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천국 시민이요 미국 시민인 "동전 목사님"의 책임?

천국 시민이요 미국 시민인 "동전 목사님"의 책임?       악한 포도원 농부 비유가 자기들을 가리켜 한 말인 줄 알고 예수님을 잡으려고 했으나 군중들이 두려워 예수님을 잡지 못하고 그냥 가 버렸던 대제사장들과 율법학자들 ( 서기관들 ) 과 장로들은 어떻게 해서든지 구실을 붙여 예수님을 잡으려고 바리새파 사람들과 헤롯 당원 중 몇 사람을 예수님께 보내 이렇게 물어보게 하였습니다 : “선생님 , 우리가 알기에 선생님은 진실하셔서 사람의 겉모양을 보지 않으시고 진리대로 하나님의 교훈을 가르치시기 때문에 누구에게도 거리낌이 없으십니다 .   그런데 로마황제에게 세금을 바치는 것이 옳습니까 , 옳지 않습니까 ?   우리가 바쳐야 합니까 , 바치지 말아야 합니까 ? ”   그러나 예수님은 그들의 위선을 아시고 “왜 나를 시험하느냐 ?   데나리온 하나를 가져와 내게 보여라”하고 말씀하셨습니다 .   그들이 그것을 가져오자 예수님은 “이 초상과 글이 누구의 것이냐 ? ”하고 물으셨습니다 .   그들이 “황제의 것입니다”하고 대답하자 예수님이 “황제의 것은 황제에게 , 하나님의 것은 하나님께 바쳐라”하고 말씀하셨습니다 .   그래서 그들은 예수님의 말씀을 듣고 말문이 막혀 버렸습니다 ( 마가복음 12:12-17, 현대인의 성경 ).   저는 이 말씀을 마태복음 22 장 15-22 절과 누가복음 20 장 19-26 절 현대인의 성경 말씀과 연관해서 묵상할 때 오늘은 예수님께서 “데나리온 하나를 가져와 내게 보여라” [“ 세금으로 바치는 돈을 내게 보여라 ”( 마태복음 22:19, 현대인의 성경 )] 하고 말씀하시자 바리새파 사...

God’s Love

God’s Love       “Since you are precious and honored in my sight, and because I love you, I will give men in exchange for you, and people in exchange for your life.   …   Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you!” (Isaiah 43:4; 49:15)   “God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble” (Psalms 46:1).     The Bible declares that God loves each one of you.   What does the Bible say about this love of God towards you?     Firstly, the Bible states that God esteems you as precious.   In Isaiah 43:4, God testifies, "Since you are precious and honored in my sight, and because I love you ...."   All of you are considered precious in the sight of God.   How did we, as sinners, become esteemed in God's sight?   The reason is that we have been redeemed by the precious blood of Jesus. ...

Unbreakable love (Romans 9:1-8)

  Day 6: Romans 9:1-8     Unbreakable love     In Paul's unbreakable love for the people of Israel, there was "great sorrow" and "unceasing anguish" (Rom. 9:1-2).  The reason for this was Israel's unbelief.  Paul's "great sorrow" and "unceasing anguish" stemmed from the fact that his kinsmen according to the flesh, the Israelites (v. 3), sought to attain righteousness not by faith but by works (v. 11).  Paul was particularly distressed to see a privileged nation like the Israelites, who had the privilege of knowing and believing in God (vv. 4-5), not availing themselves of that privilege.   Yet, amidst witnessing the disobedience of the Israelites, and feeling the urgency and agony for the salvation of their souls, there was something that comforted his heart.  It was the word of the unbreakable covenant of God (v. 6).  The promise in that word was, "In Isaac shall thy seed be called" (v. 7).  The core of th...

Let us love each other (Romans 13:8-10)

          Let us love each other.         [Romans 13:8-10 ]            Are you good at interpersonal relationships?   There is an eternal classic of human management that has provided useful clues to solutions for people struggling with human relationships.   The name of that classic book is “How to Win Friends and Influence People.’   The author of this book is Dale Carnegie, considered the master of human relationships.   I want to share with you today some of his 30 relationship quotes (Internet): (1) Take a sincere interest in others, (2) Be a good listener.   Create a comfortable atmosphere so that the other person can speak freely about themselves, (3) Try talking about the other person's interests as a topic, (4) Give generous praise for small progress, (5) Don't criticize, belittle, or complain about the other person's opinion.   What do you think? ...

Community of love (Romans 12:9-13)

Community of love             [Romans 12:9-13]         What do you think of when you think of a community called church?   When I think of “community,” I think of the early church community in the Book of Acts.   And I think of the community of the Early Church as a community of love.   At the same time, I often ask myself, 'How can our church be established as a community of love like the Early Church?'   In doing so, I can't forget the 5 steps I get through studying the Book of Acts on how the Lord establishes the church, which is the body of the Lord: (1) About 120 people also gathered together and prayed holding onto the word of promise (Acts 1:14), (2) When they prayed in unison, they received the fullness of the Holy Spirit (Ch. 2), (3) When they were filled with the Holy Spirit, they boldly proclaimed the gospel of Jesus Christ (4:31), (4) The Lord added people who are being saved daily...

Inseparable love (Romans 9:1-13)

Inseparable love         [Romans 9:1-13]     We have already meditated on Romans 8:31-39.   In particular, I thought of the third and last of the three assurances, “Assurance of love.”   I personally shared verses 38-39 with you: “For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”   Even death cannot separate you and me from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.   In the midst of this, as we read Romans 9:1-3, we can see a glimpse of Paul's heart of loving the Israelites with God's inseparable love.   An example of this is Romans 9:3 – “For I could wish that I myself were accursed, separated from Christ for the sake of my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh.”   As I meditated o...