Those Who Bring Good News Must Also Rebuke in Love “But when John rebuked Herod the tetrarch because of his marriage to Herodias , his brother’s wife, and all the other evil things he had done, Herod added this to them all: He locked John up in prison.” ( Luke 3:18–20 ) As I meditate on these verses, I wish to receive the lesson contained in them. (1) John the Baptist, who proclaimed “good news” to the people (Luke 3:18), rebuked “ Herod the tetrarch ” (v.19)—the same Herod Antipas mentioned in verse 1 (Hokmah)—because of “ his marriage to Herodias , his brother’s wife, and all the other evil things he had done” (v.19). (a) The phrase “ his brother’s wife Herodias ” (v.19) refers to the fact that Herod took his brother Philip’s wife, Herodias (Matt. 14:4; Mark 6:17). Around A.D. 26, Herod divorced his first wife—the daughter of King Aretas of Arabia —and...
하나님은 사랑이십니다. 하나님은 사랑이십니다 ( 요일 4:8, 16). 사랑의 하나님을 진정으로 알아가는 자는 하나님의 뜻대로 서로 사랑합니다 (3:23). 그러나 서로 사랑하지 않는 자는 하나님을 알지 못하고 있는 것입니다 (4:8). 그 이유는 하나님은 사랑이시기 때문입니다 (8, 16 절 ).