If you do not listen, and if you do not resolve to honor my name," says the Lord Almighty, "I will send a curse on you." ㅡ Malachi 2:2만군의 여호와가 이르노라, "너희가 만일 듣지 아니하며 마음에 두지 아니하여 내 이름을 영화롭게 하지 아니하면 내가 너희에게 저주를 내리리라"(말라기 2:2).Throughout the book of Malachi, God is called "…
"You ask, 'How have you loved us?" "Was not Esau Jacob's brother?" declares the Lord. "Yet I have loved Jacob, but Esau I havehated ---" ㅡ Malachi 1:2-3"너희는 이르기를, '주께서 어떻게 우리를 사랑하셨습니까?' 하는도다. 나 여호와가 말하노라. "에서는 야곱의 형이 아나냐? 그러나 내가 야곱을 사랑하였고 에서는 미워하였으며 ---" …
A prophecy: The word of the Lord to Israel through Malachi. "I have loved you," says the Lord. ㅡ Malachi 1:1-2a여호와께서 말라기로 이스라엘에게 말씀하신 경고라. 여호와께서 가라사대, "내가 너희를 사랑하였노라"(말 1:1-2a).The name Malachi means "my messenger." God has a message for his people, and he wants to make…
The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective ... ㅡ James 5:16의인의 간구는 역사하는 힘이 큼이니라 (약 5:16)In the book Huckleberry Finn, the main character ㅡ Huck, as he was called ㅡ needed fishhooks. Someone had told him that God always answers prayers, so for three days Huck Finn prayed for fishhooks…
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…
"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…
The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole person, sets the whole course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell. - James 3:6 혀는 곧 불이요 불의의 세계라 혀는 우리 지체 중에서 온 몸을 더럽히고 삶의 수레바퀴를 불사르나니 그 사르는 것이 지옥 불에서 나느니라 (약 3:6)Here is a prayer I need t…
Faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead - James 2:17이와 같이 행함이 없는 믿음은 그 자체가 죽은 것이라 (약 2:17)How do faith and actions (good works, obedience) fit together? While recognizing that salvation is completely a gift from God, including the faith necessary for believing in Jesus as Savior…
"Speak and act as those who are going to be judged by the law that gives freedom, because judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment!" - James 2:12-13"너희는 자유의 율법대로 심판받을 자처럼 말도 하고 행하기도 하라 긍휼을 행하지 아니하는 자에게는 긍휼없는 심판이 있으리라 긍휼은 심판…
Believers in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ must not show favoritism. - James 2:1내 형제들아 영광의 주 곧 우리 주 예수 그리스도에 대한 믿음을 너희가 가졌으니 사람을 차별하여 대하지 말라 (약 2:1)The Bible makes clear that believers in Christ, enjoying the gift of God's acceptance by grace, may not show favoritism, treating some people as better…