[이동원 원로목사] 경기대 | 5. 영적 성숙의 4단계 | 요한일서 2:12-17 | 2025.01.12 | 지구촌교회

[Music] The Word of God given to us today is from 1 John 2:12-17. Children, I am writing to you because your sins are forgiven through His name. Fathers, I am writing to you because you have known God from the beginning. To you, I am writing that you may overcome the evil one. What was

written to children is the God of the beginning; what was written to

Jodhil is the word of the Lord that dwells in you. Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For everything that is in him is the desire of the flesh, the life of the flesh, not from the Father, but from the reward. Let

him who does the righteousness of God abide in this reward. [Music] Amen. Among my acquaintances, there is someone whose name starts with "Pizza" (Alphabet). He met Jesus in his 20s, received the discipleship, and faithfully followed Jesus. Among us, he was blessed to work in the fishing industry; whenever his business faced difficulties, he would

pray and miracles would occur, and in the industry, he was known as an enemy or someone who was leaving. However, at one time, in order to overcome a major hurdle in his life, he [became] an influential social leader He met and began a conversation, and was suddenly asked, "Do you happen to believe in Jesus?" It

seems the person's secretary had told him that he was a believer. Realizing that the other person was not a believer, he stammered and blurted out that while he had once been interested in Jesus, he was no longer a Christian at all. Afterward, he was plagued by guilt for a time. He was deeply distressed, wondering how he could have