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ͻ ̸߱ȸ( ) 12 ̱ LA Ȱ ̱α ȸ (Jeffrey Thomas Howard) û, .
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Jeffrey T. Howard
Sermon - Iksan, South Korea
July 11, 2007
As come together in the presence of Jesus Christ this evening in worship,
ó Ͻɼӿ 츮 踦 Բ 帮Ե ϳԲ 縦 帳ϴ.
you may be wondering why an American is preaching to you in English.
You may also be wondering why this American is wearing a Hanbok.
Well, I have been wondering about these things myself.
But before I attempt an answer lets start by looking at the Word of God.
Our reading tonight comes from the twelfth chapter of Genesis, verses 1-3.
е ̱ 츮 ȸ ұ ñ Դϴ. ̱ Ѻ Ծ ñ Դϴ. ڽ ϵ鿡 Ͽ ñϰ Ͽϴ. ϳ 캸 帮ڽϴ.
Read Gen 12:1-3 in English and Korean
â 12 1 3 Դϴ.
Will you pray with me?
Holy Spirit, help me this day to preach your mightly Word. Help Jeong Ju as she translates it. And help this congregation to understand what you are speaking to them this evening. We pray this in the strong name of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior. Amen.
Բ Ͻðڽϴ.
ɴ, ϳ ֵ ֽʽÿ. ְ 뿪 ֵ ֽñ մϴ. Ե鲲 ῡ ϳԲ 츮鿡 ֽð Ͻô ֵ ֽÿɼ. Ͻ ̸ øϴ.
God has made a wonderful promise to Abraham and Sarah.
God has promised to bless them, to make their lives wonderful.
But there are conditions on the promise.
Abraham and Sarah must follow God wherever he leads.
They must leave their home and family and go to a new land God show them.
God's promises often come with difficult conditions.
ϳԲ ƺ ּ̽ϴ.
ϳԲ 鿡 ū ̷ ٿ ǵ ູϽðڴٰ ϼ̽ϴ. ӵ鿡 ǵ ־ϴ. ƺ ϳԲ εϽõ Ȯ ߸ Ѵٴ ̾ϴ. ģ ϳԲ ֽô ߸ ߽ϴ. ϳ ǵ Բ ɴϴ.
God's promise to Sarah and Abraham was initiated by God.
This is the way it is suppose to be.
God promises something and we respond.
But for many of us we reverse the process.
We make a promise with God and expect God to respond to us.
Students often pray something like,
"God, if I pass this test I will read the Bible every day for a month"
Workers often pray something like,
"God, if I made just a little more money I could tithe to the church"
We really want God to do something for us.
ƺԿ ֽ ϳ Ͻ̽ʴϴ.
ϳ̲ 츮 ֽô 翬Դϴ.
ϳΰ 츮 ֽð 츮 մϴ.
츮 ݴ ൿմϴ.
츮 ϳԲ ϳԲ 츮 ϵ մϴ.
л ̷ մϴ.
ϳ, 迡 հϸ Ѵ аڽϴ.
ϴ ̷ մϴ.
ϳ, Դϴ.
츮 ϳԲ 츮 Ͽ ΰ ϱ⸦ ٶϴ.
Many years ago I prayed a prayer like this.
I said, "God if you give me a wife I will follow you wherever you lead."
Now, I was not looking for just an ordinary wife.
I was looking for someone who would lead me to new experiences,
someone whom would motive me to be the kind of man I was created to be.
̷ Ͽϴ.
ϳ Ƴ ֽø ϳԲ εϽôµ ڽϴ١
ݻغ, ״ Ƴ Ѱ̾ƴϾϴ.
ο ε Ƴ 찿ҽϴ.
ϳԲ ֵ ݷ ְ ε Ƴ 찿ҽϴ.
But this prayer remained unanswered for many years.
One Sunday, while in church, I prayed to God for a wife.
God responded with these words, "Its in the book"
I immediately opened a Bible and read this promise to Abraham.
I knew right then and there that God wanted me to dedicate my life to his Word.
ʾҽϴ.
ϳ, ȸ ϳԲ Ƴ ֽʻ Ͽϴ.
ϳԲ ӿ ִٰ ϼ̽ϴ١
ƺԿ а Ǿϴ.
ٷ ϳԲ ϳ 帮⸦ ϽŴٴ ҽϴ.
Over the next three years I studied the Bible as hard as I could.
But God did not send me a wife.
Then for two years I was trained to be a Bible teacher.
But God did not send me a wife.
I taught the Bible for four years to adults in my church.
But God did not send me a wife.
Ͽ 3 ߽ϴ.
ϳ Ƴ ʾҽϴ.
, 2⵿ ġ ǵ Ʒ ҽϴ.
ϳ Ƴ ֽ ʾҽϴ.
ȸ 4⵿ ε鿡 ƽϴ.
ϳ Ƴ ֽ ʾҽϴ
Then I remember that I had promised to follow God wherever he might lead.
So I left my family and friends in Washington DC and move to Los Angeles CA.
There I enrolled at Fuller Theological Seminary.
And I prayed to God to send me a wife.
ϳ εϽõ ڴٰ ߽ϴ. ̴ ÿ ִ ģ ̷Ͼƿ ִ ̿ ̻߽ϴ. Ǯб ߽ϴ. ϳԲ Ƴ ֽö ߽ϴ.
Then one day I was worshiping at the Pasadena Presbyterian Church.
After the service I noticed a lovely young Korean woman passing our flier.
A few months later this same Korean woman sat down next to me in class.
I told her that I was a Bible teacher and was attend Fuller to become a pastor.
Her name was Oh Jeong Ju.
ļ αȸ 踦 帮ԵǾϴ.
Ŀ ѱ ڰ ϴ
Ŀ ڰ ð ɾҽϴ.
Ͽ ִ national presbyterian church ġ , Ǯ б 簡 DZؼ Դٰ ߽ϴ.
We formed a small group of international students.
These students came from many countries, but most were Korean.
Jeong Ju cooked a delicious Korean meal every week.
I helped them with English and used the Bible to help start conversations.
츮 л Ͽ ߽ϴ.
л κ ѱ κ̾ϴ.
ִ ִ ѱ 丮߽ϴ.
л ǵ Խϴ. 渻 ȭ ֵ Խϴ.
The group grew to nearly 20 people
A talented music leader from a church in Seoul arrived and organized a band.
We called it CrossRoads because:
The students came down many different roads that crossed in Pasadena.
And we were all on the same road to Jesus Christ.
20 л л ϴ. ǿ ִ ѱ 縦 ߽ Ǿϴ. л л žӽ ϴ ̱ε Բ Ͽϴ. 츮 ڷε̶ ҷϴ.
л ٸ ļ ִ ο Դϴ.
츮 δ ڷο ֱ ϱԴϴ.
I saw with my own eyes the revelation first seen by John on Patmos,
a great multitude from every nation, tribe, people and language standing before the throne ... worshiping God. (Rev 7:9,11)
Jeong Ju and I worked closely together on the ministry.
I found that I loved Korean culture.
I found that I loved her family.
We fell in love with each other and were married 18 months ago.
I believe that God had answered my prayer.
God had given me the wife I always wanted.
Now is my time to respond.
I had promised God that If he gave me a wife
I would follow him wherever he might lead.
There is a small church in the Eagle Rock section of Los Angeles.
It has a small and aging congregation.
The community around it is filled with new immigrants.
These new immigrants want to learn English and adapt to American culture.
God is calling Jeong Ju and I to pastor this church.
The congregation is ready to help us reach out and help the new immigrants.
The message I will have for this church is that they have been blessed.
So it is time to bless others.
Our dream is to build a multicultural church in Los Angeles.
In this church we hope to see people of all nations and cultures
worshiping Christ together.
When you come to Los Angeles please visit us and worship together.
We hope that through this church all the families of the earth will be blessed.
So why is an American preaching to you this evening in English?
Because I am ready to follow God wherever he might lead.
I never dreamed that I would come to Korea, yet I am in Iksan.
And why am I wearing a Hanbok?
Because this is my way of thanking God and you for sending Jeong Ju to me.
Amen
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