September 30 Light and Darkness 빛과 어두움 "Wake up, O sleeper, rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you." - Ephesians 5:14 Ephesians 5:1–21 continues Paul's invaluable instructions on how Christians should live out their faith. Rather than imitating the world or being controlled by worldly things, Christians must be filled with the Spirit. Specific flaws such as sexual immorality, crude sp..
September 29 Radical Prayer 급진적인 기도 "At that time of sacrifice, the prophet Elijah stepped forward and prayed: O LORD, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known today that you are God in Israel and that I am your servant and have all these things at your command. Answer me, O LORD, answer me, so these people know that you are, O LORD, are God, and you are turning their hearts back agai..
September 28 God's Predestination 하나님의 예정 "For those God foreknew, he was also predestined to conform to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified" – Romans 8:29-30 This passage introduces one of the most controversial and contentious i..
September 27 Consider Suffering Pure Joy 고난을 기쁘게 여기라 "In this, you greatly rejoice, though now, for a little while, you may have suffered grief in all kinds of trials." - 1 Peter 1:6 In verses 3–5, Peter has just described the reality of our position as believers in Jesus Christ. God's mercy to us is great. In Christ, we have a living hope to be resurrected from the dead just as He was. Waitin..
September 26 The Religion of Life 생명의 종교 "As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead." – James 2:26 James drives the point home here with one last illustration. James makes a clever word-play here, similar to one Jesus uses in John chapter 3. James claims faith without works is just as dead as a body without the spirit. This Greek term can mean "wind," which is a eu..
September 25 One Who is Born of God 하나님께로 난 자 "No one born of God will continue to sin because God's seed remains in him; he cannot continue sinning because he has been born of God." - 1 John 3:9 First, John 3:4-10 strongly condemns sin, leaving no excuse for it. Salvation is no excuse for sin because all sin is from the devil, not God. Sin always disrupts our ''walk'' with God. And those who ..
