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 Scripture You Have
Just Heard
Has Been Fulfilled
Today”
“He
rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant, and sat down. The eyes of
everyone in the synagogue were fastened on him. He began by saying to them,
‘Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing’” (Luke 4:20–21).
As I meditate on this passage, I wish to receive the lesson it imparts.
(1) The “book” that Jesus “rolled up and gave back
to the attendant” (Lk. 4:20) was the scroll containing the words of the prophet
Isaiah (v.17).
(a) After Jesus read Isaiah 61:1–2 from that scroll,
He returned it to “the attendant”—the person in charge of maintaining the
scrolls, cleaning the synagogue, blowing the silver trumpet to announce the
Sabbath, and teaching the Law to children during the week. Then He sat down (Lk.
4:20; Modern Korean Bible; Hochma).
(2) The Bible says that all those gathered in the
synagogue “were gazing intently at Him” (v.20).
The Modern Korean Bible translates this as “all the people gathered
there fixed their eyes on Jesus.” The
Greek word translated “gazing intently” is ἀτενίζοντες (atenizontes). Luke, the author of both the Gospel of Luke
and Acts, uses this word 13 times (Lk. 4:20; 22:56; Acts 1:10; 3:4,12; 6:15;
7:55; 10:4; 11:6; 13:9; 14:9; 23:1).
(a) The reason Luke uses this word here (Lk. 4:20)
is to prepare for Jesus’ Messianic declaration (Internet). In other words, after Jesus stood up in the
synagogue (v.16), read Isaiah 61:1–2 (vv.17–19), and then sat down (v.20), He
began to give a sermon explaining the meaning of that Scripture (Hochma). The people’s eyes were fixed on Him in
anticipation.
(i)
That
Messianic declaration is found in Jesus’ words: “Today this Scripture is
fulfilled in your hearing” (v.21) (Modern Korean Bible: “The Scripture you have
just read has been fulfilled today”).
·
This means
that the prophecy Jesus read—Isaiah 61:1–2—was now being fulfilled. According to Isaiah’s prophecy, the Messiah,
the Christ, had come, and those in the synagogue were hearing the very words of
that Messiah from His own lips (Hochma).
-
In other
words, Jesus’ Messianic declaration was that the words of Isaiah 61:1–2 had
been fulfilled that very day (Lk. 4:21).
n The phrase “today” refers to “the year of the
Lord’s favor” (v.19), that is, the time when the Messiah, the Christ, would
come and proclaim “the gospel of God”, saying: “The time has come. The kingdom
of God has drawn near. Repent and believe the gospel” (Mk. 1:14–15; Hochma)
(b) While meditating on this passage, I was reminded
of the second half of 2 Corinthians 6:2: “Behold, now is the favorable time;
behold, now is the day of salvation.”
(i)
This means
that right now is the most favorable time to receive God’s grace—the day when
salvation is available. Therefore, we must not miss this moment in our
relationship with God, nor receive His grace in vain (Internet).
·
When I think
of someone who did not miss that moment and received the grace of salvation, I
recall the jailer mentioned in Acts 16. When
Paul cast out a spirit from a slave girl in the name of Jesus Christ, her
owners, realizing that their source of profit was gone, seized Paul and Silas
and dragged them into the marketplace before the authorities (v.19). The magistrates ordered that Paul and Silas be
stripped, beaten severely, and thrown into prison, commanding the jailer to
guard them securely (vv.22–23).
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Around
midnight, despite the threat of execution the next day, Paul and Silas were
praying and singing hymns to God (v.25). Suddenly there was a violent earthquake—the
prison doors flew open, and everyone’s chains came loose (v.26). The jailer awoke, saw the doors open, and,
thinking the prisoners had escaped, was about to kill himself (v.27). But Paul stopped him (v.28). Trembling with fear, the jailer fell before
Paul and Silas (v.29), brought them out, and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be
saved?” (v.30)
n Paul answered, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and
you will be saved—you and your household” (v.31). Then Paul spoke the word of the Lord to the
jailer and to everyone in his house (v.32). As a result, “… he and his entire household
believed in God” (v.34). Great joy came
to that home. May such grace of
salvation and great joy also be with all of us.
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