The Most Valuable Life in God’s Sight Is One That Begins with “Bearing Witness to Jesus Christ” and Ends with It! “There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. He came as a witness, to bear witness about the Light, that all might believe through him. He was not the Light, but came to bear witness about the Light.” (John 1:6–8) (1) When I read today’s passage, John 1:6–8, in both the Korean Bible and the Greek Bible, the first thought that came to my mind was that the Gospel of Luke records specific details about John the Baptist. Therefore, I would first like to briefly summarize what Luke records about John the Baptist and then meditate on John the Baptist as he is presented in today’s passage, John 1:6–8. 1. John the Baptist as Recorded in the Gospel of Luke — A Brief Summary Among the four Gospels, Luke gives the most historical and detailed a...
God's grace "’Arise, go to Nineveh the great city and cry against it, for their wickedness has come up before Me.’ … ‘Arise, go to Nineveh the great city and proclaim to it the proclamation which I am going to tell you’"(Jonah 1:2, 3:2). When we compare Jonah 1:2 with Jonah 3:2, there is a similarity. Both the first word of God to Jonah (1:2) and the second word (3:2) begin with the same words: “Arise, go the Nineveh the great city.” But comparing the two verses, there is also the difference. The difference is that in the first word of God, God told Jonah the reason why Jonah should go to Nineveh ("because its wickedness has come up before me”) (1:2) while in the second word of God, God told Jonah what he should proclaim, the content of the message (3:2): “Yet forty days and Nineveh will be overth...