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바울의 마지막 문안 인사 (11)

바울의 마지막 문안 인사 (11)       두기고와 오네시모의 두 번째 공통점은 그들은 신실한 사람들이었습니다 ( 골 4:7, 9).   흥미로운 점은 바울은 골로새 교 회 성도들에게 마지막 문안 인사를 하면서 신실한 사람들인 두기고와 오네시모를 언급하였는데 , 시작 인사를 보면 그는 골로새에 있는 성도들 “ 곧 그리스도 안에서 신실한 형제들 ” (1:2) 하고 언급했을 뿐만 아니라 에바브라는 그들을 위한 “ 그리스도의 신실한 일꾼 ”(7 절 ) 이라고 말했다는 것입니다 .   여기 골로새서 1 장 2 절에서 “신실한 형제들”이란 말을 현대인의 성경은 “그리스도를 믿는 형제들”이라고 번역을 했 는 데 여기서 “신실한 형제들”이란 예수 그리스도를 계속해 서 신실하게 믿는 형제들입니다 .   “신실한 형제들”이란 (1) 믿음이 충만한 자들이요 (full of faith), (2) 신뢰하는 사람들 (trustful) 이요 , 또한 신뢰할 만한 사람들 (trustworthy) 로서 (3) 그리스도에게 충성된 자들 (loyal to Christ) 입니다 (KJV 성경 주석 ). “그리스도 안에서 신실한 형제들”은 그리스도에게 충성된 자들이요 예수 그리스도의 충성된 증인들 입니다 ( 계 1:5). 그들은 흠 없이 정직하게 주님을 따르며 ( 시 101:6), 지극히 작은 것에도 충성하며 ( 눅 16:10), 죽도록 충성하여 ( 계 2:10) 주님 앞에서 설 때에 “잘하였다 착한 종이여 네가 지극히 작은 것에 충성하였”다는 주님의 칭찬 ( 눅 19:17) 과 더불어 주님께로부터 생명의 면류관을 받을 사람들입니다 ( 계 2:10).      

Seven words on the cross (3) (John 19:25-27)

Seven words on the cross (3)         [John 19:25-27]       This is the third word Jesus spoke on the cross: “…   ‘Woman, behold, your son!’  …  ‘Behold, your mother!’” (Jn. 19:26-27)    Look at John 19:25-27: “Therefore the soldiers did these things.  But standing by the cross of Jesus were His mother, and His mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.  When Jesus then saw His mother, and the disciple whom He loved standing nearby, He said to His mother, ‘Woman, behold, your son!’  Then He said to the disciple, ‘Behold, your mother!’  From that hour the disciple took her into his own household.”  Looking at these words, we can see that there were four women and one man by the cross of Jesus.   First, I would like to think of four women: (1) “His mother” refers to Mary, the mother of the crucified Jesus.   (2) “His mother’s sister” is “Salome” (...

“If God is for us” (4) (Romans 8:31-34)

“If God is for us” (4)         [Romans 8:31-34]       Look at Romans 8:33 – “Who will bring a charge against God's elect?  …”  When we think of the “God’s elect” here, when did God choose?  Romans 8:29 says that God foreknew.  In other words, God chose before the creation of the world, before all things existed.  Look at Ephesians 1:4 – “just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, ….”  So, who are the people God has chosen?  They are those who has become conformed to the image of God’s only begotten Son, Jesus Christ (Rom. 8:29).  Here, the Son of God, the only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, not only died, but rose again (v. 34).  Not only that, but He is the One who ascended into heaven, and sat at his right hand of God (Mk. 16:19; Heb. 10:12) to make intercession for us (Rom. 8:34).   As God's chosen ones, we must imitate Jesus.   The subject of all our wishe...

“If God is for us” (3) (Romans 8:31-34)

“If God is for us” (3)       [Romans 8:31-34]     Look at Romans 8:32 – “He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him over for us all, how will He not also with Him freely give us all things?”  Here, “He who did not spare” refers to God who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all.  That God is a God who is for us (v. 31).  And the God who is for us is the eternal God (Deut. 33:27; Isa. 40:28; Rom. 16:26), the omnipresent God (Isa. 57:15; Jere. 23:24), the Almighty God (Gen. 28:3; Josh. 22:22; Job 8:3, 5; Ps. 50:1; Isa. 9:6; Ezek. 10:5; Rev. 11:17; 15:3; 16:7, 14; 19: 6, 15; 21:22), a God of love (1 Jn. 4:8, 16).  The God of love who is for us, but did not spare His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, for our salvation, and gave Him up to die on the cross for us.   In Romans 8:32, “the Son” spoken of by the Apostle Paul refers to Jesus Christ, who is equal to God, the only begotten Son.   God, who l...

“If God is for us” (2) (Romans 8:31-34)

“If God is for us” (2)       [Romans 8:31-34]     Look at Romans 8:32 – “He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him over for us all, how will He not also with Him freely give us all things?”  Here, “His own son” refers to God the Son, the only begotten Son of God.  The Father God sent His only begotten Son to this earth, and Jesus, the only begotten Son, came to this earth in obedience to the will of the Father God.  Among the eight visions that the prophet Zechariah saw, the first was the coming of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, to the human world (Zech. 1:8).  The vision he saw was of the only begotten Son of God, Jesus Christ, standing [the word that the only begotten was standing three times (vv. 8, 10, 11)].  The Bible mainly depicts Jesus Christ sitting at the right hand of God (Mk. 16:19; Lk. 22:69; Col. 3:1; Heb.  1:3; 10:12; 12:2).  But Stephen saw Jesus standing at the right hand of God before he...

Am I serious about my sin?

Am I serious about my sin? "If God was so serious about sin that he sacrificed his own Son and filled us with his own Spirit, how can we be any less serious about our sins of heart and behavior?"   [Paul David Tripp, "INSTRUMENTS IN THE REDEEMER'S HANDS"]