사도 바울의 십자가에 대한 강렬한 자랑

사도 바울은 오직 우리 주 예수 그리스도의 십자가를 자랑할 것을 강조합니다.

### 오직 우리 주 예수 그리스도의 십자가를 자랑하며
* 🔥 사도 바울은 세상적인 업적이나 도덕성보다는 **오직 예수 그리스도의 십자가를 자랑하는 것**이 중요하다고 강조합니다.
* 🌍 십자가는 **하나님의 완전한 공의와 무한한 사랑이 드러나는 예수 그리스도의 죽음**을 상징합니다.
* ✝ 바울은 신자들이 세상을 이길 수 있는 것은 **세상적인 수단이나 인간의 노력이 아니라 십자가의 능력**이라고 주장합니다.
* 💀 예수님을 믿는다는 것은 **옛 자아의 죽음을 받아들이고 그리스도 안에서 새로운 삶**을 사는 것을 의미합니다.
* 🌱 핵심은 **성령 안에서 새롭게 창조**되어 단순한 윤리적 행동을 넘어서는 삶을 사는 것입니다.
* 바울은 십자가의 육체적, 영적 흔적을 언급하며 **"이제부터는 아무도 나를 괴롭히지 못하게 하라, 나는 내 몸에 예수의 흔적을 지니고 있다"**고 선언하며 편지를 마무리합니다.
* 🕊 부활하신 예수님께서 십자가의 흔적을 간직하신 것처럼, 신자들은 **하나님의 구원의 은혜를 영원히 기억하기 위해 십자가의 상처**를 지고 가도록 초대받습니다.

We have now reached the final chapter 6 of Galatians. Through Galatians, we have examined the earnest challenge of the Apostle Paul. Saying that we believe in Jesus but if that belief is not standing for the right reward, how dangerous it is. Paul challenged, rebuked, and appealed. Just participating in worship, church community, lifting hands, and fellowship is not a testimony of faith. A true testimony of faith is because of the right relationship with Jesus Christ, not just the right reward for the gospel. The correct testimony of faith is experiencing and knowing the grace of Jesus Christ, not just talking about the gospel of Jesus Christ in words, but experiencing the crucifixion, resurrection, and the Holy Spirit of Jesus Christ coming into our hearts. Without the experience and correct knowledge of the grace of Jesus Christ, our life of faith may be nothing more than religious and cultural activities. We need to truly believe in the truth of this gospel we believe in.

We must look back on ourselves every year to approach the clear, certain, and correct recording that is right in front of us as an experience. Through the letter to the Galatians, Paul strongly appealed, challenged, and rebuked those who departed, utilizing all the truths he realized, quoting all the currents of the Old Testament, connecting Abraham and David to Jesus Christ. Why was the law given through Moses? It was to support God's promise. The law is to make us realize how sinful we are before God.

To make it clear that the ring itself cannot be worthy, it is important to realize that the promise of God is important. This promise of God creates faith in us and through that faith, those who live according to the promise of God in Jesus Christ are justified by God. The apostle Paul emphasized how easily this message could be distorted in the flow of the vain philosophy and trends of this age. Now, as he concludes the letter, he is finishing it with his own confession. Particularly, from chapter 6, verse 11 to verse 18, Paul's words show that until then, someone else had been writing down his dictation like a game, but from verse 11 onwards, he takes the pen himself to conclude boldly, in large letters, to finish this distortion. This is me finishing it myself.

Emphasizing it as a letter, he concludes with a confession of his faith. Through this confession, he makes a very important confession. Let's read his confession together in Chapter 6, Verse 14. However, I will never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. Through Christ, the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. I will never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. The word boast was used by Apostle Paul in the New Testament, appearing 9 times, with 5 of them being used by him. It could be said that boast is a specialized term used by Apostle Paul. The word boast is difficult to translate accurately as it weakly reflects its original meaning because it also includes a negative connotation of boasting. Therefore, it was translated using the word boast as there is no closer equivalent word to use.

Originally, the word 운의 carries three meanings: making people you meet talk about it, making you happy just thinking about it and feel enthusiastic about life, and thirdly, boasting about being the center of life and supporting you. We can express these things like this: What are we boasting about? What makes us feel enthusiastic about life? What is making us speechless? What is at the center of our lives? The Apostle Paul called the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. When Paul said he only boasts in the cross, how shocking is that today in this era? In our time, it is difficult to feel this. In our era, the cross is considered a symbol of Christianity, and cross decorations are seen as virtual rewards and a pious design symbol. However, at the time of the Apostle Paul, it was still

During the Roman Empire era, it was a time when people hesitated to mention the word cross as it was associated with executions by crucifixion. In this era, our saints had a dream where the cross kept appearing. If the cross keeps appearing in a dream, wouldn't we think it's a dream filled with the Holy Spirit? Paul mentioned in his time that among the nightmares where the cross kept appearing, he had a nightmare that boasted about such a cross. Only those who realize the secret of the Gospel can confess this. Why did Apostle Paul say that our Lord Jesus despised the cross? He said it was because of three things about the cross. Firstly, he confesses that he did not see the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. He emphasizes that not only Christ, not only Jesus, but Jesus Christ among us received the cross. This word among us implies a lot. The one who believes in Jesus Christ saves us easily. He is the King of kings and the Lord of all.

The Lord, who is our owner, came as the Messiah according to the promise to save us, and in history, He was anointed as Christ. He came as the Messiah and became a human being just like us, and as a substitute for us, he became the atoning sacrifice by dying for us. The meaning is in our Lord Jesus Christ. In these words, the cross is none other than the cross of the death of our Lord Jesus Christ. No matter how much we emphasize the cross, the clear truth is that through the death of our Lord Jesus Christ on the cross, not a single sin can be forgiven, not a single lie can be accepted. The perfect justice of God is revealed. Why did our Lord Jesus Christ have to die on the cross? It is because he had to receive judgment in God's perfect justice. The pouring out of God's wrath, the righteous wrath of God, which must be poured out on all mankind, was taken by our Savior, our Christ.

Instead, because it is the death that takes on the responsibility, at the same time, it is the death where God's love, which can completely forgive any sin, no matter how heinous the crime, is poured out through the death of our Lord Jesus Christ on the cross. Can we say that the death of any person in this world can be combined with the complete justice and complete love of God and the philosophy and thoughts of any world? The world is 0 immigrants and love is love. The one who pours out love worries and shouts out love. The one who proclaims justice worries and shouts out love. Is there an event where justice and people from any place in my world become one while shouting out love? Is there an event where people are realized, and harmony and agreement among people are achieved while shouting out 02? Can the world be transformed through the event where the complete justice and complete love of our Lord Jesus Christ on the cross are combined?

It is represented as an event of becoming one in the cross because it was the death of God's son, the death of God's only begotten son. The death of God's son is a more ordinary death than God's own death, pouring out all His perfection to judge and resolve this sin, and at the same time, granting complete forgiveness and love to all who believe in Him. This love that forgives all sins, no matter how small or unforgivable, is the abundant love of God that can forgive any sin. It is the event of becoming one because of the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, enabling all who believe in Him to be renewed and live the life of eternal life. This is the message of salvation given to all people, the hope, the way, the truth, and the life. Secondly, Paul confesses that he has not received the new body.

It is because the cross nailed the script of the universe and not only that, but it also nailed the world. Many worlds were nailed to the cross together as the owner of the cross. Why did that happen? The death of Jesus Christ on the cross is the death that nailed the world. What is in that world? The word world itself refers to two groups: the world created by people or the area where God is rejected, left, and not acknowledged, calling it the world. In the center and inside of that world, there is Satan. In the flow of this world controlled by Satan, people commit sins and drift along with the flow of the world, living as people who have left God. However, the cross of Christ also nailed that world to the cross. It means that there is the power in this gospel of the cross that can overcome the world. Behold, I have overcome the world.

Jesus Christ, whom you mentioned, is within us. How did He conquer the world? Did He conquer the world by force, political power, or economic power, gathering many people to overcome the world? Jesus Christ came as a humble and simple figure. He defeated the Emperor of the Roman Empire, who was worshipped as a god, and the emperor worship ceased. It was not due to worldly desires, political power, or the support of the people. It was solely through the gospel of the cross of Jesus Christ. How does the church transform the world? It is not through worldly power, knowledge, or any combined force. The church cannot overcome the world through such means. When the church tried to change the world in that way, the world abandoned the church. When the church tries to influence the world with worldly ambitions and political power, it resembles the medieval church.

The worst condition among them deteriorated. At that time, emperors feared the pope and offered their crowns to the pope in the center, saying, Do not do this to the emperors. It was the final procedure for a king to become a king by taking off the king's crown and giving it to the pope. In this way, the authority of the church seemed higher than the authority of the state. However, spiritually, when the church was furthest away from the gospel, it was in its darkest era. With that power, the church started the Crusades, killed many people under the banner of the cross, rejoiced, handed them over for religious trials, and committed the most evil deeds in the world. It was when the church used the power and authority of this world that it was a terrifying time. The reason the church has existed historically until now is not because it had the power of the world, but because it had a lot of wealth.

The church does not dominate the world, nor does it have a lot of precedents. The church watches the good and evil deeds of the world and many 5-point students. However, educationally, it has disappeared so far, thinking about everything. Why does the church still exist? It's not because of our abilities and strengths, but because of our weaknesses and vulnerabilities. Despite that, the church has the gospel of the cross. The gospel of the cross is the power of God that nails the world to the cross. The church overcomes the world with the power of the cross. In the Middle Ages, the church had such power that in every village, the church became the highest building in the best location, and even by construction law, they couldn't build a building higher than the church's worship hall. The church was dominant in worldly terms.

It seemed to exist, but during the process, the ability of the gospel disappeared. What do the churches in Europe pride themselves on? They boast about old buildings and how many artworks and worship buildings are old. They boast about their past history. The only thing the church should be proud of is the gospel of the cross. It is because the spread of it is the only power that overcomes the world. Why did the early Christians overcome that persecution in the world? Did they win by gathering people in protests? No, it was because of the gospel of the cross. They won because of the power of the cross that overcame the world. That's why they boasted about the cross. Thirdly, because the world did not recognize the cross. Jesus' cross is not just His alone; it is the cross for all who believe in Him. So, it is your cross.

If anyone wants to follow me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. The reluctance to say, I don't want to do this, is not about the mindset of not wanting to do something. It's not about a cross that speaks of something that didn't exist. When we carry our cross to death, believing in Jesus means believing in our own death. It's not about boasting of my righteousness or strength, but believing in Jesus means believing that my old self has died. If you say you believe in Jesus but your old self is still alive and active, then you don't believe in Jesus, you don't believe in the gospel. It's about still believing in yourself. Along with the death of Jesus, our old selves are crucified on the cross, believing in the gospel towards oneself and towards the world as dead on the cross. This is the gospel. Believing in Jesus is me.

I hope you clearly recognize the fact of human death. Yes, following a person's life, we live our lives following the new life in Christ and the Holy Spirit. At that time, we became proud of the cross. It is an error to consider the message of the cross in the world as a philosophy or as one of many thoughts of this era. When the Apostle Paul says he boasts only in the cross, he regrets that the saints of the church in Galatia are boasting in the flesh. Not boasting in the cross means denying Galatians 6:14. Boasting in the flesh does not mean living in sin and evil. It means living in the days of the flesh. It is not right to say that all people in the world are good people. People in the world say, Oh, that person is doing well, only boasting in the flesh. On the contrary, all people in the world are truly bad people. Praising a life where all people in the world are good is also boasting in the flesh.

Can we say such a thing? When we do not accept the gospel of the cross of Jesus Christ, the most ethical, righteous, and hardest life to live is refusing our own death. Because we reject the truth of the cross that says our people must die, most people around us who do not believe in Jesus still strive to live a good and kind life. If we talk about the reasons for not believing and say that they believe in Jesus, there are many people who do a lot of bad things. They say, If I get cancer, should I just live kindly? Isn't the purpose of religion to live a good life? For this reason, living kindly and virtuously becomes the goal, seeking the gospel of the cross. However, even that becomes a reason for boasting in the flesh. Why is that so? Even if humans do good deeds, they become arrogant and boastful.

While doing work that is admired by many people, one can become distant from heaven due to immense pride and self-righteousness lurking beneath. Instead, we experience entering the gates of heaven when we are desperate in the deep agony of our sins and wickedness, and present ourselves before God. We realize that those who have lived the most self-righteously, boasting of their flesh, were the ones who did not grasp the gospel of the cross. They were among the Pharisees of their time, pursuing noble lives and refined morality and religious rituals. Even in our time, there are those who, corrupted and dwelling in sin, understand the gospel of the cross, but there are also those who, in their own way, live morally and purely, boasting of their flesh, while rejecting the gospel of the cross.

Those who sow in the flesh to decay from sin will reap eternal life from the Spirit, yes, the key is whether there is eternal life. What is important in verse 15 is being newly created. It is the issue of whether we can live the life of eternal life, not the death that speaks beyond the death prepared for us. Any news that does not go beyond death is not the gospel. Philosophizing before death without overcoming death is truly a life without true life. We believe in the power of the gospel of the cross that overcomes death. The apostle Paul boasted of the gospel of Christ Jesus and now concludes with verse 17, concluding with the confession of faith. The words of verse 17 will be as follows: From now on, let no one cause me trouble, for I bear on my body the marks of Jesus. His body has many.

Traces were left behind. There are traces that boast of the gospel of the cross, overcoming numerous dangers and the pain of death. He even boasts about those traces. The word stigma, divided into hel and ra, is a word used in the Phileas society when marking a slave. So, through the word, I am stamped as a double image of Jesus Christ. I am stamped as a servant who boasts of the cross of Jesus Christ. Everyone has traces of life they want to erase and traces they want to cherish and boast about in their lives. The Apostle Paul wanted to hold onto all the traces belonging to his world and only boast about the traces of the cross of Jesus Christ. The reason is that those are truly eternal traces. There is a remarkable record about the resurrection of Jesus Christ, where He resuscitated His body.

There were traces. When I was in high school these days, when I look at the original text, Jesus' resurrection must have been a complete resurrection, but why are there traces left? I had doubts. There was a time when Jesus had oil, so how can we explain that there is a clear difference in the state of his body before carrying the cross? It's because the disciples didn't recognize it at first. It was only after a long walk that the two disciples on the road to Emmaus recognized Jesus. Even Mary Magdalene thought he was the gardener guarding the tomb at first. The risen Jesus also was not recognized by the disciples at first. That's why Peter said, Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the water, wanting to confirm whether it was Jesus or not. When Jesus had supper at six o'clock, his flesh was different from others when many people were in need and crowds.

It wasn't that kind of appearance, as mentioned in Chapter 13 of this book. If we say it exactly as it is, it was an unimpressive appearance. When people look at us, they might think we look like those in the UK during Christmas. They might see us as resembling Jesus, but Jesus was not like that at all. His appearance was not impressive. Because Jesus' body, which had become glorious, was no longer there, there were times when he could not be recognized. His hands and side bore the marks of the funerals. He stood to prevent the soldiers from piercing his waist with a spear. Therefore, it was an unrecognizable, glorified Jesus. But through those marks, Jesus reveals himself, preserving only the marks of the cross forever. What does that mean? I believe that by showing only the marks to the little ones, we are not yet fully restored. We will still have the marks of Jesus' hands, feet, and waist in the eternal kingdom.

It is to leave that side to us all to become an eternal kingdom that remembers the cross, to transform Thomas, and to invite us all as saints who rejoice in those traces. Paul had those traces. Perhaps it could be traces due to physical pain. There are traces that proudly remain from the cross. Today, the Lord is inviting us. Among the selfish people who live boasting only the cross of the universe, what traces will we have? Some say that when we return to heaven, God will not seek decorations from us, but will seek wounds. Only Jesus Christ, the gospel of the cross, will seek traces in the dark. Because those traces will be remembered by God forever. Only boasting the gospel of the cross and boasting of Him in the dark.

We pray in the name of the Lord that we all, who love this land and leave traces behind, may become those who leave traces. Thank you, God the Father, for saving us through the gospel of Jesus Christ's cross. Please make us those who boast only in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, bearing witness to the gospel, and allowing us to have traces without boasting. We pray in the name of Jesus. Amen.

[이재훈 담임목사] 십자가 외에는 자랑할 것이 없습니다 (갈라디아서 6:1-18 )│2021.12.19

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갈라디아서에서 강조하는 참된 믿음

사도 바울은 단순히 종교 활동에 참여하는 것이 진정한 신앙 간증이라는 생각에 도전하며 예수 그리스도와의 진정한 관계의 중요성을 강조합니다.

또한 하나님의 약속의 중요성과 신앙의 메시지가 왜곡될 수 있는 가능성에 대해서도 강조합니다.

편지의 결론에서 바울은 담대한 고백을 통해 자신의 유일한 자랑은 예수 그리스도의 십자가에 있음을 강조하며 기독교 신앙의 중심적인 측면의 중요성을 강조합니다.

사도 바울의 가르침에 담긴 십자가의 심오한 의미

사도 바울에게 십자가는 충격적이고 강력한 상징이었으며, 그의 신앙의 핵심을 대변합니다.

십자가가 처형과 연관되어 있던 시대에 바울이 십자가를 강조한 것은 혁명적인 일이었습니다.

그는 예수 그리스도의 십자가가 하나님의 완전한 공의와 사랑을 상징하며 죄 사함을 위한 유일한 해결책을 제시한다고 믿었습니다.

기독교 신앙에서 십자가의 중요성

예수 그리스도의 십자가 죽음은 모든 신자를 향한 하나님의 풍성한 사랑과 용서를 상징합니다.

기독교 신앙에 따르면 십자가는 죄와 사탄의 세속적 영향력을 극복할 수 있는 힘을 가진 것으로 여겨집니다.

이 본문은 또한 교회가 세속적 권력을 사용한 역사적 영향을 강조하며 기독교 신앙에서 십자가의 진정한 의미와 대조합니다.

교회의 존재는 교회 자체의 능력이 아니라 세상을 이기는 십자가의 능력에 근거합니다.

교회는 오래된 건물과 예술품에 대한 자부심 대신 진정한 힘의 원천인 십자가 복음에 집중해야 합니다.

예수님을 믿는다는 것은 자신의 의나 힘을 자랑하는 것이 아니라 옛 자아의 죽음을 받아들이는 것을 의미합니다.

십자가의 복음을 거부하면 독선적이고 도덕적인 삶을 추구하게 되고, 이는 종종 교만과 자랑으로 이어집니다.

십자가 복음은 영생에 이르는 길은 자기 의가 아니라 자신의 죄를 절실히 인정하는 것임을 강조합니다.

사도 바울은 세상의 흔적과 대조적으로 십자가의 흔적을 자랑하기 위해 헌신하는 삶을 상징하는 예수의 흔적을 지니는 것의 중요성을 강조합니다.

부활 후 알아볼 수 없고 영화롭게 된 예수님

부활 후 예수의 몸은 처음에는 제자들이 알아볼 수 없었고 십자가에 못 박힌 자국이 여전히 남아 있었습니다.

부활 후 예수의 인상적이지 않은 모습은 영광스러운 변화와 대조를 이룹니다.

이 텍스트는 영원한 기억의 상징으로서 십자가의 흔적을 남기는 것의 중요성을 강조하고 예수님의 부활의 영향에 대해 묵상하도록 초대합니다.