우리는 더 이상 예수님이 피 흘려 사신 그 한 영혼을 내 교만으로 짓밟으면서도 , " 하나님은 사랑이시니 다 용서해 주실 것 " 이라는 종교적 자기기만 ( 마취제 ) 에 빠져 양심의 화인을 맞은 상태로 살아가서는 아니 됩니다 ! “ 예수께서 제자들에게 이르시되 실족하게 하는 것이 없을 수는 없으나 그렇게 하게 하는 자에게는 화로다 그가 이 작은 자 중의 하나를 실족하게 할진대 차라리 연자맷돌이 그 목에 매여 바다에 던져지는 것이 나으리라 너희는 스스로 조심하라 만일 네 형제가 죄를 범하거든 경고하고 회개하거든 용서하라 만일 하루에 일곱 번이라도 네게 죄를 짓고 일곱 번 네게 돌아와 내가 회개하노라 하거든 너는 용서하라 하시더라 ”( 누가복음 17:1-4). (1) 저는 오늘 본문 누가복음 17 장 1-4 절 말씀을 읽고 헬라어 성경으로 읽었을 때 몇 개의 헬라어 단어과 문장에 대해 관심을 가지게 되어 그 단어들과 문장을 묵상하면서 주시는 교훈을 받고자 합니다 : (a) 첫째 헬라어 단어는 , “σκάνδαλα”( 스칸달라 )(“ 실족하게 하는 것 ”) 입니다 (1 절 ). (i) 누가복음 17 장 1 절에 복수형태인 'σκάνδαλα( 스칸달라 )' 로 등장하며 , 바로 뒤이어 1 절 끝과 2 절에 동사 형태인 ' 스칸달리세 (σκανδα...
A deep dark period in our life?
It is interesting that during the process in
which the Lord saved and called Saul,
it is mentioned that he did not see anything for
three days and did not eat or drink
(Acts 9:9).
The Lord told Saul, "Go into the city, and
you will be told what you must do" (v. 6),
and he also appeared in a vision to a disciple
named Ananias in Damascus,
instructing him, "Go to the house of Judas
on Straight Street
and ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul, for he
is praying.
In a vision he has seen a man named Ananias come
and place his hands on him to restore his sight
(vv. 10-12).
In between these two events,
Saul went for three days without seeing
anything, and he did not eat or drink.
Perhaps Saul was fasting and praying.
However, what's intriguing is that he did not
see for three days.
This reminds me Matthew 12:40 -
"For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish,
so the Son of Man will be three days and three
nights in the heart of the earth."
Perhaps there are times in our lives when we
need a deep period of darkness,
whether it resembles being in the belly of a
huge fish for "three days" (not literally)
or being in the heart of the earth, where we
can't see anything,
feeling helpless and powerless, unable to ask
for help from anyone.
It's during these times that our ego needs to be
thoroughly broken, shattered, and crushed,
experiencing our human incapacity and
helplessness to the bone.
Only then, I believe, do we fully and
wholeheartedly
rely on and trust in the Lord for salvation.
It's at that moment that, as those called and
commissioned by the Lord,
we are transformed into people who are willing
to give up our lives
for Jesus Christ and the gospel
(Mark 8:35).
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