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  The Meaning of Living by God's Word   Church pastors often say that we must live by God's Word. What does it mean to live by God's Word? We can think of three types. The first is the legalistic perspective. The second is the love of God and love of people based on the commandments. The third is to realize the meaning in God's Word and act accordingly. First, from the perspective of legalism, it is about a believer trying hard to live according to the words of all 66 books of the Bible. Even if he cannot live according to the words perfectly, when he tries to live as best he can, God appreciates his efforts. Those who try to live according to the word of God based on legalism are those who try to show off their own righteousness. Regarding the meaning of Jesus' death on the cross, they only believe that Jesus died in my place for my sins, but they do not live a life of complete self-denial. A life of self-denial is believing that I also died on the cross with Jesus...

  Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you   Acts 9:33-35  『 There they found a man named Aeneas, who had been bedridden for eight years, paralyzed. Peter said to him, "Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you." Immediately he got up, and all who lived in Lydda and Sharon saw him and turned to the Lord. 』 Paralyze, translated as paralysis, has the meaning of stretching sideways, weakness, paralysis, etc. The scene where Jesus heals a paralytic is introduced in Mark 2:3-12, where Jesus says to the patient, "When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, 'Son, your sins are forgiven you. '" In Luke 5:21,  “ The scribes and the Pharisees were thinking,  ‘ Who is this who blasphemes? Who can forgive sins but God alone? ’”  Jesus said to the paralytic,  “ Your sins are forgiven. ”  We can see that paralysis and sin are related. A paralytic is someone who cannot move on their own, and cannot move unless someone else helps them. The spiritual meaning of a paralytic i...