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바울의 마지막 문안 인사 (11)

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).      

A pastor

A pastor …

  

The pastor must talk to God about the church members' problems,

teach them God's laws and commands, and show them

how they should live and what they should do

(Ref.: Exodus 18:19-20).

 

  

Pastors must stand before God together with the elders.

 

God's response to Moses, the leader of the Israelites, in prayer was,

"Go on ahead of the people.  Take with you some of the elders of Israel

and take in your hand the staff with which you struck the Nile, and go.

I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb.

Strike the rock, and water will come out of it for the people to drink"

(Exodus 17:5-6).

So Moses did as he was instructed, in the presence of the elders of Israel.

A praying pastor must act according to the prayer response received from God.

They should go forth, not complaining, before the congregation they lead.

The pastor should stand before God with the elders.

Additionally, they should obediently believe in

and act upon the miraculous command of God, as in the past, "Strike the rock with the staff." 

At that time, when God parted the Red Sea to make a way,

He will also bring forth water from the rock for the congregation to drink.

Those who believe in Christ, who is the Rock,

will have streams of living water flowing from within them,

just as the Scripture says (John 7:38).



Pastor, please convey the word of God as it is.

 

A pastor must preach the word of God as it is

(Ref.: Exodus 19:25).

  

 

Pastors should not handle donations carelessly!

 

Pastors should not dishonor God's holy name

by mishandling the holy offerings that believers give to God

(Ref.: Leviticus 22:1).

 

 

 

Rather than hearing the word of God through a pastor ...

 

It is better to hear God speak directly to us

than to hear Him speak through a pastor

(Ref.: Exodus 20:19).



Can a pastor marry a prostitute?

 

In Leviticus 21:13-15 of the Modern Korean Bible,

God says: "The high priest must marry a virgin.

He must not marry a widow, a divorced woman, or a prostitute,

but must marry a virgin from his own people.

Otherwise, his children would be defiled among their people.

I am the Lord, who makes him holy."

To the prophet Hosea, God said:

"Go, marry a promiscuous woman and have children with her,

for like an adulterous wife this land is guilty of unfaithfulness to the Lord"

(Hosea 1:2).


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