2026년 9월 20일 여의도순복음교회 이영훈 담임목사 주일예배설교 / 회개의 열매

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Matthew 4:17

17. From that time, Jesus began to preach, and to say, “Repent! For the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.”

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이영훈 담임목사

Date

2026-09-20

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Today's sermon emphasizes the importance of repentance in our lives under the theme "The Fruits of Repentance." It explains that, much like the tradition of Yom Kippur in Israel, repentance demonstrates a sense of solidarity not only for individuals but also for the community, and it is a training to stand rightly before God. We are called to abide in Jesus, to cut off the wrong paths, and to live a new life, through which we can experience the grace and blessings that God provides. Repentance is not merely regret; it means changing direction and moving towards a life that pleases God.

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Matthew 4:17 17. From that time, Jesus began to preach, and to say, “Repent! For the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.”
Psalms 103 1. Praise Yahweh, my soul! All that is within me, praise his holy name! 2. Praise Yahweh, my soul, and don’t forget all his benefits; 3. who forgives all your sins; who heals all your diseases; 4. who redeems your life from destruction; who crowns you with loving kindness and tender mercies; 5. who satisfies your desire with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s. 6. Yahweh executes righteous acts, and justice for all who are oppressed. 7. He made known his ways to Moses, his deeds to the children of Israel. 8. Yahweh is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness. 9. He will not always accuse; neither will he stay angry forever. 10. He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor repaid us for our iniquities. 11. For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is his loving kindness toward those who fear him. 12. As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us. 13. Like a father has compassion on his children, so Yahweh has compassion on those who fear him. 14. For he knows how we are made. He remembers that we are dust. 15. As for man, his days are like grass. As a flower of the field, so he flourishes. 16. For the wind passes over it, and it is gone. Its place remembers it no more. 17. But Yahweh’s loving kindness is from everlasting to everlasting with those who fear him, his righteousness to children’s children; 18. to those who keep his covenant, to those who remember to obey his precepts. 19. Yahweh has established his throne in the heavens. His kingdom rules over all. 20. Praise Yahweh, you angels of his, who are mighty in strength, who fulfill his word, obeying the voice of his word. 21. Praise Yahweh, all you armies of his, you servants of his, who do his pleasure. 22. Praise Yahweh, all you works of his, in all places of his dominion. Praise Yahweh, my soul!
John 15:5 5. I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me, and I in him, the same bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.
John 15:16 16. You didn’t choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever you will ask of the Father in my name, he may give it to you.
1 Corinthians 15:10 10. But by the grace of God I am what I am. His grace which was bestowed on me was not futile, but I worked more than all of them; yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
Hebrews 12:2 2. looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Matthew 14 1. At that time, Herod the tetrarch heard the report concerning Jesus, 2. and said to his servants, “This is John the Baptizer. He is risen from the dead. That is why these powers work in him.” 3. For Herod had laid hold of John, and bound him, and put him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife. 4. For John said to him, “It is not lawful for you to have her.” 5. When he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet. 6. But when Herod’s birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced among them and pleased Herod. 7. Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatever she should ask. 8. She, being prompted by her mother, said, “Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptizer.” 9. The king was grieved, but for the sake of his oaths, and of those who sat at the table with him, he commanded it to be given, 10. and he sent and beheaded John in the prison. 11. His head was brought on a platter, and given to the young lady: and she brought it to her mother. 12. His disciples came, and took the body, and buried it; and they went and told Jesus. 13. Now when Jesus heard this, he withdrew from there in a boat, to a deserted place apart. When the multitudes heard it, they followed him on foot from the cities. 14. Jesus went out, and he saw a great multitude. He had compassion on them, and healed their sick. 15. When evening had come, his disciples came to him, saying, “This place is deserted, and the hour is already late. Send the multitudes away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves food.” 16. But Jesus said to them, “They don’t need to go away. You give them something to eat.” 17. They told him, “We only have here five loaves and two fish.” 18. He said, “Bring them here to me.” 19. He commanded the multitudes to sit down on the grass; and he took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, broke and gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples gave to the multitudes. 20. They all ate, and were filled. They took up twelve baskets full of that which remained left over from the broken pieces. 21. Those who ate were about five thousand men, besides women and children. 22. Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat, and to go ahead of him to the other side, while he sent the multitudes away. 23. After he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into the mountain by himself to pray. When evening had come, he was there alone. 24. But the boat was now in the middle of the sea, distressed by the waves, for the wind was contrary. 25. In the fourth watch of the night, Jesus came to them, walking on the sea. 26. When the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, “It’s a ghost!” and they cried out for fear. 27. But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying “Cheer up! It is I! Don’t be afraid.” 28. Peter answered him and said, “Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the waters.” 29. He said, “Come!” Peter stepped down from the boat, and walked on the waters to come to Jesus. 30. But when he saw that the wind was strong, he was afraid, and beginning to sink, he cried out, saying, “Lord, save me!” 31. Immediately Jesus stretched out his hand, took hold of him, and said to him, “You of little faith, why did you doubt?” 32. When they got up into the boat, the wind ceased. 33. Those who were in the boat came and worshiped him, saying, “You are truly the Son of God!” 34. When they had crossed over, they came to the land of Gennesaret. 35. When the people of that place recognized him, they sent into all that surrounding region, and brought to him all who were sick, 36. and they begged him that they might just touch the fringe of his garment. As many as touched it were made whole.
Matthew 14:29-30 29. He said, “Come!” Peter stepped down from the boat, and walked on the waters to come to Jesus. 30. But when he saw that the wind was strong, he was afraid, and beginning to sink, he cried out, saying, “Lord, save me!”
Matthew 15:8 8. ‘These people draw near to me with their mouth, and honor me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
Matthew 23:3 3. All things therefore whatever they tell you to observe, observe and do, but don’t do their works; for they say, and don’t do.
Matthew 23 1. Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to his disciples, 2. saying, “The scribes and the Pharisees sat on Moses’ seat. 3. All things therefore whatever they tell you to observe, observe and do, but don’t do their works; for they say, and don’t do. 4. For they bind heavy burdens that are grievous to be borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not lift a finger to help them. 5. But all their works they do to be seen by men. They make their phylacteries broad, enlarge the fringesof their garments, 6. and love the place of honor at feasts, the best seats in the synagogues, 7. the salutations in the marketplaces, and to be called ‘Rabbi, Rabbi’ by men. 8. But don’t you be called ‘Rabbi,’ for one is your teacher, the Christ, and all of you are brothers. 9. Call no man on the earth your father, for one is your Father, he who is in heaven. 10. Neither be called masters, for one is your master, the Christ. 11. But he who is greatest among you will be your servant. 12. Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted. 13. “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows’ houses, and as a pretense you make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation. 14. “But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you shut up the Kingdom of Heaven against men; for you don’t enter in yourselves, neither do you allow those who are entering in to enter. 15. Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel around by sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much of a son of Gehennaas yourselves. 16. “Woe to you, you blind guides, who say, ‘Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is obligated.’ 17. You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifies the gold? 18. ‘Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is obligated?’ 19. You blind fools! For which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift? 20. He therefore who swears by the altar, swears by it, and by everything on it. 21. He who swears by the temple, swears by it, and by him who was livingin it. 22. He who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by him who sits on it. 23. “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cumin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faith. But you ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone. 24. You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel! 25. “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and unrighteousness. 26. You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the platter, that its outside may become clean also. 27. “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitened tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but inwardly are full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness. 28. Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. 29. “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and decorate the tombs of the righteous, 30. and say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we wouldn’t have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.’ 31. Therefore you testify to yourselves that you are children of those who killed the prophets. 32. Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers. 33. You serpents, you offspring of vipers, how will you escape the judgment of Gehenna? 34. Therefore behold, I send to you prophets, wise men, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify; and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city; 35. that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zachariah son of Barachiah, whom you killed between the sanctuary and the altar. 36. Most certainly I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation. 37. “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets, and stones those who are sent to her! How often I would have gathered your children together, even as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you would not! 38. Behold, your house is left to you desolate. 39. For I tell you, you will not see me from now on, until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!’”
Matthew 3:8 8. Therefore produce fruit worthy of repentance!
Romans 12:2 2. Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.
2 Corinthians 5:17 17. Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.
Psalms 89 1. I will sing of the loving kindness of Yahweh forever. With my mouth, I will make known your faithfulness to all generations. 2. I indeed declare, “Love stands firm forever. You established the heavens. Your faithfulness is in them.” 3. “I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to David, my servant, 4. ‘I will establish your seed forever, and build up your throne to all generations.’” Selah. 5. The heavens will praise your wonders, Yahweh; your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones. 6. For who in the skies can be compared to Yahweh? Who among the sons of the heavenly beings is like Yahweh, 7. a very awesome God in the council of the holy ones, to be feared above all those who are around him? 8. Yahweh, God of Armies, who is a mighty one, like you? Yah, your faithfulness is around you. 9. You rule the pride of the sea. When its waves rise up, you calm them. 10. You have broken Rahab in pieces, like one of the slain. You have scattered your enemies with your mighty arm. 11. The heavens are yours. The earth also is yours; the world and its fullness. You have founded them. 12. The north and the south, you have created them. Tabor and Hermon rejoice in your name. 13. You have a mighty arm. Your hand is strong, and your right hand is exalted. 14. Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne. Loving kindness and truth go before your face. 15. Blessed are the people who learn to acclaim you. They walk in the light of your presence, Yahweh. 16. In your name they rejoice all day. In your righteousness, they are exalted. 17. For you are the glory of their strength. In your favor, our horn will be exalted. 18. For our shield belongs to Yahweh; our king to the Holy One of Israel. 19. Then you spoke in vision to your saints, and said, “I have bestowed strength on the warrior. I have exalted a young man from the people. 20. I have found David, my servant. I have anointed him with my holy oil, 21. with whom my hand shall be established. My arm will also strengthen him. 22. No enemy will tax him. No wicked man will oppress him. 23. I will beat down his adversaries before him, and strike those who hate him. 24. But my faithfulness and my loving kindness will be with him. In my name, his horn will be exalted. 25. I will set his hand also on the sea, and his right hand on the rivers. 26. He will call to me, ‘You are my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation!’ 27. I will also appoint him my firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth. 28. I will keep my loving kindness for him forever more. My covenant will stand firm with him. 29. I will also make his seed endure forever, and his throne as the days of heaven. 30. If his children forsake my law, and don’t walk in my ordinances; 31. if they break my statutes, and don’t keep my commandments; 32. then I will punish their sin with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes. 33. But I will not completely take my loving kindness from him, nor allow my faithfulness to fail. 34. I will not break my covenant, nor alter what my lips have uttered. 35. Once have I sworn by my holiness, I will not lie to David. 36. His seed will endure forever, his throne like the sun before me. 37. It will be established forever like the moon, the faithful witness in the sky.” Selah. 38. But you have rejected and spurned. You have been angry with your anointed. 39. You have renounced the covenant of your servant. You have defiled his crown in the dust. 40. You have broken down all his hedges. You have brought his strongholds to ruin. 41. All who pass by the way rob him. He has become a reproach to his neighbors. 42. You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries. You have made all of his enemies rejoice. 43. Yes, you turn back the edge of his sword, and haven’t supported him in battle. 44. You have ended his splendor, and thrown his throne down to the ground. 45. You have shortened the days of his youth. You have covered him with shame. Selah. 46. How long, Yahweh? Will you hide yourself forever? Will your wrath burn like fire? 47. Remember how short my time is! For what vanity have you created all the children of men! 48. What man is he who shall live and not see death, who shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah. 49. Lord, where are your former loving kindnesses, which you swore to David in your faithfulness? 50. Remember, Lord, the reproach of your servants, how I bear in my heart the taunts of all the mighty peoples, 51. With which your enemies have mocked, Yahweh, with which they have mocked the footsteps of your anointed one. 52. Blessed be Yahweh forever more. Amen, and Amen.
1 Corinthians 11:31-32 31. For if we discerned ourselves, we wouldn’t be judged. 32. But when we are judged, we are punished by the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.
Joel 2:13 13. Tear your heart, and not your garments, and turn to Yahweh, your God; for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and relents from sending calamity.
Psalms 51 1. Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness. According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions. 2. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity. Cleanse me from my sin. 3. For I know my transgressions. My sin is constantly before me. 4. Against you, and you only, have I sinned, and done that which is evil in your sight; that you may be proved right when you speak, and justified when you judge. 5. Behold, I was born in iniquity. In sin my mother conceived me. 6. Behold, you desire truth in the inward parts. You teach me wisdom in the inmost place. 7. Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean. Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. 8. Let me hear joy and gladness, That the bones which you have broken may rejoice. 9. Hide your face from my sins, and blot out all of my iniquities. 10. Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a right spirit within me. 11. Don’t throw me from your presence, and don’t take your holy Spirit from me. 12. Restore to me the joy of your salvation. Uphold me with a willing spirit. 13. Then I will teach transgressors your ways. Sinners shall be converted to you. 14. Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God, the God of my salvation. My tongue shall sing aloud of your righteousness. 15. Lord, open my lips. My mouth shall declare your praise. 16. For you don’t delight in sacrifice, or else I would give it. You have no pleasure in burnt offering. 17. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise. 18. Do well in your good pleasure to Zion. Build the walls of Jerusalem. 19. Then you will delight in the sacrifices of righteousness, in burnt offerings and in whole burnt offerings. Then they will offer bulls on your altar.
2 Chronicles 7:14 14. if my people, who are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

Sermon Structure

Repentance is the beginning of a new life

The Importance of Repentance
The Fruits of Repentance
Restoration of Relationship with God
Continuous Repentance for the Past
God's Justice and Righteousness

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Verse of the WeekMatthew 4:17 - 'Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.'

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The Beginning of Repentance

Today's PassageMatthew 4:17

Repentance is the first step in restoring our relationship with God. Jesus showed that through repentance, the door to the kingdom of heaven is opened. When repentance begins in our lives, our relationship with God is renewed.

Ask YourselfWhat areas do I need to repent in?

Do This TodayReflect on any wrong actions or thoughts in your life today, and honestly confess them to God.

PrayerGod, cleanse my heart and give me the courage to repent.

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Preacher: Senior Pastor Lee Yong-hoon

Date: 2026-09-20

Let us greet each other. Today is truly a wonderful day. Good things are happening to all of us. Today, I would like to share the grace of the Word under the title "The Fruit of Repentance" through Matthew 4:17. Please repeat the title with me. The fruit of repentance. The fruit of repentance. The fruit of repentance. The fruit of repentance. From tonight until tomorrow evening, Israel will observe Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. It is a day when the entire nation fasts for 25 hours. When I asked the Israeli ambassador, he said that both religious and non-religious people fast during these 25 hours. During this time, there are no cars on the streets, and people stay home to fast, reflect on their lives, and prepare for the coming year. This is the most important day in Judaism, observed with great piety and holiness. In Korea, the New Year begins on January 1st, but in the Israeli calendar, the New Year is celebrated on the first day of the seventh month, Rosh Hashanah. According to the current calendar, the New Year began on the night of September 11th, and for ten days, the entire nation reflects on the past year, repents, and prepares for the New Year, culminating on the tenth day with Yom Kippur. When the shofar, the horn trumpet, is blown on Rosh Hashanah to announce the New Year, it also declares a spiritual awakening to reflect on one’s life and repent. Before seeking God’s forgiveness on Yom Kippur, one must first seek forgiveness from family and neighbors for any harm caused. The prayer of repentance on Yom Kippur is offered in the plural form, saying, "We have sinned," which shows a sense of solidarity in confessing not only personal sins but also the wrongs of the community and the nation. The population of Israel is 9 million. This is about one-fifth the size of Korea, roughly the area of both Jeollanam-do and Jeollabuk-do combined. I believe the secret to this small country's tremendous global influence lies in the tradition of Yom Kippur. This tradition unites and strengthens Israel as the entire nation repents before God for the past year and prepares for the New Year. I think this is a truly amazing and beautiful tradition.

When something goes wrong, our politicians are more focused on making excuses than repenting for their mistakes. We continue to struggle with our own efforts, but ultimately face more problems. I earnestly pray that our entire nation can experience a Day of Atonement where we repent and stand rightly before God with amazing grace. Amen. Amen. Before God, we are truly nothing. We are weak and powerless beings. Even if we think we are strong and possess everything, when our hearts stop, everything ends. After today’s service, I have to visit two funeral homes. It is the day when a beloved family member leaves this world in just one day. Because we are so weak and powerless, we cannot live a victorious life without the Lord's help and merciful grace. Only when the Lord holds us can we live a victorious life in Him. Amen. No matter how successful, smart, or wealthy we are, if God says, "Your time is up, come home," everything ends that day. Therefore, we must live rightly, meaningfully, happily, and glorifying God, even if it is just for one day. Amen. The training to stand rightly before God is what we call repentance. What is repentance? It is turning back. When Jesus came to this earth and began His public ministry at the age of 30, the first message He proclaimed was, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." Because we live lives filled with sin, we must sometimes repent and turn back. We must live a life that fears God, but if we establish a kingdom of man, it will ultimately lead to destruction. When we bear the fruit of repentance, we can be used greatly and gloriously before God. Our lives are like fading grass. The psalmist says in Psalm 103:14-15, "For He knows our frame; He remembers that we are dust." "As for man, his days are like grass; he flourishes like a flower of the field." The Bible says we are like dust and fading grass. Therefore, we must understand the purpose for which God has called us in this world and live a life that is most precious and beautiful in His eyes. To do this, we must correct what is wrong in our lives, fill what is lacking, and live a life that honors God. The most important thing for that is our relationship with our Savior, Jesus Christ. The Lord said in John 15:5, "I am the vine; you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing." Amen. The first fruit of repentance is that we, who have strayed from Jesus, return and abide in Him. When we abide in Jesus, we can live a life that bears fruit by the Lord's grace. By the grace of the Lord, I have become who I am. Because the Lord chose and called us, we have come this far. The Lord Himself said in John 15:16, "You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain." Amen. The Lord chose me, established me, and allowed me to live a fruitful life. The Apostle Paul realized this grace and confessed as follows in 1 Corinthians 15:10, "But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not in vain; I labored more abundantly than they all, yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me." Amen. By the grace of God, I have become who I am. Throughout our lives, we have received much of the Lord's grace and love. The very fact that we are alive and breathing is God's grace. Gathering together to worship is also God's grace. The reason I am who I am is 100% because of the Lord's grace, not because of my efforts or abilities. You were not born by your own strength either. You came into this world because God granted the grace of conception to your parents. Therefore, if we believe in Jesus and have become children of God, our entire lives should be lives of gratitude. Amen. Just, just be thankful. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I believe that when we live with gratitude, God's blessings will overflow. Amen. Amen. We must examine ourselves. We need to look back at what parts we have not lived according to God's will and turn back again. What is repentance? It is turning back. To turn back means to change direction. Repentance and regret are different. Regret is thinking that one should not have done something but doing it again, while repentance is completely turning back and walking a new path. It is repentance when an alcoholic stops drinking, does not go near alcohol, and lives a new life. If one thinks, "Oh, I shouldn't drink, but I drank again," then ultimately, they will live a collapsing life. Therefore, repentance is cutting off what is wrong, focusing on Jesus, and living a life that pleases the Lord. At that time, God will pour out blessings. Amen. Problems arise because we live with ourselves at the center. However, Hebrews 12:2 says, "Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith." The NIV English Bible states, "Let us fix our eyes on Jesus." We must focus our attention on Jesus and fix our eyes on Him. We need to concentrate on Jesus. Because if we take our eyes off Him and look at the world, we will be swept away by the waves of temptation. In Matthew 14, we see the scene where Peter, a disciple of Jesus, walks on water. Jesus had gone up on a mountain to pray, and the disciples were crossing the Sea of Galilee by boat. At that time, a storm arose. While they were terrified in the storm, they saw a white figure approaching on the water and thought it was a ghost. Someone shouted, "It is Jesus!" So Peter cried out, "Lord, if it is You, command me to come to You on the water." When Jesus said to come, Peter walked on the water. Peter was the first person in human history to walk on water. However, as he was walking while looking at Jesus, he suddenly began to sink. Why did he sink? Matthew 14:29-30 explains, "And when Peter had come down out of the boat, he walked on the water to go to Jesus. But when he saw that the wind was boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried out, saying, 'Lord, save me!'" When Peter looked at Jesus, he walked on water, but as soon as he saw the wind and waves around him, fear arose, and he began to sink. We are the same. We are walking on the sea of suffering, and if we do not focus on Jesus, we will sink. We will fall into the sea of problems, despair, and temptation. Therefore, to avoid sinking, we must look to the Lord. When we look only to Him and move forward in faith, God will pour out amazing grace. Amen. As we live in this world, we must live a life worthy before the Lord, and our words and hearts must be in harmony. Matthew 15:8 says, "These people draw near to Me with their mouth, and honor Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me." In the time of Jesus, the priests, scribes, and Pharisees claimed to serve God best and appeared to keep all of God's laws, but their hearts were corrupt. They were filled with human stubbornness and pride. In Matthew 23:3, the Lord said, "Therefore whatever they tell you to observe, that observe and do, but do not do according to their works; for they say, and do not do." Matthew 23 continues to explain how different their outward appearance and inner condition were. Verses 27 and 28 say, "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs, which indeed appear beautiful outwardly, but inside are full of dead men's bones and all uncleanness. Even

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