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...
신자들에게 존경을 받고 있는 사람과 함께 사도 바울은 신자들에게 존경을 받고 있었던 디모데와 함께 선교 사역을 감당한 것을 불 때에 복음 전도 선교 사역을 함에 있어서 신자들에게 존경을 받는 사람과 함께 팀 사역을 해야 한다는 생각을 하게 됩니다 ( 사도행전 16:1-2, 현대인의 성경 ).