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).
Introduction
“When we walk with the Lord In the light of His
Word, What a glory He sheds on our way! While
we do His good will He abides with us still, And with all who will trust and
obey. Trust and obey, for there's no
other way To be happy in Jesus, But to trust and obey” (Hymn “When We Walk With
the Lord, v. 1).
I want to follow Jesus. I want to hear the voice of the Shepherd Jesus
and follow Him only (Jn. 10:3-5). Even
though the way Jesus went is the way of the cross and the rough road of
Golgotha, I want to deny myself and take up my cross and follow Jesus (Mt.
16:24; Mk. 8:34; Lk. 9:23). I want to
walk the narrow path that Jesus walked rather than the wide path of this world.
I want to walk by faith rather than by
sight (2 Cor. 5:7). And I want to walk
that one path to the end by faith silently. I don't want to lean left or right. I don't want to go this way and that way and
be hesitant. I want to fix my eyes on
Jesus (Heb. 12:2), who is the way, the truth, and the life (Jn. 14:6), and open
my ears wide in order to listen to His voice and follow only the words of
Jesus. Even if I see no evidence in my
eyes, I want to always walk by faith only. I want to hold on to the word of promise that
Jesus gave me and be driven by it and live obediently to His word. “I will go forth when You say. I will stop if it’s not Your will. It depends on Your will, whether I will go or
stop. Oh Lord God, please lead me to
Your way. Where You want me to be, I
want to be there with You. I will obey
Your command and will live as You lead me.
Even with my weak soul, may You work through me for the sake of the Lord’s
Kingdom and His will. Oh Lord God,
please lead me to Your way.”
The year 2013 motto for Victory
Presbyterian Church, where I am serving by the grace of God, was “Following
Jesus.” I wanted all the church members to
live a life of following Jesus more closely.
So I set the motto “Following Jesus” and meditated on the Gospel of
Matthew for that year. I selected some
of those meditated verses and compiled a book under the title of “Following
Jesus.” Although this book lacks a lot, I
want to share with the hope that it will be of some help to the brothers and
sisters in Christ who want to follow Jesus.
Struggling to follow Jesus,
James Kim
(June 2018, in Victory Shepherd's Room)
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