고린도후서 11:7 말씀을 읽고 도전이 된 내용과 묵상하고 적용할 사항을 정리해 보았습니다.
2 Corinthians 11:7 I preached God's Good News to you without pay. I made myself unimportant to make you important. Do you think that was wrong?
고후 11:7: 옳은 것 - 기쁜 소식을 대가 없이 전하고 자신보다 남을 더 중요하게 여기는 것
바울은 자신이 하나님의 복음을 대가 없이 전하고 자신보다 남을 더 중요하게 여기는 것이 틀린 것인지에 대해 사람들에게 직접적으로 문의했습니다(고후 11:7).
무엇이 옳은가에 대한 질문입니다. 하나하나 살펴보면, 하나님의 복음이라는 것은 우리가 어떻게 해도 도달할 수 없는 하나님의 사랑을 직접 경험할 수 있는 것을 말하고 있으며, 그것은 하나님 또는 우리가 스스로 하나님을 알 수 없으나 하나님께서 은혜로 우리가 알 수 있도록 전해주시는 것이 복음입니다. 그런데 그것을 아무런 대가 없이 전해주는 것은 것입니다. 이에 더하여 그러한 귀한 말씀을 전하는 자가 자신을 귀히 여기지 않고 다른 사람을 더 귀하게 여기는 태도로 전한다니 이것은 세상의 기준으로 보면 정말 있을 수 없는 것이며, 비상식적인 전개입니다. 무엇 하나도 정상적이지 않은 태도와 자세입니다.
그렇습니다. 오늘 말씀 통해서는 우리 그리스도인의 자세와 태도는 세상의 반응이나 태도와는 정반대가 되는 삶임을 다시금 생각하게 되었습니다. 저도 오늘을 살아가며 복음 전하는 삶을 살아감과 동시에 주님을 아는 태도와 자세로 살며 하나님을 전하고 진리를 전하는 삶, 말씀을 전파하는 삶, 말씀을 암송하는 삶에 드려지는 시간 갖기를 적용합니다. 아멘!
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2 Corinthians 11:7: What's right - sharing the good news without cost and valuing others more than yourself
Paul directly asked people if he was wrong to share God's gospel without cost and to consider others more important than himself (2 Corinthians 11:7).
When we break it down, the gospel of God is the direct experience of God's love that is beyond our reach, and it is the message that God or we cannot know God on our own, but that God, by His grace, makes it possible for us to do so. But to give it away for nothing in return, and to do so in such a way that the bearer of such a precious message does not value himself, but rather values others more than himself, is, by the world's standards, a truly unthinkable and unorthodox development. It is an attitude and an attitude that is not normal at all.
It is. Today's message reminded me that our Christian posture and attitude is to be the opposite of the world's response and attitude. As I live my life today, I apply the attitude and posture of knowing the Lord, living a life of preaching the gospel, living a life of preaching the truth, living a life of preaching the Word, living a life of memorizing the Word, and taking time to worship God. Amen!
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