When Human Beings Declare Spiritual Bankruptcy by Saying, “We Cannot Save Ourselves,” God Performs the Miracle of Salvation by Passing Camel-Like Sinners Through the Eye of a Needle “Jesus looked at him and said, ‘How difficult it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God! For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.’ Those who heard it said, ‘Then who can be saved?’ But He said, ‘The things that are impossible with men are possible with God’” (Luke 18:24–27). (1) As I read today’s passage, Luke 18:24–27, first in the Korean Bible and then in the Greek New Testament, the very first thing that caught my attention was the phrase “ὁ Ἰησοῦς [περίλυπον γενόμενον]” (ho Iēsous [perilypon genomenon]), which is not translated in the Korean Bible. What does this expression mean, and why was it omitted from...
마음을 잘 지키는 지혜로운 그리스도인 지혜로운 그리스도인은 하나님의 말씀에 귀를 기울이고 주의 깊게 듣고 자기 마음에 깊이 간직합니다 . 그리고 그는 하나님의 말씀을 간직한 자신의 마음을 그 무엇보다도 잘 지킵니다 . 그리고 그는 앞만 바라보고 시선을 다른 곳으로 돌리지 않으며 , 자신의 걸음을 조심하고 무엇을 하든지 확실하게 하며 , 좌로나 우로나 치우치지 않고 자기의 발을 악에서 떠나게 합니다 ( 잠언 4:20-21, 23, 25-27, 현대인의 성경 ).