바울의 마지막 문안 인사 (30) 바울 은 마지막 문안 인사에서 이렇게 말씀했습니다 : “아킵보에게 이르기를 주 안에서 받은 직분을 삼가 이루라고 하라” ( 골 4:17). 아킵보는 자신의 직분을 충분히 입증하라는 말씀 입니다 . 신약성경에 나타난 주요 직분으로는 목사 , 장로 , 집사 등이 있습니다 . 직분자들은 자신의 직분을 충분히 입증하기 위해선 (1) 그리스도 예수님께 감사해야 합니다 . 디모데전서 1 장 12 절입니다 : “나에게 힘을 주신 우리 주 그리스도 예수님께 내가 감사하는 것은 나를 충성스러운 사람으로 여겨 나에게 직분을 맡겨 주셨기 때문입니다 . ” 바울은 자신이 예수 그리스도를 믿지 않았을 때에 모르고 하나님을 모독하고 성도들을 핍박하던 난폭한 사람이었는데 하나님께서 자신을 불쌍히 여겨 주시사 회심케하셨을 뿐만 아니라 사명을 주시사 이방인의 사도로 세우셨기에 예수님께 감사했습니다 . (2) 은혜의식 속에서 더 많이 수고해야 합니다 . 고린도전서 15 장 8-10 절입니다 : “맨 나중에는 부족하기 짝이 없는 내게도 나타나셨습니다 . 나는 사도들 중에 가장 보잘것없는 사람이며 하나님의 교회를 박해했기 때문에 사도라고 불릴 자격마저 없습니다 . 그러나 오늘날 내가 이렇게 된 것은 하나님의 은혜로 된 것이며 내게 주신 그분의 은혜가 헛되지 않아 내가 다른 모든 사도들보다 더 많이 일했습니다 . 그렇지만 그것은 내가 한 것이 아니라 나와 함께 하신 하나님의 은혜였습니다 . ” 그래서 그는 은혜 의식 속에서 다른 모든 사도들보다 더 많이 일을 했습니다 . 우리도 그 리 해야 합니다 .
The result of justification
(3):
Rejoice in the hope of the glory of God
”through whom we
have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we
rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.” (Romans 5:2)
The Bible Romans 5:2
says, “… And we rejoice in hope of the
glory of God.” The third result of justification
is that we rejoice in hope of the glory of God (v. 2). What is the glory of God here?
First, let us consider the glory of God that has already
been revealed.
The Bible Romans 5:1-2
speaks of the three glory of God. When
we fell short of the glory of God because of our sins (3:23), we were justified
by faith through our Lord Jesus Christ (5:1-2).
Although we were enemies with God, we were reconciled to God through the
death of Jesus Christ, the Son of God (v. 10), and we have peace with God (v. 1). We have gained access into and established ourselves before
the throne of God's grace through our Lord Jesus Christ (vv. 1, 2). We rejoice (boast) in hope of the glory of God
(v. 2). We rejoice (boast) in hope of
the glory of God (v. 2). These three
glories that have already appeared are not 100% complete. If God reveals 100% of His full glory now, we
cannot fully know His full glory.
Next, let us consider the not yet glory of God that will be revealed.
In a word, the glory of
God that will be revealed is the second coming of Jesus. The glory of God that will be revealed in the
future is 100% perfect and eternal glory, and we will see God face to face (1
Cor. 13:12). This glory of God is also
our glory. In other words, the glory of
our Heavenly Father is the glory of His children, us. The three glory of God mentioned in Romans
5:1-2 cannot be compared with the glory of God that will be revealed in the
future. In other words, the glory of God that we already enjoy
through our Lord Jesus Christ cannot be compared with the glory of God that we
will enjoy when our Lord Jesus returns again (5:1-2, cf. 8:8: 18). The glory of God that will be revealed is
that when Jesus appears, we too will become like Him and will see Him as He is
(1 Jn. 3:2). He will transform our lowly
bodies to be like His glorious body (Phil. 3:21). We believe that God will bring with Jesus those
who died in Him while believing in Jesus. We who are still alive, will certainly not
precede those who are already dead. Because
when the Lord comes down from heaven with a shout, the voice of the archangel,
and the trumpet of God, those who have died in Christ will be resurrected
first. After that, we who are still
alive will be caught up with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air and
be with the Lord forever (1 Thess. 4:14-17).
This hope that we hope
for the glory of God is 100% sure hope (Rom.5:2). The reason is because it is God's promise. The God who promised and fulfilled the promise
of the first coming of Jesus promised and will surely fulfill the promise of His
second coming. The reason we can believe
that the glory of Jesus is our glory at the second coming of Jesus is because
God has already promised it. Look at
Romans 8:30 – “And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he
also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.” Here the verb “glorified” is past tense. Look at Ephesians 2:5-6: “made us alive with
Christ even when we were dead in transgressions
… And God raised us up with
Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus.” Here, the verbs “made us alive with,” “raised
us up with” and “seated us with him” are all past tense. We are already resurrected with Jesus,
ascended into heaven with Him, and are seated with Him in heaven. The verb “glorified” in Romans 8:30 and the
verbs “made us alive with,” “raised us up with” and “seated us with him” in
Ephesians 2:5-6 are all past tense. The
reason why the past tense was used is because it will come true with 100%
certainty. Therefore, since we hope for
this, we rejoice and hope for the glory of God by faith with 100% certainty
(Rom. 5:2). This joy is the joy of
salvation, the true joy, and the eternal joy. If there is joy in this hope, we can only
boast of the glory of God (v. 2). God's
glory is my glory!
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