God --- made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions. ㅡ Ephesians 2:4-5--- 하나님이 ---허물로 죽은 우리를 그리스도와 함께 살리셨고 --- (엡 2:4-5)A greater contrast than that of night and day is the contrast of past and present, then and now. In the past, paul explains, we were "dead in transgress…
God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church. ㅡ Ephesians 1:22[하나님이] 만물을 그의 발 아래에 복종하게 하시고 그를 만물 위에 교회의 머리로 삼으셨느니라 (엡 1:22)For the next few days we will be thinking about the vertical habit of saying "Help me" to God. Like each of the oth…
I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers. ㅡ Ephesians 1:16내가 기도할 때에 기억하며 너희로 말미암아 감사하기를 그치지 아니하고 (엡 1:16)Marina heard the gospel of Jesus Christ for the first time while she was in the hospital. Another patient there, Antonina, explained to her what Christ did for us o…
You also were included in Christ when you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation ---You were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit --- ㅡ Ephesians 1:13그 안에서 너희도 진리의 말씀 곧 너희의 구원의 복음을 듣고 그 안에서 또한 믿어 약속의 성령으로 인치심을 받았으니 (엡 1:13)Paul begins his letter to the Ephesisans wit…
In love he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ ㅡ Ephesians 1:4-5사랑 안에서 그 앞에 거룩하고 흠이 없게 하시려고 그 기쁘신 뜻대로 우리를 예정하사 예수 그리스도로 말미암아 자기의 아들들이라 하셨으니 (엡 1:4-5)The Scriptures sometimes use courtroom language: apart from Jesus, the verdict is that we are guilty. We need Jesus to be our…
(From) Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To God's holy people in Ephesus --- ㅡ Ephesians 1:1하나님의 뜻으로 말미암아 그리스도 예수의 사도 된 바울은 에베소에 있는 성도들과 --- (엡 1:1)What do you usually think of when you here the word saint? Most of us think of some revered religious person. But what about the pers…
"For you who revere my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its rays." ㅡ Malachi 4:2"내 이름을 경외하는 너희에게는 의로운 해가 떠올라서 치료하는 광선을 발하리니"(말라기 4:2)This beautiful promise near the end of the book of Malachi was for those who felt convicted of their disrespect for God and…
Then those who feared the Lord talked with each other, and the Lord listened and heard --- "On the day when I act, "says the Lord Almighty, "they will be my treasured possession." ㅡ Malachi 3:16-17"그 때에 여호와를 경외하는 자들이 피차에 말하매 여호와께서 그것을 분명히 들으시고 --- 만군의 여호와가 이르노라, "내가 나의 …
"You have spoken arrogantly against me," says the Lord, "You have said, 'It is futile to serve God." ㅡ Malachi 3:13-14여호와가 이르노라, "너희가 완악한 말로 나를 대적하고도, 너희가 말하기를, "하나님을 섬기는 것이 헛되다'고 너희가 말하는도다"(말 3:13-14)Sometimes it can seem futile to serve God. These verses point ou…
"Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this --- and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven --- ㅡ Malachi 3:10"만군의 여호와가 이르노라 너희의 온전한 십일조를 창고에 들여 나의 집에 양식이 있게 하고 그것으로 나를 시험하여 내가 하늘 문을 열고 너희에게 복을 쌓을 곳이 없도록 붓지 아니하나 보라." (말…