Those who greet the Holy Spirit are given a mission. This mission should not be handled with each own zealousness, but with the zealousness of the Holy Spirit. Today, I will think about the zealousness of the Holy Spirit.
First, itis the zealousness to report in detail what God had done through ministry.
Paul the Apostle reported all the important things God did to all the elders of Jerusalem in order without missing anything. Until they heard Pauls detailed report, the elders of Jerusalem had doubted it. However, after hearing Pauls detailed report, their attitudes changed, and they gave glory to God who worked among the Gentiles. You have to realize what God has done one by one and tell it in detail so that the other person can understand it. That way, the other person admits, 'Its what God did,' and their heart turns to God. Paul had this humility in the gospel. And Paul has a grateful heart for what God has done so far. This is the zealousness of the Holy Spirit. But human zealousness is the eagerness to boast and raise oneself. However, the zealousness of the Holy Spirit is the eagerness to realize what God has done and then confess. In this detail, Paul meditated on every moment and took one step at a time while seeking the guidance of the Holy Spirit, asking and hearing what God said and how he guided him in the event despite good and bad things. So through all his services and ministry, he knew what God had done to him. Because of the accumulation of life experience that interpreted the incidents from the perspective of Gods salvation, it was possible to make a missionary report testifying to Gods work at the Jerusalem Church, and the elders who had heard the report stopped having doubts. And they could give glory to God.
Second, it is not the zealousness to try to read the worlds eagerness.
If the elders of Jerusalem listened to the report of this missionary work and gave glory God, they should be considerate of the Gentiles who God saved, but as soon as they heard it, their attention was directed to the fact that there were tens of thousand Jews who believe in Christ. Jerusalem elders also estimated an overwhelming group of power as tens of thousands. These scary zealous members have a strong stereotype about Paul. They had already got ready for framing for Paul. In the eyes of Jewish Zealots, Paul is just a traitor to the nation and a traitor. They insisted on such a framing with terrifying zealousness and let people know about this, so the elders of Jerusalem have no choice but to be conscious of the world. This is just the zealousness of the world. Meanwhile, they propose their own operation. They prescribed that people would know how well Paul obeyed the law contrary to rumors as following. They suggested that Paul take their four Nazarite men who had made a vow and finished the period and pay their expenses, so that they can have their hair cutand then informed Jewish people that the period was over. In reality, you dont have to conduct a ritual, but you need to seem to obey the law. The elders suggestion is to just act in front of people. There seems to be no truth, no sincerity, no salvation, no sorrow for people here. The terrifying zealousness of the world promotes fear like this. It makes us try to read the world. However, the Zealousness of the Holy Spirit is not the eagerness to try to be conscious fo the World. It is the zealousness to listen to the Words of the Holy Spirit through the Bible, an zealousness to listen to them and obey them, and in short, it is the zealousness to be in awe of God without fearing of people. The people of God are conscious of God and strive for good work, Gods work, and salvation with the passion of the Holy Spirit. Trying to be conscious of God is always humble and so attractive because we havent done anything.
Third, the zealousness of the Holy Spirit is the eagerness to pay endlessly.
Id like to look at four ways to pay.
amp#9312 Paul listens well. Paul knows too well that there are many Zealots in Jerusalem. And he already know well that he is misunderstood as a traitor by them. He knows well about the decision of the Jerusalem Council too. But Paul quietly listens to all of this. He let the elders talk without stop talking. Paul keeps listening until they say everything they want to say. So in Mokjang(the church small group), we have to listen to it like this.
amp#9313Paul doesnt show off the annual donation he collected. He has come through all kinds of difficulties to take representatives of local churches to help and came to give assistance the Jerusalem Church. No matter how hard you work, if you just show off once, all the hard work will be ruined. So, the zealousness that always breaks small boast for the great cause of salvation is the zealousness of the Holy Spirit.
amp#9314 Paul pays for conducting a ritual endlessly. Being thankful for Gods guidance, he can willingly give himself to God and it just means the vow of the Bible. So this is not too much, but because he can give, he is giving it to God This is the zealousness of the Holy Spirit.
amp#9315 Paul is obedient to the Jerusalem elders. Paul acknowledge the authority of the Jerusalem Church as a main church, and the role of the elders and obey the order. This is because Paul always has the purpose of achieving the work of the gospel and the work of salvation. Every time Paul tries to sacrifice himself, the endless discord and stereotypes between the Gentile Church and Jerusalem Church gradually collapse little by little.
Its a community confession.
Last time, there was a deaconess who was hit with an iron hammer by her husband and she was in serious condition. We prayed and said that this incident was not the end, but the beginning. But the government pays all the hospital bills because her father is the perpetrator and in prison. Our church never allows money transactions between saints, but the Mokjang members helped her children because they didnt even have the transportation fee. And when the children went to their moms company, they couldnt even get severance pay without their fathers consent. However, the boss heard their story and received a lot of grace and gave 500,000 won to them. So they have money to spend right away. Also, her son graduated from the Department of Radiology and took the national exam, and couldpass it. Although, this family is coming to an end because they havent admitted that their father was sick and tried not to see him objectively, but theyre in the process of seeing him objectively. And I believe that the family will be blessed with the service of an elder and a leader of the church small group, There is something that God feels sorry for Wooridle church. And today is a historic day to worship for the mission of the elder and deaconess and I hope that all the elder and deaconess will fulfill each mission as Gods own ministry and in doing that the subject of the sentences should be God, not me.
