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Challenge and Response

1 Peter 5:8~9

Introduction: Every person faces continuous challenge from birth to death and lives by responding to the challenges of life. A little baby in a mother?셲 womb is well protected and peaceful. However, once that navel cord is broken that connected it to its mother?셲 protection, that baby must suddenly begin to live an independent life. When a baby is exposed to the outside, it must breathe, eat, excrete, and fight against germs with its own strength. We will live if we overcome by responding to the challenge of survival, otherwise we will die. These fights and struggles never end until the very last day of our lives.

1. Adam was defeated by the challenge in his life

혻혻 - Become a slave if we lose
1) Adam faced a wretched result by losing the challenge against the devil in the Garden of Eden
(Ge 3:1,4,6)
혻혻 2) Adam and Eve were challenged by the relationship of husband and wife and failed miserably
?€?€?€?€(Ge 3:11-12)
혻혻 3) Cain and Abel were challenged by their brotherly relationship, and Cain killed his brother
(Ge 4:3-5, 8-9)

2. Jesus Christ overcame the challenge in His life

혻혻 - If we endure, we will reign with Him
혻혻 1) Temptation in the desert (Mt 4:1-2)
혻혻혻혻혻 (1) Lust of the flesh ??Desire to eat (Mt 4:3-4)
혻혻혻혻혻 (2) Lust of the eyes ??Honor and dignity (Mt 4:5-7)
혻혻혻혻혻 (3) Vanity of life ??Wealth and prosperity (Mt 4:8-11)
혻혻 2) A challenge at Gethsemane
혻혻혻혻혻 (1) A challenge of refusal to death on the cross (Mt 26:38-39)
혻혻혻혻혻 (2) Complete obedience to the will of God (Mt 26:39, 42, 44)

3. Our lives face constant challenges

혻혻 1) Living itself is a fight - Do not need to ask, ?쏻hy do I have to face
?€?€this kind of suffering???
혻혻혻혻혻 Just like the spark going up to the sky, a life was born for suffering (Job 5:6-7)
혻혻 2) The fight that we face everyday
혻혻혻혻혻 (1) The fight against sin혻(Ps 107:17, 38:4, Isa 64:6)
?€?€(2) The fight against temptation and the greed of the world (Eph 4:22-23, Gal 5:17, Col 3:5)
혻혻혻혻혻 (3) The fight against physical disease (Ecc 5:17)
?€?€(4) The fight against human relationships (Ps 56:1-3)
혻혻혻혻혻 (5) The fight against the grim realities of life혻(Ge 3:18-19, Job 30:3, Ecc 2:22-23)
?€?€(6) The fight against the fear of death (Heb 2:15)
혻혻혻혻혻 - When you face trials, do not think it is strange when trials come to you as if some strange
thing happened to you. There is no life without a fight and a challenge. (1Pe 4:12)

4. How should we respond?

혻혻 1) Accept trials and challenges in your life
?€?€(1) Facing these trials for what? Grudges, lamentation, and
?€?€suffering of the mind without answers (1Pe 4:15-16)
혻혻혻혻혻 (2) Accept trials as your destiny (Ps 34:19, Ro 8:17, 2 Co12:9)
혻혻 2) Find words of promise of help from God (Ps 119:48-50, 1Pe 5:6-7)
3) Accept challenges with a passionate prayer - More frequently and indefatigably
(Mk 9:29, Jer 33:3, Jas 4:7, 1:6, Mk 11:23-24, Heb 10:38)
혻혻 4) Trust Him with a firm belief (Jn 16:33, Php 4:12-13, Mk 11:23-24, Heb 10:38)
혻혻 5) Have a dream of victory and confess it (Ps 30:4-5, 11, Ro 10:10, 1Co 15:57-58, Jer 32:40-41)

Conclusion: There is no life without big and small fights. We must cross the mountains and the rivers of endless competition and trials to survive and succeed. When we don?셳 respond to the challenges of life, we become slaves. When we overcome, we become a king.