"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 the Lord will have men who will bring offerings in righteousness, and the offerings of Judah and Jerusalem will be acceptable to the Lord. ㅡ Malachi 3:3-4그들이 의로운 제물을 나 여호와께 드릴 것이라. 그 때에 유다와 예루살렘의 헌물이 옛날과 고대와 같이 나 여호와께 기쁨이 되려니와 (말라기 3:3-4)Throughout Malachi's message, the people's lack of commit…
Be on your guard, and do not be unfaithful. ㅡ Malachi 2:16너희 심령을 삼가 지켜 거짓을 행하지 말지니라 (말 2:16)Some Bible versions translate the first part of this verse to say, "'I hate divorce', says the Lord, the God of Israel." God loves love. "God is love"(1 John 4:8)! It is in the very nature…
"Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors, so that you would not light useless fires on my altar!" ㅡ Malachi 1:10"너희가 내 단위에 헛되이 불사르지 못하게 하기 위하여 너희 중에 성전 문을 닫을 자가 있었으면 좋겠도다!"(말라기 1:10)How horrible that God wanted his own temple doors closed! This is one of the strongest bib…
"You will see it with your own eyes and say, "Great is the Lordㅡeven beyond the borders of Israel." ㅡ Malachi 1:5"너희는 목도하고 이르기를 여호와께서는 이스라엘 지경 밖에서 크시다 하리라."(말라기 1:5)The people of Edom, the descendants of Esau, may have thought they could undo what God had done. They didn't c…
Let them call the elders of the church to pray over them and anoint them with oil in the name of the Lord. ㅡ James 5:14그는 교회의 장로들을 청할 것이요 그들은 주의 이름으로 기름을 바르며 그를 위하여 기도할지니라 (약 5:14)When I learned that my cancer had returned, it was just a few days before a significant youth event that I was coordinat…
You ought to say, "If it is the Lord's will, we will live and do this or that." ㅡ James 4:15너희가 도리어 말하기를, "주의 뜻이면 우리가 살기도 하고 이것이나 저것을 하리라" 할 것이거늘 (약 4:15)Deep inside each of us is a powerful desire to have a good life story. When our days on earth are completed, most of us want t…
You do not even know what will happen tomorrow. - James 4:14내일 일을 너희가 알지 못하는도다 (약 4:14)My kids and I like to watch a TV show about unsolved mysteries and hunts for lost treasure around the worlds. Sometimes it's just fascinating to learn about faraway places and people and events we have never heard…
Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. Grieve, mourn and wail.... Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up. - James 4:8-10죄인들아 손을 깨끗이 하라 두 마음을 품은 자들아 마음을 성결하게 하라. 슬퍼하며 애통하며 울지어다... 주 앞에서 낮추라 그리하면 주께서 너희를 높이시라 (약 4:4-10)Martin Luther struggled to un…
"When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives ..." -James 4:3구하여도 받지 못함은 정욕으로 쓰려고 잘못 구함이니라 (약 4:3)It shouldn'tbe difficult to ask for God's guidance, should it? The Bible tells us we simply have to ask. And yet it's amazing how often we end up feeling lost in the fo…