인간이 " 우리는 스스로를 구원할 수 없습니다 " 라며 영적 파산을 선언할 때 , 하나님은 낙타 같은 죄인을 바늘귀로 통과시키시는 구원의 기적을 행하십니다 . “ 예수께서 그를 보시고 이르시되 재물이 있는 자는 하나님의 나라에 들어가기가 얼마나 어려운지 낙타가 바늘귀로 들어가는 것이 부자가 하나님의 나라에 들어가는 것보다 쉬우니라 하시니 듣는 자들이 이르되 그런즉 누가 구원을 얻을 수 있나이까 이르시되 무릇 사람이 할 수 없는 것을 하나님은 하실 수 있느니라 ”( 누가복음 18:24-27). (1) 저는 오늘 본문 누가복음 18 장 24-27 절 말씀을 한국어 성경으로 읽은 후 헬라어 성경으로 읽을 때 제일 먼저 한국어 성경으로는 번역되지 않은 “ ὁ Ἰ ησο ῦ ς [περίλυπον γενόμενον]”( 호 이에수스 [ 페릴뤼폰 게노메논 ]) 라는 문장에 관심을 가지게 되었습니다 . 이 문자의 의미는 무엇이고 왜 한국어 성경책에는 번역되지 않은 것일까요 ? 1. 문장의 의미 분석 이 문장은 두 단어로 나뉘어 문자 그대로 다음과 같은 뜻을 가집니다 . “ ὁ Ἰ ησο ῦ ς”( 호 이에수스 ): ' 예수께서 ' ( 주어 ) “περίλυπον γενόμενον”( 페릴뤼폰 게노메논 ): ' 매우 슬퍼하시며 ' 또는 ' 근심에 싸이신 채 ' ( 분사구문 ) “περίλυπος”( 페릴뤼포스 ) 는 ' 주위에 ' 를 뜻하는 ' 페리 (περί)' 와 ...
The most important
backbone of all Jesus' public ministry
When we
meditate on God's words, "Very early in the morning, Jesus got up and went
away to a solitary place to pray" (Mark 1:35, Korean Modern Bible), we
come to think of several things about Jesus' prayer:
(1) I think that perhaps the reason Korean churches
have dawn prayer meetings is because of this word.
(2) I think “early dawn” means “quiet time.” I think of the lyrics of the first verse and
chorus of the hymn, “Go, Carry thy Burden to Jesus”: “Go, carry thy burden to
Jesus, And lay down thy load at His feet, Where Calvary's cross is uplifted, Find
pardon and comforting sweet. O, steal away
softly to Jesus, To Him let thy heart be outpoured; Thy Father, who seeth in secret,
Shall give thee a gracious reward.”
(3) I think it is precious to have the habit of
starting the first hour of the day with prayer.
(4) I think “a secluded place” (the Korean Revised
Version is “a quiet place”) means “quiet place.” This is Mark 6:32 Korean Modern Bible: “So
Jesus and his companions went out in a boat to a quiet place.” I think we each need to have our own quiet
place, that is, a place to pray.
(5) When I meditate on the words of Jesus, who went
to a quiet place and prayed quietly to God the Father during His quiet time, I
am reminded of what Henri Nouwen said—that we must turn the lonely wilderness
into a garden of solitude. The
difference between loneliness and solitude is that loneliness is considered as
being alone, while solitude is considered as being with God. Yet, we live in the midst of a city, not a
wilderness, and still experience loneliness. We experience a loneliness in the crowd that
is more frightening than the loneliness of the wilderness. What is even more frightening is that we are
often incapable of transforming this loneliness in the crowd into a garden of
solitude. In other words, we are not
experiencing the power of prayer. Instead of conversing with God, we prefer to
talk to our close friends. Rather than
listening to God's voice, we prefer to listen to human voices. We prefer time spent connected with people and
the internet over time spent alone in the wilderness with God. Even though the Immanuel God is always with
us, when we consider why we cannot feel God's presence, perhaps it is because
we do not enjoy solitude but strongly dislike loneliness. We need to become more accustomed to some
loneliness. We need training to be alone
with a quiet heart in a quiet place during quiet time. Through that training, we must develop the
ability to transform the lonely wilderness into a garden of solitude by
experiencing God's presence with us.
(6) I believe that Jesus' intimate fellowship with
God the Father while praying alone in a quiet place during quiet times was the
most important backbone of all of Jesus' public ministry.
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