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...
왜 사탄은 우리를 막을까요 ? 사도 바울은 데살로니가 교회 성도들의 얼굴 보기를 열정으로 더욱 힘썼습니다 ( 살전 2:17). 그러나 사탄이 바울을 막았습니다 (18 절 ). 그 이유가 무엇일까요 ? 어쩌면 그 이유는 바울을 통하여 말씀을 듣고 기쁨으로 받았던 데살로니가 교회 성도들로 하여금 (1:6) 핍박과 고난을 당하고 있었을 때 (2:14) 온전히 결실하지 못하고 , 주님을 배반하여 , 구원을 얻지 못하게 하려는 것이 아니었을까 생각합니다 ( 눅 8:12-14).