The Second Blessing of the Beatitudes : Those Who Hunger and Thirst for God’s Righteousness Will Be Satisfied by God’s Salvation! “Blessed are you who hunger now, for you shall be satisfied …” ( Luke 6:21a ) I would like to receive the lessons given through meditating on this word: (1) I would like to receive the lessons given as I meditate on the first half of Luke 6:21, the second blessing of the Beatitudes, in connection with Matthew 5:6 , which says, “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled.” (a) Here, the phrase “those who hunger” comes from the Greek word πεινῶντες (peinōntes), which is used as a present participle. It does not indicate a temporary hunger but a continuous, ongoing state of hunger. This physical hunger is reinterpreted with a spiritual meaning in Matthew 5:6 as “ hu...
음란한 마음이 우리에게 있으므로 ... 하나님은 우리에 관한 것을 모두 알고 계시며 우리는 하나님에게 하나도 숨기지 못할 것입니다 . 영적 창녀짓으로 우리 자신을 더럽히는 행위가 우리로 하여금 우리의 하나님에게로 돌아가지 못하게 하고 있습니다 . 음란한 마음이 우리에게 있으므로 우리가 하나님을 인정하지 않고 있습니다 . 우리의 교만이 그것을 증거하고 있습니다 ( 호세아 5:3-5, 현대인의 성경 ).