바울의 마지막 문안 인사 (11) 두기고와 오네시모의 두 번째 공통점은 그들은 신실한 사람들이었습니다 ( 골 4:7, 9). 흥미로운 점은 바울은 골로새 교 회 성도들에게 마지막 문안 인사를 하면서 신실한 사람들인 두기고와 오네시모를 언급하였는데 , 시작 인사를 보면 그는 골로새에 있는 성도들 “ 곧 그리스도 안에서 신실한 형제들 ” (1:2) 하고 언급했을 뿐만 아니라 에바브라는 그들을 위한 “ 그리스도의 신실한 일꾼 ”(7 절 ) 이라고 말했다는 것입니다 . 여기 골로새서 1 장 2 절에서 “신실한 형제들”이란 말을 현대인의 성경은 “그리스도를 믿는 형제들”이라고 번역을 했 는 데 여기서 “신실한 형제들”이란 예수 그리스도를 계속해 서 신실하게 믿는 형제들입니다 . “신실한 형제들”이란 (1) 믿음이 충만한 자들이요 (full of faith), (2) 신뢰하는 사람들 (trustful) 이요 , 또한 신뢰할 만한 사람들 (trustworthy) 로서 (3) 그리스도에게 충성된 자들 (loyal to Christ) 입니다 (KJV 성경 주석 ). “그리스도 안에서 신실한 형제들”은 그리스도에게 충성된 자들이요 예수 그리스도의 충성된 증인들 입니다 ( 계 1:5). 그들은 흠 없이 정직하게 주님을 따르며 ( 시 101:6), 지극히 작은 것에도 충성하며 ( 눅 16:10), 죽도록 충성하여 ( 계 2:10) 주님 앞에서 설 때에 “잘하였다 착한 종이여 네가 지극히 작은 것에 충성하였”다는 주님의 칭찬 ( 눅 19:17) 과 더불어 주님께로부터 생명의 면류관을 받을 사람들입니다 ( 계 2:10).
Downcast and disturbed
“Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God” (Psalms 43: 5).
There are many reasons why people are downcast and disturbed. One of them is being abandoned by the beloved. For example, we may be downcast and disturbed when we feel that we have been abandoned by our beloved spouse. The same is true of children. If they have been abandoned by their beloved parents, they may feel downcast and disturbed. But what if we feel that we Christians have been forsaken by our Heavenly Father?
In the context of Psalms 43, the psalmist was downcast and disturbed because he felt that he had been forsaken by God. He said, “You are God my stronghold. Why have you rejected me? …” (v. 2). He had been suffering because of “deceitful and wicked men” (v. 1). And he was going about mourning because of oppression by the enemy (v. 2). In the midst of such oppression and suffering, the psalmist was downcast and disturbed because he thought that the Lord, who was his stronghold, was not rescuing him. He felt that God was abandoning him because God’s salvation was slow. That was why when the psalmist was downcast and disturbed, this was what he asked God: “Send forth your light and your truth, let them guide me; let them bring me to your holy mountain, to the place where you dwell” (v. 3). The psalmist looked at the guidance of the Lord's light even in the darkness of his mind when he was downcast and disturbed due to the deceitfulness and wicked actions of his enemies. He wanted to be led by the Lord so that he might reach the altar of God, to God, his joy and his delight (v. 4). And he wanted to praise God who is his joy and his delight.
We are downcast and disturbed when we feel that we have been forsaken by God. We are downcast and disturbed when God's salvation languishes in suffering and adversity. Especially when we feel that God, our stronghold, is no longer saving us from ungodly and wicked people who oppress us we can be downcast and disturbed. Then we should speak to our souls like the psalmist: “Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God …” (v. 5). We must speak to our souls that are downcast and disturbed “Put your hope in God”. We have to shout to our souls. We should no longer be downcast and disturbed but proclaim to our own souls to put our hope in God. In doing so, we will praise God rather than be downcast and disturbed.
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