Tuesday, 22 September 2015
Galatians 4:26-31
그러나 하늘에 있는 예루살렘은 종이 아닌 여자이며, 우리의 어머니입니다.
성경에 기록하기를, "아이를 낳지 못하는 여자여, 즐거워하여라. 해산의 고통을 모르는 여자여, 소리를 높여서 외쳐라. 홀로 사는 여자의 자녀가 남편을 둔 여자의 자녀보다 더 많을 것이다" 하였습니다.
형제자매 여러분, 여러분은 이삭과 같이 약속의 자녀들입니다.
그러나 그 때에 육신을 따라 난 사람이 성령을 따라 난 사람을 박해한 것과 같이, 지금도 그러합니다.
그런데 성경은 무엇이라고 말합니까. "여종과 그 아들을 내쫓아라. 여종의 아들은 절대로, 종이 아닌 본처의 아들과 함께 유업을 받지 못할 것이다" 하였습니다.그러므로 형제자매 여러분, 우리는 여종의 자녀가 아니라, 자유를 가진 여자의 자녀입니다.But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our mother.
For it is written: "Be glad, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth and cry aloud, you who have no labor pains; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband."
Now you, brothers, like Isaac, are children of promise.
At that time the son born in the ordinary way persecuted the son born by the power of the Spirit. It is the same now.
But what does the Scripture say? "Get rid of the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman's son will never share in the inheritance with the free woman's son."Therefore, brothers, we are not children of the slave woman, but of the free woman.
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If we are truly children of the free woman, then we should also be free people. If we are truly free people, then we should keep in mind that Christ protects us from being persecuted in this world. We maybe physically or worldly persecuted, but we should remember that we are spiritually free of this world by relying on the sanctifying power and help of the Holy Spirit in our lives. Only by relying on the Spirit, we will become less dependent and no longer slaves to this world since we will get to know the truth, which sets us free. We should therefore pray for the pouring of the Holy Spirit in our lives so that we no longer rely on this world but try to cling to the word of life. Amen!
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