The Great Commandment

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※- The Great Commandment

When the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they came together, and one of them, a teacher of the Law, tried to trap him with a question.

"Teacher," he asked, "which is the greatest commandment in the Law?" Jesus answered, "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.

This is a greatest and the most important commandment. The second most important commandment is like it:’ Love your neighbor as you love yourself.'

The whole Law of Moses and the teachings of the prophets depend on these two commandments."

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クリスマス・２００７年

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※- クリスマス・2００７年

　☆・ Merry Christmas ・☆   　

 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

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         A merry Christmas to you. 

☆・ ヨハネによる福音書　第三章 十節 ～ 十七節

十　 節  ：　イエスは彼らに答えて言われた、「 あなたはイスラエルの教師でありながら、これくらいのことがわからないのか。

十一節　：　よくよく言っておく。私たちは自分の知っている事を語り、また自分の見たことをあかししているのに、あなたがたは私たちのあかしを受け入れない。

十二節　：　わたしが地上の事を語っているのに、あなたがたが信じないならば、天上のことを語った場合、どうしてそれを信じるだろうか。

十三節　：　天から下ってきた者、すなわち人の子のほかには、だれも天に上った者はない。

十四節　：　そして、ちょうどモーセが荒野で蛇を上げたように、人の子もまた上げられなければならない。

十五節　：　それは、彼を信じる者が、すべて永遠の命を得るためである 」。

十六節　：　神はそのひとり子を賜ったほどに、この世を愛してくださった。それは御子を信じるものがひとりも滅びないで、永遠の命を得るためである。

十七節　：　神が御子を世に使わされたのは、世をさばくためではなく、御子によって、この世が救われるためである。

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 Jesus and Nicodemus

  "How can this be" asked Nicodemus.

  Jesus answered. "You are a great teacher in Israel, and you don't know this?

  I am telling you the truth: we speak of what we know and report what we have seen, yet none of you is willing to accept our message.

  You do not believe me when I tell you about the things of this word; how will you ever believe me, then, when I tell you about the things of heaven?

  And no one has ever gone up to heaven except the son of Man, who came down from heaven"

  As Moses lifted up the bronze snake on a pole in the desert, in the same way the Son of Man must be lifted up,

  so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.

  For God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not die but have eternal life.

  For god did not sent his Son into the world to be its savior.

  Whoever believes in the Son is not judged; but whoever does not believe has already been judged, because he has not believed in God's only Son.

  This is how the judgment works: the light has come into the world, but people love the darkness rather than the light, because their deeds are evil.

  Anyone who does evil things hates the light and will not come to the light, because he dose not want his evil deeds to be shown up.

  But whoever does what is true comes to the light in order that the light may show that he did was in obedience to God.

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クリスマス・イヴ 聖夜

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☆・ Christmas Eve

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

※- 聖この夜                  　  　　　　       　　　　　 

         Christmas - Eve　 　　　　　　　

                             

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  　　                    （　讃美歌 - １０９番　）

                           ☆・ きよし この夜 

      　　             一番
           　　         きよしこのよる　　　星はひかり
               　　     すくいのみ子は　   まぶねの中に
                   　 　ねむりたもう　　　   いとやすく

            　　        二番

                　　    きよしこのよる　  　 み告げうけし
                    　　まきびとたちは　    み子の御前に
                    　　ぬかずきぬ　　       かしこみて

                  　　  三番

           　　         きよしこのよる　　   み子の笑みに
               　 　    めぐみのみ代の　   あしたのひかり
                   　 　かがやけり　　　　   ほがらかに

※- STILL NACHT （ 静かなる NACHT ）：（ 聖この夜 ）

◎- 原作者  ヨーゼフ・モール

　　（ 1792年にオーストリアのザルツブルグで生まれた ）

◎- 作曲者  フランツ・グルーバー

 　 （ 1787年にオーストリアで生まれる ）

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☆・ルカによる福音書　第二章　一節 ～ 二十一節

一節　： そのころ、全世界の人口調査をせよとの勅令が、皇帝 アウグスト から出た。

二節　：　これは、クレニオ が シリアの総督であった時に行われた最初の人口調査であった。

三節　：　人々はみな登録をするために、それぞれ自分の町へ帰って行った。

四節　：　ヨセフ も ダビデの家系であり、またその血統であったので、ガリラヤの町 ナザレを出て、ユダヤの ベツレヘムという タビデの町へ上っていった。

五節　：　それは、すでに身重になっていた いいなづけの 妻マリヤ と共に、登録をするためであった。

六節　：　ところが、彼らが ベツレヘムに滞在している間に、マリヤは月が満ちて、

七節　：　初子を産み、布にくるんで、飼葉おけの中に寝かせた。 客間には彼らのいる余地がなかったからである。

（ 八節 から 二十節 までは、その当時、その時間に羊飼いたちが夜中に羊の番をしていた。 そこに、主の御使いが現れ、きょう、ダビデの町に、あなたがたの救い主がお生まれになったことを告げる描写が書かれています ）

二十一節　：　八日が過ぎ、割礼をほどこす時となったので、受胎の前に御使いが告げたとおり、幼子を イエス と 名づけた。

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※- The Birth of Jesus Christ

  This was how the birth of Jesus Christ took place. His mother Mary was engaged to Joseph, but before they were married, she found out that she was going to have a baby by the Holy Spirit.
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  At that time Emperor Augustus ordered a census to be taken throughout the Roman Empire. When this first census took place, Quirkiness was the governor of Syria. Joseph went from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to the town of Bethlehem in Judea, the birthplace of King David. Joseph went there because he was a descendant of David.

  He went to register with Mary, who was promised in marriage to him. She was pregnant. And while they were in Bethlehem, the time came former to have baby. She gave birth to her first son, wrapped him in cloths and laid him in a manger there was no room for them to stay in the inn.

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 A week later, when the time came for the baby to be circumcised, he was named Jesus, the name which the angel had given him before he had been conceived.

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The Birth of Jesus Christ

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※- The Birth of Jesus Christ

This was how the birth of Jesus Christ took place. His mother Mary was engaged to Joseph, but before they were married, she found out that she was going to have a baby by the Holy Spirit.

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　At that time Emperor Augustus ordered a census to be taken throughout the Roman Empire.

　When this first census took place, Quirkiness was the governor of Syria.

　Joseph went from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to the town of Bethlehem in Judea, the birthplace of King David. Joseph went there because he was a descendant of David.

　He went to register with Mary, who was promised in marriage to him. She was pregnant. and while they were in Bethlehem, the time came former to have baby.

　She gave birth to her first son, wrapped him in cloths and laid him in a manger there was no room for them to stay in the inn.
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Jesus is named

　A week later, when the time came for the baby to be circumcised, he was named Jesus, the name which the angel had given him before he had been conceived.

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From Paul

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※- From Paul

From Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus and an apostle chosen and called by God to preach his Good News.

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　2007年１１月１２日　”風の道草”

Teaching about Divorce

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※- Teaching about Divorce

It was also said, ‘Anyone who divorces his wife must give her a written notice of divorce,’

 But now I tell you: if a man divorces his wife for any cause other than her unfaithfulness, then he is guilty of making her commit adultery if she marries again; and the man who marries her commits adultery also.

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Teaching about Vows

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※- Teaching about Vows

  “You have also heard that people were told in the past, ’Do not break your promise, but do what you have vowed to the Lord to do.’

  But now I tell you: do not use any vow when you make a promise.

  Do not swear by heaven, because it is God’s throne; nor by earth, because it is the resting place for his feet; nor by Jerusalem, because it is the city of the great King.

  Do not even swear by your head, because you cannot make a single hair white or black.

Just say ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ –anything else you say comes from the Evil One.

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The Words of Eternal Life

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※- The Words of Eternal Life

  Many of his followers heard this and said, “This teaching is too hard. Who can listen to it?”

  Without being told, Jesus knew that they were grumbling about this, so he said to them, “Dose this make you want to give up? 

  Suppose, then, that you should see the Son of Man go back up to the place where he was before?

  What gives life is God’s spirit; man’s power is of no use at all. The words I have spoken to you bring God’s life giving Spirit.

  Yet some of you do not believe.” (Jesus knew from the very beginnings who were the ones that would not believe and which one would betray him.)

  And he added, “This is the very season I told you that no one can come to me unless the Father makes it possible for him to do so.”

 Because of this, many of Jesus’ followers turned back and would not go with him any more.

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Teaching about charity

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※- Teaching about charity

  “Make certain you do perform your religious duties in public so that people will you see what you do. If you do these things publicly, you will not have any reword from your Father in heaven.

  “So when you give something to a needy person, do not make a big show of it, as the hypocrites do in the houses of worship and on the streets.

  They do it so that people will praise them. I assure you, they have already been paid in full. But when you help a needy person, do it in such a way that even your closest friend will not know about it.

  Then it will be a private matter. And your Father, who sees what you so in private, will reward you.

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