When we practice pure love and mercy without expecting any price or reward in this world, only then does the true blessing of heaven come upon us. “And He also said to the one who had invited Him, ‘When you give a luncheon or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors, otherwise they may also invite you in return and that will be your repayment. But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, and you will be blessed, since they do not have the means to repay you; for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous’” (Luke 14:12–14). (1) Today, as I read and meditated on Luke 14:12–14 in both the Korean Bible and the Greek Bible, I became interested in the fact that the word related to “repaying” appears three times repeatedly. (a) The first word for “repay...
하나님께서 기뻐하시는 것은 ... 하나님께서 기뻐하시는 것은 우리가 하나님을 이해하고 아는 것과 그리고 하나님께서 자비를 베푸시며 옳고 공정한 일을 행하시는 하나님을 아는 것으로 자랑하는 것입니다 ( 참고 : 예레미야 9:24, 현대인의 성경 ).