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...
순종하는 도중에 ... 겨자씨 한 알만한 믿음을 가진 자는 자신의 명철로 이해되지 않는 주님의 명령이라 할지라도 주님을 신뢰함으로 믿음으로 순종함으로 그 순종하는 도중에 주님의 기적 ( 임재 ) 를 경험합니다 ( 잠언 3:5; 누가복음 17:6, 14, 현대인의 성경 ).