바울의 자랑: 그리스도인의 삶에서 십자가 이해하기

### 오직 십자가의 자랑: 바울의 관점 이해하기
* ✝ 바울은 자신의 유일한 자랑은 **우리 주 예수 그리스도의 십자가**에 있다고 강조하며, 그의 가르침에서 이 중심 주제의 중요성을 강조합니다.
* 📖 그는 로마서와 고린도후서 등 여러 서신에서 볼 수 있듯이 **십자가를 자랑**하면서도 **소망, 고난, 하나님을 위한 일 등 다른 측면**에서도 자랑을 했다는 것을 인정합니다.
* 💬 이 명백한 모순을 이해하는 열쇠는 **축복의 기초가 되는 십자가 때문에 모든 좋은 것이 믿는 자에게 온다**는 것을 인식하는 데 있습니다.
* 🕊 예를 들어 로마서 8장 3절은 **그리스도의 십자가를 통해 신자들이 정죄에서 해방**되었음을 설명하며, 로마서 5장 9절은 **그리스도의 피로 의롭다 하심**을 받았다고 설명합니다.
* 🔑 바울은 로마서 8장 32절에서 강조한 것처럼 **하나님께서 자신의 아들을 희생**하셨기 때문에 믿는 자들에게 필요한 모든 것을 은혜롭게 공급하실 것이라고 단언합니다.
* 🌟 따라서 바울이 십자가만을 자랑한다고 말할 때, **다른 모든 형태의 자랑은 십자가에서 오는 축복**에 뿌리를 두고 있음을 암시합니다.
* 💡 궁극적으로 바울의 관점은 **십자가가 없다면 신자들에게는 절망밖에 없는 반면, 십자가는 희망과 영광의 원천**이라는 점을 강조합니다.
* 🙏 "오직 십자가만이 영광을 위한 나의 소망이며, **십자가만이 내가 모든 선을 얻는 수단**이다"라는 그의 메시지는 심오합니다.

바울은 모든 자랑은 궁극적으로 믿는 자에게 모든 좋은 것의 원천이신 그리스도의 십자가로 거슬러 올라가야 한다고 강조합니다.

[Music] This is our third session on Galatians 6:4-18, and I said, I think a couple of sessions ago, that I would come back to the problem that Paul says here: Far be it from me to boast except in the cross, which means I [Music] boast only in the cross, right? I don't boast except in the cross. And I said I would come back to it because there are numerous places in Paul where he seems to boast in other things. How are we to think about that? So, Father, as we talk about this sentence, Far be it from me to boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me and I to the world, as we focus on the issue of what does Paul mean by boasting in nothing except the cross, I don't think he's naive. I don't think he's the least mistaken. He's the authority here, not us. Grant us to learn from him so that we boast appropriately in the cross and appropriately in the other things that

Paul boasts in, I ask this in Jesus' name, amen. So, here's what I have in mind. In chapter five of Romans, he says we boast. I know it's translated rejoice, but I'm just going on the basis of the fact that this is the same Greek word for boast in Galatians and in Romans. We boast in hope of the glory of God. Not only that, but we boast in our sufferings. Or 2 Corinthians 12:9, But he said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.' Therefore, I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Or Romans 15:17, In Christ Jesus, then, I have reason to boast of my work for God. Or 1 Thessalonians 2:19, For what is our hope, joy, and crown of boasting before the Lord Jesus at his coming? Is it not you? So, there you have what? One, two, three, at least four different things in which Paul boasts. So

what does he mean when he says here in Galatians 6:14, far be it from me to boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus, and he says something similar in 1 Corinthians 2, which creates a similar problem for our thinking. He said, I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. So when he wrote First Corinthians, he dealt not just with Jesus Christ and him crucified; he dealt with divisions in the church, he dealt with sexual morality, he dealt with going to the law before unbelievers, he dealt with marriage and food offered to idols and Resurrection. What does he mean when he says, I don't know anything among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified, and then he deals with all kinds of issues? So both of those are the similar kind of problem, boasting only in Jesus, knowing only Christ crucified as he writes to the Corinthians. No, here's my suggested solution to the way Paul is thinking. I think Paul means when he

says far be it from me to boast except in the cross. He knows good and well that because of the Cross, because Christ died, many good things come to undeserving sinners, in which they should also exalt as the fruit of what the cross achieved, and thus in boasting in them for that reason also are boasting in the cross. Essentially, that's what I think he means. So, for example, in Romans 8:3, I'm going to give you three passages that show what I mean about the relationship between the cross and all the good things that come to believers who don't deserve any good things. Romans 8:3: God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do: by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh. So, by sending the Son of God in human form, he condemned sin; that is, sin received its proper punishment in the flesh of Jesus when he was crucified on the cross. So, that verse one of Romans 8 says there is no

condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. So, no condemnation comes from God condemning our sin in the flesh of Jesus. He became a substitute for us on the cross and took our condemnation. That's the first step in realizing that everything a believer has, he has because of the Cross. Here's the second step: Romans 5:9. Since therefore we have now been justified by his blood, that is, his death, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God. So, our right standing, our just standing, our being declared just or right before God is owing to the death of Jesus, the cross of Jesus, the blood of Jesus. So, if you take those two together here in Romans 8:3, condemnation is being removed, and here in Romans 5:9, justice or righteousness is being counted as ours. Therefore, God is totally 100% for us and not against us in Christ, which means all of his power, all of his wisdom, all of his love, all three of

which are infinite serve us. Here's the way he says it in Romans 8:32: He who did not spare his own son but gave him up. That's the death of Jesus, that's the cross. But gave him up for us all. How will he not? This is a rhetorical question, and we have to answer it. How will he not also with him graciously give us all things? And the answer is he will. The logic is this: since he did the hardest thing imaginable, namely not sparing his own son but giving him up to the shame and pain of crucifixion for us, since he did that, he most certainly will graciously, with him, give us all things. That is, all things that we need to do his will and glorify him are all things that are ultimately good for us. Now, what those three passages, Romans 8:32, Romans 5:9, Romans 8:32, what those three passages do is provide an explanation or a foundation for the fact that the cross is, you could say, under or behind all good things that come to undeserving sinners.

Like us, therefore, when Paul says, far be it for me to boast except in the cross, can it not likely be, and I'm suggesting that it is, that what he means is not I won't boast in my sufferings, or I won't boast in my converts, or I won't boast in all the good that God has given me, but I will boast in it with a view to its foundation and provision in Christ crucified, so that every act of gratitude, every exaltation, every boast, every rejoicing in the Christian life is traced down to the root of the Cross. We would have nothing but hell without the cross; everything would lead to destruction rather than everything leading to Glory. So, I don't think Paul is doing double talk here or being naive here or being car here. I think he's being very profound and saying, Only the cross, only the cross is my hope for Glory; only the cross is the means by which I gain every good thing. [Music]

Did Paul Really Boast Only in the Cross? Galatians 6:14–18, Part 3

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바울은 자신의 정체성과 사명의 핵심으로 여기는 예수 그리스도의 십자가만을 자랑한다고 강조합니다.

그럼에도 불구하고 그는 하나님의 영광에 대한 소망, 자신의 고난, 하나님을 위한 일, 자신이 사역한 사람들 등 다른 영역에서도 자랑할 만한 것들을 언급합니다.

이것은 바울이 자신의 권위와 십자가의 중요성을 인정하면서 자랑한 여러 가지 사례를 어떻게 조화시킬 수 있는지에 대한 의문을 제기합니다.

자랑과 십자가에 대한 바울의 관점

바울은 예수님의 십자가가 합당하지 않은 죄인들에게 좋은 것을 가져다준다는 사실을 인정하면서 오직 예수님의 십자가만을 자랑할 것을 강조합니다.

그는 그리스도의 십자가를 중심 주제로 삼아 고린도 교회의 다양한 문제를 다루고 있습니다.

바울의 메시지는 신자들이 받은 축복을 자랑하는 것도 십자가를 자랑하는 방법이라는 것을 시사합니다.

죄에 대한 정죄는 예수님의 십자가 희생을 통해 제거되어 그분이 우리의 대속자가 되셨습니다.

신자들은 예수님의 보혈로 하나님 앞에서 의롭다 칭함을 받고 의롭다고 선언되어 하나님이 그들을 위한 존재임을 확신합니다.

인류를 위한 하나님의 희생의 논리는 그분의 뜻을 행하고 그분을 영화롭게 하는 데 필요한 모든 것을 은혜롭게 공급해 주실 것을 보장합니다.

바울은 자신의 자랑이 자신의 고난이나 업적보다는 그리스도의 십자가에 뿌리를 두고 있다고 강조합니다.

그는 그리스도인의 삶에서 감사와 기쁨의 모든 행위가 십자가의 기초로 거슬러 올라간다고 믿습니다.

바울은 십자가를 유일한 희망의 원천이자 모든 좋은 것을 얻을 수 있는 수단으로 보고, 멸망 대신 영광으로 이끄는 십자가의 중요한 역할을 강조합니다.