2025 인터넷 사역 한국으로 다섯째날을 뒤돌아보면서 하나님께 감사드리는 이유: 1. 하늘에 계신 우리 하나님 아버지께서 우리 자녀들을 어느 누구보다 사랑하고 계시기에 2. 하나님이 사랑하시는 어린아이들과 주님의 사랑으로 즐겁게 교제할 수 있었기에 3. 비록 돈은 좀 많이 뜯겼지만 사랑하는 아이들과 장난치고 팔씨름하고 농담하고 웃고 사진도 같이 찍고 포용까지 하였기에 ㅎ 4. 주님께서 사랑의 추억을 또 만들어 주셨기에 5. 사랑하는 멘토 목사님 부부에게 귀하고 크고 찐한 사랑을 받아서 6. 비록 1년에 한번씩 밖에 직접 만나 볼수밖에 없지만 성령님께서 주님 안에서 사랑의 마음을 조금이나마 서로에게 표현할 수 있게 해주셔서 7. 비록 그 사랑의 표현을 겸손히 감사하는 마음으로 받지 못할 수도 있다 할지라도 그 사랑의 마음만은 찐하게 감사하기에 8. 평생 처음으로 인터넷 사역 한국으로를 감당하면서 달리기 100미터를 10초에 뛴 것 같은 느낌이 들정도였지만 추격자를 따 돌리는데 성공한 도망자가 된 것 같았기에 ㅎㅎ 9. 우리 각 가정에 고충들이 있다 할지라도 주님께서 도와주셔서 화목케하고 계시기에 10. 보고 또 보고 싶은 사랑의 사랑하는 사람들로 인해 마음이 더욱더 부자가 되었기에. 하하.
Introduction
For me, "Philippians" is something special. The reason is that when I studied Th.M. (Master of Theology) at Fuller Theological Seminary, I wrote my thesis based on Philippians 2:1-4. Before I started writing the thesis, I went up to Professor Seyoon Kim, who was my supervisor at that time, and told him that I was going to write my thesis on Philippians 2:1-4. When he heard it, he told me that there was nothing much to write on that passage. Nevertheless, I wrote my thesis based on that passage because I was interested in the ecclesiology. So in order to write a thesis based on Philippians 2:1-4, I read many articles and books regarding that passage and the book of Philippians as a whole. As I was doing it, I got more interested in the book of Philippians. In the process, I read the whole commentary "Paul's Letter to the Philippians"(New International Greek Testament) written by the theologian Gordon Fee. Not only I read the whole book about 500 pages or so, I also wrote the summary of that book. I did not know it at the time, but now I look back and I don’t know how I read and summarize about 500 pages. Not only that, I preached the whole book of Philippians every Sunday in my church during the Sunday morning worship. The reason for this is that not only I wanted to learn about the Biblical ecclesiology (or community) that is written by my favorite apostle Paul but also I wanted to apply what I learned from the book of Philippians to my church so that my church could become like the Church in Philippi.
Finally, after meditating and preaching on the whole book of Philippians, I was able to sort it out and to compose all my writings on the book of Philippians. In the meantime, I thought about the title of this book. It was then I remembered what the theologian Gordon Fee wrote in his commentary regarding the theme of Philippians - "The Gospel." Although I agree with him, I thought that the theme of Philippians is also living a life worthy of that gospel of Christ. The base of my though is Philippians 1:27 – “Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, ….” My personal thought is that we should focus on the gospel of Jesus Christ. At the same time, I think what we need to emphasize is we must live worthy of the gospel of Jesus Christ. In fact, Apostle Paul wrote to the Philippian church believers and emphasized to them not only the gospel of Christ but also living the life worthy of His gospel. So I have titled this book "The Church That Lives Worthy of the Gospel of Christ." My small hope and prayer is that not only the church that I am serving now but also all the church throughout the world live life that are worthy of the gospel of Christ. May the Lord build His Church that lives worthy of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
May 2019,
Pastor James Kim
(Praying for the Lord's church to live a life that is worthy of the gospel of Christ)
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