah.
When they realized he was not the king of Israel, they stopped chasing him and turned back.
—12

So how could they find and defeat Ahab?
We can never manipulate God’s hand.
How could Ahab, who was not dressed like a king, die?

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“Repenting once is the best” 13

So how could they find and defeat Ahab?
We can never manipulate God’s hand.
How could Ahab, who was not dressed like a king, die?

II Chronicles‬ ‭18‬:‭33‬ ‭NKJV‬‬:
Now a certain man drew a bow at random, and struck the king of Israel between the joints of his armor. So he said to the driver of his chariot, “Turn around and take me out of the battle, for I am wounded.”

A bow that a man drew at random struck the small area between the king’s armor and the joints.
“I am wounded.”
And verse 34 says, “and about the time of sunset he died.”
We have God’s time.
It is God’s time for us to live and die. We cannot resist it.
However, as Christians, we are forgiven even if we have sinned.
We will not be killed and die by Satan.
Those who do not believe in God might be defeated by Satan and die.
If you are against God, no matter how much you devise, you will not be able to oppose the time of God that He decides.
Ahab came up with such a plan, but he died.
Jehoshaphat returned safely.
Then a seer named Jehu arrived.

II Chronicles‬ ‭19‬:‭2‬ ‭NKJV‬‬:
And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the Lord? Therefore the wrath of the Lord is upon you.

Jehu the seer, the prophet, arrived.
And he asked that Ahab, the wicked man who was against God, if it is right to love a king who worshiped idols and hated the Lord.
The New Testament says to love your enemies, so we love with agape love. We forgive. “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do.”
It is the New Testament, but there is no need to enter into sin yourself.
However, since this is the Old Testament era, it says, “the wrath of the Lord is upon you.”
Jehoshaphat was a good king and did many good things (such as destroying idols), but he made friends with those who hate God. So he said it is not good.
We should also be careful.
We should not forget to pray for those people to believe in Jesus and to tell them about Jesus.

II Chronicles‬ ‭19‬:‭3‬ ‭NKJV‬‬:
Nevertheless good things are found in you, in that you have removed the wooden images from the land, and have prepared your heart to seek God.”

We cannot do it ourselves, but because of Jesus, our sins are forgiven.
Of course, we confess our sins.
If you, who have Jesus, want to have a marriage partner with an idol worshipper, you may be able to purify that person, but problems will arise.
If you do not have the same thoughts and judgments, there will be arguments.
So, to avoid such arguments, I think it’s best to be with people who think the same and make the same decisions.
Before I met Sister Naomi, I prayed for my future wife, that she was also Christian and would have the same faith.
Even if you are a Christian, if you are told that there is no healing in some denominations, you will not be able to agree on anything.
So I really hope that we share the same faith and make the same decisions.
Of course, there may be things that you need to change with your understanding of the Bible, but if you look at the Bible, you will naturally be same. That is, if you are people who believe in the Bible.

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“Repenting once is the best” 14

‭‭II Chronicles‬ ‭19‬:‭4‬ ‭NKJV‬‬:
So Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem; and he went out again among the people from Beersheba to the mountains of Ephraim, and brought them back to the Lord God of their fathers.

Jehoshaphat brought the people of Ephraim from Beersheba back to the Lord.
Of course, Jehoshaphat was originally a man of faith.
He made various preparations.

II Chronicles‬ ‭19‬:‭5‬-‭6‬ ‭NKJV‬‬:
Then he set judges in the land throughout all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city, and said to the judges, “Take heed to what you are doing, for you do not judge for man but for the Lord, who is with you in the judgment.

He had judgement over the whole land through the Pentateuch of Moses (the Bible), and told the judges that it is for the Lord.
He has built a strong nation.

II Chronicles‬ ‭19‬:‭7‬ ‭NKJV‬‬:
Now therefore, let the fear of the Lord be upon you; take care and do it, for there is no iniquity with the Lord our God, no partiality, nor taking of bribes.”

Jehoshaphat was a king who was flawless in terms of faith or nation building.
The only thing that God hated him for was that he tried to be friendly with those who hated God.
“let the fear of the Lord be upon you; take care and do it”.
No iniquity, no partiality, nor taking of bribes, but judge righteously.

II Chronicles‬ ‭19‬:‭8‬ ‭NKJV‬‬:
Moreover in Jerusalem, for the judgment of the Lord and for controversies, Jehoshaphat appointed some of the Levites and priests, and some of the chief fathers of Israel, when they returned to Jerusalem.

He chose various people like this.

‭‭II Chronicles‬ ‭19‬:‭9‬ ‭NKJV‬‬:
And he commanded them, saying, “Thus you shall act in the fear of the Lord, faithfully and with a loyal heart:

Also, when there were cases that came to them whether of bloodshed or offenses against law, “you shall warn them, lest they trespass against the Lord and wrath come upon you and your brethren.” and to judge righteously. (Verse 10)

He tried to create a peaceful nation.

II Chronicles‬ ‭19‬:‭11‬ ‭NKJV‬‬:
And take notice: Amariah the chief priest is over you in all matters of the Lord; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, for all the king’s matters; also the Levites will be officials before you. Behave courageously, and the Lord will be with the good.”

He appointed a person in charge of matters of the Lord and a person in charge for all the king’s matters.
And it is written that the Levites will be officials.
—14

This is II Chronicles chapter 20. A problem arose. What kind of problem was it?

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Message: Pastor Genichi Jinnai

“Repenting once is the best” 15

This is II Chronicles chapter 20. A problem arose. What kind of problem was it?

II Chronicles‬ ‭20‬:‭1‬ ‭NKJV‬‬:
It happened after this that the people of Moab with the people of Ammon, and others with them besides the Ammonites, came to battle against Jehoshaphat.

We read II Chronicles 19:2 earlier.

II Chronicles‬ ‭19‬:‭2‬ ‭NKJV‬‬:
And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the Lord? Therefore the wrath of the Lord is upon you.

Moab and Ammon came to attack by this wrath.
These Moabites and Ammonites are the descendants of Abraham’s nephew Lot.

Genesis‬ ‭19‬:‭29‬-‭38‬ ‭NKJV‬‬:
And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when He overthrew the cities in which Lot had dwelt. Then Lot went up out of Zoar and dwelt in the mountains, and his two daughters were with him; for he was afraid to dwell in Zoar. And he and his two daughters dwelt in a cave. Now the firstborn said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is no man on the earth to come in to us as is the custom of all the earth. Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve the lineage of our father.” So they made their father drink wine that night. And the firstborn went in and lay with her father, and he did not know when she lay down or when she arose. It happened on the next day that the firstborn said to the younger, “Indeed I lay with my father last night; let us make him drink wine tonight also, and you go in and lie with him, that we may preserve the lineage of our father.” Then they made their father drink wine that night also. And the younger arose and lay with him, and he did not know when she lay down or when she arose. Thus both the daughters of Lot were with child by their father. The firstborn bore a son and called his name Moab; he is the father of the Moabites to this day. And the younger, she also bore a son and called his name Ben-Ammi; he is the father of the people of Ammon to this day.
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They probably did this because they did not want their people to perish and they could not have children because there was no men. Now Moab and Ammon were to attack.

II Chronicles‬ ‭20‬:‭2‬ ‭NKJV‬‬:
Then some came and told Jehoshaphat, saying, “A great multitude is coming against you from beyond the sea, from Syria; and they are in Hazazon Tamar” (which is En Gedi).

They came close to the Dead Sea.
At that time, Jehoshaphat set himself to seek the Lord, it says. He proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.
And many people came from all the cities of Judah to seek the Lord.
They were afraid of an enemy that they could not cope with on their own.

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“Repenting once is the best” 16

II Chronicles‬ ‭20‬:‭6‬ ‭NKJV‬‬:
and said: “O Lord God of our fathers, are You not God in heaven, and do You not rule over all the kingdoms of the nations, and in Your hand is there not power and might, so that no one is able to withstand You?

This is a prayer that acknowledges God’s power.

II Chronicles‬ ‭20‬:‭7‬ ‭NKJV‬‬:
Are You not our God, who drove out the inhabitants of this land before Your people Israel, and gave it to the descendants of Abraham Your friend forever?

And they said that they have built a sanctuary here.

II Chronicles‬ ‭20‬:‭9‬-‭10‬ ‭NKJV‬‬:
‭‭’If disaster comes upon us—sword, judgment, pestilence, or famine—we will stand before this temple and in Your presence (for Your name is in this temple), and cry out to You in our affliction, and You will hear and save.’ And now, here are the people of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir—whom You would not let Israel invade when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned from them and did not destroy them—

They were not destroyed here after all because they were the descendants of Lot.

Deuteronomy‬ ‭2‬:‭9‬ ‭NKJV‬‬:
Then the Lord said to me, ‘Do not harass Moab, nor contend with them in battle, for I will not give you any of their land as a possession, because I have given Ar to the descendants of Lot as a possession.’ ”

It is because they were the descendants of Lot.

Deuteronomy‬ ‭2‬:‭19‬ ‭NKJV‬‬:
And when you come near the people of Ammon, do not harass them or meddle with them, for I will not give you any of the land of the people of Ammon as a possession, because I have given it to the descendants of Lot as a possession.’ ”

When they left Egypt and entered the land of Canaan, they avoided these two nations.
But now they were attacking Judah, so they were having trouble.

‭‭II Chronicles‬ ‭20‬:‭12‬ ‭NKJV‬‬:
O our God, will You not judge them? For we have no power against this great multitude that is coming against us; nor do we know what to do, but our eyes are upon You.”

When we can do it ourselves, we try to do it ourselves, but when we really can’t, like Jehoshaphat, we look only to God.
And many people, including children, gathered together.
—16

At that time, Jahaziel prophesied.

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“Repenting once is the best” 17 -Final episode-

At that time, Jahaziel prophesied.

II Chronicles‬ ‭20‬:‭15‬ ‭NKJV‬‬:
And he said, “Listen, all you of Judah and you inhabitants of Jerusalem, and you, King Jehoshaphat! Thus says the Lord to you: ‘Do not be afraid nor dismayed because of this great multitude, for the battle is not yours, but God’s.

Now, they who were going to attack the land that Abraham received were the descendants of Lot.
That is why they were wrong.
There is a prophecy.

II Chronicles‬ ‭20‬:‭16‬ ‭NKJV‬‬:
Tomorrow go down against them. They will surely come up by the Ascent of Ziz, and you will find them at the end of the brook before the Wilderness of Jeruel.

Prophecy also tells us from where the attack will come like this.
We are given wisdom about how troubles occur in life and what we should do.

What did Jahaziel say at that time?

II Chronicles‬ ‭20‬:‭17‬ ‭NKJV‬‬:
You will not need to fight in this battle. Position yourselves, stand still and see the salvation of the Lord, who is with you, O Judah and Jerusalem!’ Do not fear or be dismayed; tomorrow go out against them, for the Lord is with you.”

The time of the attack was also shown.
Then they worshipped and praised the Lord.

II Chronicles‬ ‭20‬:‭20‬: Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Hear me, O Judah and you inhabitants of Jerusalem: Believe in the Lord your God, and you shall be established; believe His prophets, and you shall prosper.”

II Chronicles‬ ‭20‬:‭21‬: “Praise the Lord, For His mercy endures forever.”

When we prepare our sacred robes and give thanks, victory will come.
Those who are in trouble now should give thanks. If we do so, we will receive grace and we will be victorious.

II Chronicles‬ ‭20‬:‭22‬ ‭NKJV‬‬:
Now when they began to sing and to praise, the Lord set ambushes against the people of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, who had come against Judah; and they were defeated.

And when they looked around, they saw that everyone was dead, so it took them three days gathering the spoil because there was so much.

II Chronicles‬ ‭20‬:‭26‬ ‭NKJV‬‬:
And on the fourth day they assembled in the Valley of Berachah, for there they blessed the Lord; therefore the name of that place was called The Valley of Berachah until this day.

We must not forget to praise.
They won and the entered the temple of the Lord.
Jehoshaphat had been warned once not to make friends with those whom God hated, but after Ahab died, he made another covenant with Ahab’s descendants.
What happened then?

II Chronicles‬ ‭20‬:‭35‬-‭37‬ ‭NKJV‬‬:
After this Jehoshaphat king of Judah allied himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, who acted very wickedly. And he allied himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish, and they made the ships in Ezion Geber. But Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, “Because you have allied yourself with Ahaziah, the Lord has destroyed your works.” Then the ships were wrecked, so that they were not able to go to Tarshish.

Although it was once said that it was not good to associate with Ahab, this time he made a covenant with his son Ahaziah.
The descendants of Lot attacked him because he did not do the right thing, and even though he should have learned his lesson from that, he made another covenant.
Let’s not make the same mistake.
If we know that something is not pleasing to God, let’s try not to do it.
And we want to faithfully keep what the Bible teaches and walk the blessed path by God.
I give all glory back to the Lord. In the name of Jesus, amen.

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フィリピンの方の証です。

私の名前はベスです。フィリピン出身です。
私はこの教会(ERM京都聖会)に時々参加しています。

私は先週日曜日、私が以前通っていた教会の礼拝に参加しました。
ある女性の方の隣に座ったのですが、(周りの人が言うに)その方は悪霊に取り憑かれているようでした。
私はただその方の腰に触っただけだったのですが、その後家に帰ると、(私の頭に)3つのできものと、(首回りに)３つの腫れ物が出来ていました。
それはとても痛くて、月曜から、火曜、水曜、木曜、とずっと痛みがありました。

ですが、今日友人からこの聖会のことを聞いて、参加しに来たのです。

私がこの部屋に入った途端、できものや腫れ物の全部が消えてしまいました！！！！
主を褒め称えます。

だから私はこうやって首回りを触っているのです！！！
本当に、主よ感謝します。誉めたたえます！

 

 

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「聖書のキーワード  “型” 」　　1

前回、アブラハムがイサクを屠ろうとすろうとするところを見ましたが、少し言い足らないところがありましたので、続けていきたいと思います。

創世紀２２章１節でアブラハムが試練を受けたところをみました。

試練というのは、私たちを困らせるためのものではなく、試すもので、私たちが神様に対して信頼を置いているかどうか、私たちの信仰が本物かどうか、はっきりしていきます。

成長過程で挫折することはありますが必ず強くなっていきます。

モーセも挫折があり、神を知ってからもその器になるために４０年かかっています。

私たちも、最後はそのように整った者であることを信じていきたいと思います。

アブラハムがイサクを捧げなさいと言われてわが子を屠ろうとした時の出来事がどう書いてあるか、ヘブル人の手紙から見ます。

「信仰によって、アブラハムは、試みられたときイサクをささげました。彼は約束を与えられていましたが、自分のただひとりの子をささげたのです。

神はアブラハムに対して、「イサクから出る者があなたの子孫と呼ばれる」と言われたのですが、

彼は、神には人を死者の中からよみがえらせることもできる、と考えました。それで彼は、死者の中からイサクを取り戻したのです。これは型です。」（ヘブル１１：１７～１９）

「型」ー　聖書の中に色々な型について書かれています。

この型は、死者の中からイサクを取り戻したということです。

現代において、もし子どもを縛って屠れと神様に言われたら、私は、それは神の声ではないと思います。

なぜならこの型というのは、神様によってイエス様が死んでよみがえることを表しているからです。

だから神様は酷いことを言うのだと思わないでください。イサクは死んでいません。

神様は型を教えるためになさっているのです。

現代においてはイエス様が死んでよみがえられたことで私たちの罪が全部赦されているのに、神の声に従うかどうかを試すために子どもを屠れということはありません。

イエス様によって全て解決されているからです。

神を愛しなさい、人を愛しなさい、という教えを私たちは受けているので、今現代にこういうことは絶対ありません。

今あるとしたら、それはサタンの声ですから間違わないでください。

イサクはイエス様の型です。

神に従順に従っていく。

イエス様は十字架にかかることに従順に従われました。

イサクも年老いた父親が自分を屠ろうとする時に抵抗せずに従っています。

イエス様の型を表していると思います。

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創世記２２章の１１節１２章、「アブラハム」と呼び掛けられ、「あなたの手を、その子に下してはならない。」と言われました。

神様は、アブラハムが地上において最高の宝である我が子以上に神を愛すること、神のことばに従うことを示したことを見ました。

アブラハムの信仰も型です。

あなたの子孫はこの星々のようになるということを信じて、義となったと書いてあります。義とされたのです。

アブラハムの信仰義認も型です。

私たちがイエス様を信じ、イエス様が十字架に架かって死んでよみがえったことを信じる。

それだけで義となる。

神様は私たちが神様の考えを理解するために、旧約を通して型を表しているのです。

捧げ物の型としては、一番良いものを神に捧げることの例です。

アベルは最高のものを神に捧げ、カインは残り物を神様に捧げました。残り物を捧げることはありえません。

これも型です。

神様はこういうことを通して教えています。

イスラエルの民がカナンの地へ帰って行きます。

私たちが天の国に帰る型をこういう形で聖書は示しているのです。

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「その人たちは、天にあるものの写しと影とに仕えているのであって、それらはモーセが幕屋を建てようとしたとき、神から御告げを受けたとおりのものです。神はこう言われたのです。「よく注意しなさい。山であなたに示された型に従って、すべてのものを作りなさい。」（ヘブル８：５）

モーセの幕屋は天の聖所と違っており、その違いが分かるような形にしたものの型だということです。

モーセは自分で思うように天幕を造ったのではなく、「よく注意しなさい。山であなたに示された型に従って」

つまり天幕も型。

メノラー（燭台）の形も型として造られているのです。

私たちが成功する人生も聖書の中に型で示しているのです。

これを私たちが知って、聖書通りの祝福された人生の中に歩んでいけるということです。

イエス様は三日目に復活されました。

これにも型があります。

ヨナです。

ヨナはニネベに行き、神のことばを伝えるように告げられますが逃げました。

乗った船が沈みそうになり自分のせいなので海に投げ込むよう言います。投げ込まれたヨナは大きな魚に飲み込まれ三日三晩、魚の腹の中にいて、悔い改めた時に吐き出されたとあります。

他の箇所にヨナのしるしのほかには、しるしはないと書かれています。

「主は大きな魚を備えて、ヨナをのみこませた。ヨナは三日三晩、魚の腹の中にいた。」（ヨナ１：１７）

三日三晩いて、三日目に出てくるという型です。

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また「ひな形」というところを見たいと思います。

「そういうわけで、ちょうどひとりの人によって罪が世界に入り、罪によって死が入り、こうして死が全人類に広がったのと同様に、― それというのも全人類が罪を犯したからです。

というのは、律法が与えられるまでの時期にも罪は世にあったからです。しかし罪は、何かの律法がなければ、認められないものです。

ところが死は、アダムからモーセまでの間も、アダムの違反と同じようには罪を犯さなかった人々をさえ支配しました。アダムはきたるべき方のひな型です。」

（ローマ５：１２～１４）

アダム一人によって全人類が罪となり、イエス様一人によって全ての者の罪が、イエス様を信じるだけで救われる、という型なのだということです。

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次にノアの箱舟です。

続く

 

Kigen Joh
Principal
ERM Bible School

What is the “truth”?
When we proclaim, “I am blessed”, then that will come to pass. Every morning, a sister in Okinawa was proclaiming, “I am blessed! I am loved by God just as God loved Jesus.” She, a single mother, and her daughter were both unemployed, but money came in and a call came from her former place of employment asking her to return to work. In the past, this sister used to say, “I am sinful and unclean”, but today she has become someone who proclaims, “I am blessed”.
“I tell you the truth, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him (mark 11:23). It says here that we must believe in heart and say it. What we say from our mouths, however, is not only about what we believe, what we doubt also comes out of our mouths.

Let’s take a look at Job who was respectful of God. “This man was blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil” (Job 1:1). Job was such a wonderful person as this. Verse 3 says, “He was the greatest man among all the people of the East”. But he had a certain worry. In verse 5 we learn, “Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job’s regular custom.” Job was worrying that his sons might be sinning. And then Job lost his fortune, fire took place, he got sick, and lost his sons and daughters. Why would these things happen to such an upright God fearing person? Job said, “The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; may the name of the Lord be praised” (vs 21). It is so written in the Bible, however, this was not what God had said, but it was said by Job. Job said, “God gives and God takes away”.

Actually, we believe that God is He who gives and gives even more.
Why did such a rich man like Job lose his fortune, get sick, lose his children and become like a beggar? The problem was with Job’s confession.
What I feared has come upon me; what I dreaded has happened to me (Job 3:25). Job was fearful. And what was in his heart had been said by his mouth. Perhaps he was saying something like, “maybe one day I might lose my fortune, or lose my children because they sinned.”

For us, what we speak will come true.
Because Jesus was cursed on our behalf, we are no longer under any curse. Because we all have the curse from the sin of Adam and Eve, Jesus was put on the cross to remove that curse from us. You who believe in this, is not under any curse.

Let us say out loud,
”I am not under any curse. God’s plan is not to harm me but to give me peace, hope and a future. In the name of Jesus”.
When we continue to speak this, it will come to pass just as it has been said.
I may have talked about another sister who had been living on a meager salary from the church. She said to herself, “Since Pastor Joh is always saying he is blessed, why don’t I say it too.”
When she started to speak, “I am blessed”, the blouse she had been wanting was given to her by a church council member, and she started to obtain things at low costs. When she was going overseas at the time fuel charges were escalating, she was told her flight had been changed and for that the fuel charge was being waived. It is important to confess!

Let us look at anther verse regarding confession. “From the fruit of his mouth a man’s stomach is filled; with the harvest from his lips he is satisfied. The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit” (proverbs 18:20, 21).

Everything about us is decided by what we speak.
Speak what is good. Good things will happen to those who are saying,
”I am blessed!” “I am healed”. If you think and say, “I am sick”, then you are continuing to hold on to that.

Let us look into what it is that we should confess.
As a Christian, if you do not know the difference between the truth and reality, then faith can fluctuate.

A person questioned me, “Pastor Joh, you are always energetic. Do you not get discouraged?” I think this is because I know the difference between “reality” and “truth”.
What we are to confess is not the “reality”.
There are three types of Christians.

First, there are those who are praying but do not understand the heart of God. They do not know if their prayers will be answered or not, but they are praying.
Second, there are those, let us say are sick, for example. Though they are sick in reality, these are the people who by faith are receiving in advance, by praying and proclaiming that they have been healed. All is well as long as they are in belief. However, when the condition prolongs, because their standing position is in the reality, they look at the surroundings, and seeing that they have not been healed thus far, they become discouraged.

I had been suffering from an allergy related nasal condition. I kept saying, “I believe I am healed”, but I was not healing for a long time. It became painful for me to say, “I believe I am healed”, because I was beginning to feel as though I was lying.

Today, I would like for you to leave in knowing the difference between “reality/fact” and “truth”, that which is meant by the Bible. When you come to understand this, you can always be joyful.
I have here a bottled drink.
Who believes there is a bottled drink here?
You do not have to believe that do you? Because it is here, it is a fact that it is here. To believe means believing in something when that something is not in the reality. When asked, whether this bottled drink is the ” truth”, though it is actually here, can I say that is the “truth”? What is the “truth”?

Jesus said: “I am the way and the truth and the life (John 14:6).
And before Jesus was put to the cross, He said: “In fact, for this reason I was born, and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth (John 18:37). “What is truth?” Pilate asked (vs. 38).
Unless a Christian understands what the “truth” is, he cannot walk the true walk of life.
The “truth” is unchanging.
When this service is over, the remaining water in this bottle will be brought back to Ena in the car. Therefore, the fact that this bottled drink is here now, is not an unchanging matter. Therefore, it is not the truth, but a fact.
The fact that this bottled drink is here is not the truth.
We must be clear about this.
There is a difference between the “truth” and the “fact”.
What is it that we must confess?
We are not to confess our wishes, or, confess the present condition.
For some twenty years, I suffered in confessing, “I am healed”, when I was not healed. This suffering was solved.

First of all, what is the “truth”?
When you come to understand the difference between the “truth” and the “fact”, you will stand in true faith and not waver.
(It is this person who is standing on true faith which is the third type of Christian.)
“Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth ( John 17:17).
God’s word is the “truth”.
Do you know how this world had come to be?
The reason why the people of the world do not understand God is because they only accept the “reality”, that which they can see.

As we journey in the way of the Christian life, we should know the realm of the “reality”, and the other realm which is that of the “spiritual”.
“By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible (Hebrew 11:3)”.
As we walk our Christian lives, we must recognize that there is the world of the “reality” and the world of the invisible (spiritual world).

”What is seen was not made out of what was visible”.
This is the creation of God.
Satan will say, “You say you are healed but you are sniffling. You are not healed yet.” Furthermore, we sin as we carry on in our Christian lives. Then, Satan will say, “You call yourself a Christian? A Pastor?” In “reality or fact”, that is so.
Satan is the ruler of this world. Satan is controlling what is visible.
That is why Satan will direct you to look at the reality.
I suffered in confessing “I am healed” though my nasal inflammation was there. As a Christian, lying will bring on suffering. Satan will also say, “Are you going to lie in saying that you are healed when you are not?”
I want you to understand well what it is that we should be confessing.
Unknowingly, we sometime say out loud the “present state” of things.
We say things like: ”I don’t have money.” “Sickness is prolonging.” “I’m lacking ability.”

Now let us see what Satan is like. Satan is the ruler of this world.
He is the controller of the visible world that this is.
The devil gives the riches of this world to those he picks.
“You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desire. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies” (John 8:44).
Satan is not standing on the “truth”.
Furthermore, he is not standing on the “Word”.

Let us look once again at Hebrew 11:3,
“By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.”
This world was made by the Word of God.
”What was not visible” is meant as God’s Word.
All things were made by the Word of God.
Satan may talk about “reality”. But that is not the “truth”.
”God’s Word” is the “truth”.

In leading a Christian life, one will become discouraged as long as he is wondering if he can do something or not, if he posses such faith or not.
However, when you believe in God, in Jesus, and take the position that what God is saying is exactly about you, then your thinking pattern will begin to change.

“By his wounds you have been healed” (1 Peter 2:24). In the Bible it is written so in the past tense. Therefore, we pray,“I have been healed.”
For two month, I was inconvenienced by the fact that I had double vision from my left eye. At that time I kept saying, “I believe my eye has been healed.” The following day I would say, “I believe I am healed.” After a month, I was saying, “I believe I am healed.” When I looked into the mirror I was seeing four eyes. Satan will say, “you are not healed, look at the reality.” For two month I continued to say, “I believe I am healed, and I was healed. Reality changes by the “Word of God, the truth”.

If we hold on tightly to the “truth, that which is unchanging”, then we can bring that into this world. However, for those who do not hold on tightly, that will not happen. To believe means not to recognize the “reality” of not being healed. I have talked about my wife before.
She was semi-paralyzed due to cerebral infarction.
“In the name of Jesus, left hand move!” Still no movement. But I don’t quit. The devil says, “It’s not going to move, it is impossible.” He attacks with “reality, the fact”. However, the “truth” is the “Word of God”.
1 Peter 2:24: “By his wounds you have been healed”. This is the “truth”.
Next day I said, “In the name of Jesus, hold my finger!” Then she held my finger. She recovered, and a month later she was released from the hospital.
What would have happened if my wife’s hand did not move the second day?
I would have continued speaking, “In the name of Jesus, left hand move!”
Is there anyone sick at this time? Perhaps in reality there is that sickness.
However, we must know what to confess. It is the Word of God that we shall confess. The Word of God is the” truth and it is unchanging”.
When we believe in that which is invisible and “unchanging”, “reality” will change. This is the nature of our faith.
If the Word of God says we are “healed”, then we are healed.
That is the “truth”.

A sister in Okinawa is confessing, “I am blessed!”
She has no husband, the daughters have no work, and she herself had no work in recent times. In such midst, by confessing the “truth” in proclaiming, “I am blessed!”, the “reality” begins to change. She received, 500,000 yen, 1,000, 000 yen, and I was told she was also given work.
That is because the Bible says, “ For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future (Jeremiah 29:11).
When we continue to mouth, “that is mine”, then that begins to take place.

Let us proclaim again today:
”I am blessed in the highest!
“I am loved by God in the highest!”
“I am more than a conqueror.”
“I have decided to forgive all people and love all people!”.
“In the name of Jesus. Amen.”

Satan is a liar (John 8:44). What is a lie? Here is a bottled drink. This is “reality”. This can become a lie. What is it compared to that this becomes a lie? When that is compared against the “truth”. Perhaps you are sick at this time. Perhaps you are troubled financially. Perhaps you are amidst problems.
But looked at from the standpoint of the “truth” which is the Bible, those are “lies”. Satan is not standing on the “truth”. You may be suffering from illness. And Satan will say, “in fact that is so”. However, Jesus was put on the cross and had taken the curse of your illness upon himself, therefore, that curse does not belong to you. What is there is a “lie.” Anyone who understands this and proclaims, “I believe I have been healed in Jesus”, for him the “reality” will change no matter how many years he has been sick.
For 25 years, Abraham kept believing in being given a child. Why was he able to continue believing for such a long time? It is because he was not looking at the “reality”. “The child is not born yet, maybe it is not possible.”
Not Abraham. He was standing on the “truth”. Abraham did not waver because he was standing on the Word of God, the truth, that said, “I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, like the dust of the earth” (Genesis 12~).

Those who have problems now, please say, “This present condition that I am in is not right!” It is not right for me to remain in sickness. It is not right for me to remain in poverty. It is not right for me to be without work. We must speak these. Blessings will come when we believe so. When we believe, those blessings will come. Galatians 3:13, 14: “Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree. He redeemed us in order that the blessing given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.”
Those who proclaim, “I am blessed”, who are standing on the Word that is the truth, do not waver. Those who are standing on “reality”, and speaking with the feeling of, “I wish if it would turn out this way”, when answers to prayers are prolonged, they relent to saying, “perhaps it is not possible.”

Today, I would like for you to remember that what we are proclaiming is not our wishes, but the “truth of the Word”. I suffered in not knowing the difference between the “truth” and “reality.” The Word is unchanging. We shall stand on the “truth”, on the “Word.” Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away (Mark 13:31). We shall be free when we know the “truth”!

To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free” (John 8:31, 32).

Many do not understand the truth. They only understand what is visible. But the“truth”is in the invisible.

Person with cancer gets healed, and like in Pastor Gwajima’s ministry, the deceased come back to life. Because there is belief in the Word of truth that says to raise the dead, such a phenomenon is taking place. Furthermore, if you will abide in the truth, you will truly become disciples of Jesus. Jesus is saying He has taken the place of your sickness. If you will believe that then you are His disciple, and just as He says will surely come to pass though we do not know when.

And when you come to know the truth, you will be free.
In the unseen, there are many “truths”.

For example, is there someone who is in financial difficulty? In the spiritual realm, there is the truth that says you shall not be troubled (Ephesians 1:3).
We are not to look at the world of “reality”. The Word is the “truth”.
Therefore, we shall stand on the Word. That is our standing position.

Jesus became poor for our sake.
“For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich” (2 Corinthians 8:9). Therefore, in Christ we are rich.
Therefore, we will continuously proclaim, “I am rich”.

Because we proclaim this “truth”, reality changes.
Like Job, should we say something other than what the Word says, then we happen to invite that on. We are not to be speaking the symptoms of the reality. The doctor may speak of worse symptom. He may say something fearful that may cause anxiety. We, however, will not be that way. For God has given to us a plan that is, “not of anxiety but of peace, future and hope”, which is God’s Word. Therefore, my life is rich in hope!

Those who believed that sickness has been healed knows that in the spiritual realm this has already been accomplished, therefore, he does not dwell everyday on whether he has been healed or not, but instead, he thinks about how he will exist in the reality until healing comes. He knows he is going to be healed, therefore, he can think about what he will do when he is healed. In the meanwhile, he is positive, perhaps thinking about obtaining qualifications to find work, etc.
I will confess of the “truth”.
The Devil will look at me and say, “Is your attitude appropriate for a pastor? And you call yourself a Christian?”

What is the Bible saying to us about the “truth”?
“Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus,” (Romans 8:1). You are not condemned to sin.
This is the “truth”. God’s Word says you are definitely not condemned, but you are condemning yourself to sin. That is because you are looking at “reality/fact”.

Should we sin, then let us pray, “Father in heaven, I have sinned. I have done what is wrong but please forgive me now, for on the cross, Jesus has paid for all my sins until I go to heaven. I believe I have been forgiven, and I give thanks unto you.” And then we shall proclaim the Word of the truth.
As we look into the Bible, we are being the person that is even unimaginable to ourselves.

Japan’s revival will take place from now, but what is said of the kind of people God will use? He will use those who are without worldly wisdom, power or knowledge, the ordinary, marginalized and many kinds of people.
If someone is not able to believe that, then that is when he is looking at the “reality” of his ability, thinking that he will not be used.

Paul had wisdom. He was distinguished. Then, why was he of wisdom used by God? It is because he said, the wisdom and ability he held were “rubbish”.
“What is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ”, (Philippians 3:8).
He did not say he was of excellence, far superior to others, and that surely he ought to be used. Rather, he said he has nothing.

You may say, “I have nothing”. But if you begin to speak the “Word of truth” and say, “I who have nothing is quite awesome in Christ”, then you will change.
Do not look at yourself which is in the“reality/fact”.
It is a fact that I am not smart. I am lazy and I am weak.
However, in the “truth”, I am more than conquerors. “No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us”, (Romans 8:37). When we confess that, then that which we confess will begin to take place.

We shall not look at the “reality”.
The “reality”, when compared with the “truth” could be a lie.
What is real is the ”truth”.

“But now he has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation”, (Colossians 1:22).
Reconciliation has already taken place through Jesus.
Therefore, we are holy, without blemish, free from accusations. We shall confess this every day.
For when we do so, the “reality” of being holy, without blemish, free from accusations, will come to pass.

Let us proclaim, “I am holy. I am without blemish. I am free from accusations. That is me! That is the “truth”! I am successful. I have been healed! I have no reason to be sick.”
When we are speaking the “truth” in this way, then if sickness is there, it will change to healing, and change for blessings will come to be. We must know the difference between “truth” and “reality”, and speak not the facts, but the “truth”.

I will close with a prayer.
“Merciful heavenly Father, we give you thanks. And we return all glory unto you.
That though in reality each person is not yet able to see who he really is, I give you thanks because he will know the realm of the truth, and when he proclaims the Word, he will come to know who he really is.

I give thanks because when we say what you had said, when we say the Word of God, as the visible evolves out of the invisible, our true selves, the selves of the truth will become the reality..

Though someone might be sick at this time, the truth of 1 Peter 2:24 that says, “by his wounds you have been healed”, will heal him, restore his health, make him able to work, and give him a life of future and hope. Therefore, I give thanks.
Though some might be thinking, “I am not capable”, “I don’t have the ability”, I give thanks that these people will become as so in declaring the Word of truth that says in Philippians 4:13, “ I can do everything through him who gives me strength.”

In the name of Jesus we will continue to speak the truth no matter what circumstances or situations we may be in.
We are not speaking lies. But the lies called “reality” will begin to change.
In the name of Jesus I give thanks.
Amen.”