“ True Believers Like Wheat ” and “ The Wicked Like Chaff ” “John answered them all, ‘I baptize you with water. But one who is more powerful than I will come, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. His winnowing fork is in his hand to clear his threshing floor and to gather the wheat into his barn, but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire’” (Luke 3:16–17). Let us meditate on this passage and receive its spiritual lessons: (1) When the people, who had long awaited the coming of the Messiah, began to wonder in their hearts whether John the Baptist might be the Messiah (Luke 3:15, Modern Translation ), John testified clearly that he was not the Messiah, but that the One coming after him was. (a) John 1:8 says: “He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light” ( Modern Translation : “He was not the light himself but came only to bear witness to the light”). (i) The purp...
내가 흔들릴 때에 나는 오직 주님의 사랑을 의지합니다. " 어느 때까지 " " 나의 영혼이 번민하고 종일토록 마음에 근심 " 해야 하는 것일까 ? " 어느 때까지 " 하나님은 나를 잊으시고 " 어느 때까지 " 주님의 얼굴을 나에게서 숨기실 것일까 ? " 내가 흔들릴 때에 " " 나는 오직 주의 사랑을 의지 " 합니다 . " 나의 마음은 주의 구원을 기뻐 " 할 것입니다 ( 시편 13 편 ).