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...
어리석고 해로운 욕심에 떨어지는 이유 어리석고 해로운 욕심에 떨어지는 이유는 이미 있는 것을 족한 줄 모르는 자족하는 마음이 없기 때문이요 또한 이 세상에 아무 것도 가지고 온 것이 없기에 아무 것도 가지고 가지 못한다는 진리를 마음으로 모르기 때문입니다 . 그러기에 탐심 속에서 돈을 사랑하여 부하려고 하는 것입니다 ( 디모데전서 6 장 6-10 절 ).