"For my york is easy and my burden in light!" Matthew 11:30 Amen! Why does Jesus say that the yoke He places is easy, and the burden He gives is light? Is your lives actually easy, my friend, and is the weight of your lives light? I expressed the yoke as "lives". Then, what is the meaning of the "yoke" spoken of in the Bible? A yoke is literally something placed on my back. In verse 29, Jesus says, "Take up my yoke and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and y

The LORD GOD has opened My ear; And I was not rebellious, Nor did I turn away. Isaiah 50:5 Amen! On the morning sandy shores of the Sea of Galilee, we saw Jesus, the greatest of scholars, on the canvas.✝️♥️ Because God gave His Son Jesus the tongue of the Most Scholar, He healed our spirit, soul, and body and led us to the path of eternal life. And by opening His Son’s ears, He caused Him not to rebel against God’s work of salvation, which loved humanity, but to pour out His

if they fall away, to renew them again to repentance, since they crucify again for themselves the Son of God, and put Him to an open shame. Hebrews 6:6 Who are they? They refer to those who once shared in enlightenment and the Holy Spirit, tasted God's grace, tasted God's good word, and the power of prophetic ability. (6:4,5) They are not new believers with weak faith or unbelievers. They are people within the church who claim to have faith... likely leaders in churches or mi

and have tested the good word of God and the powers of the age to come, Hebrews 6:5 "Those who once confessed that the Word of God is the sustenance ruling over their spirit, soul, and body; those who possessed prophetic insight, foreknowing the age to come; those who, through yesterday’s Word, realized that God is light; and those who tasted the heavenly gift and shared in the Holy Spirit. While the English Bible renders this in the present perfect tense, biblical scholars i

For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted the heavenly gift, and have become partakers of the Holy Spirit, Hebrews 6:4 The Lord encourages us to move beyond the elementary teachings about Christ—believing in Jesus, being baptized, studying the Bible, and serving in the church—and to achieve deep maturity in faith. (6:1,2) This cannot be done by our own will alone; it requires God's permission. (6:3) "We will do this if God permits!!!" To put it

The law of Your mouth is better to me than thousands of coins of gold and silver. Psalm 119:72 Amen! Why did the Psalmist confess that he loved and valued God's teaching more than countless gold and silver? Verse 71 confesses that it is because he learns God's teaching through affliction. We dislike it when we are suffering. After all, even Job, the righteous man of his time, disliked it. However, we come to realize that suffering is evidence that God's love and grace have co

In order to turn man from his deed, And conceal pride from man. Job 33:17 Amen! Verse 16, which we discussed yesterday: The Lord opened the ears of men and sealed them to teach them, so that they might cast aside their proud conduct and obtain salvation through God's grace. Then, what is pride before God? It does not simply refer to a character that acts superior. It is a deviation from one's relationship with God and a serious, demonic behavior that breaks the order. When th

Then He opens the ears of men, And seals their instruction. Job 33:16 Amen! These are the words of Elihu, Job's friend. It means that God opens a person's ears, inserts His word, and then seals them back up. Some of you friends have likely had the experience of hearing a Bible verse just once and never forgetting it. In other words, "Let those who have ears to hear, let them hear!" Those who are poor in spirit listen to God's word with their ears and engrave it on the tablet

"Everyone who asks receives, and everyone who seeks finds, and everyone who knocks the door will be opened." Luke 11:10 Amen! This is a verse easily quoted both inside and outside the church. What is the Lord telling us to ask for, seek, and knock on? Ask! Seek! Knock! We can feel the Lord leading us gradually and deeply. "Ask" is the primary act of asking with the mouth. "Seek" is concrete immersion, thinking earnestly and making plans toward the purpose of seeking. "Knock"

"Everyone who asks receives, and everyone who seeks finds, and everyone who knocks the door will be opened." Luke 11:10 Amen! This is a verse easily quoted both inside and outside the church. What is the Lord telling us to ask for, seek, and knock on? Ask! Seek! Knock! We can feel the Lord leading us gradually and deeply. "Ask" is the primary act of asking with the mouth. "Seek" is concrete immersion, thinking earnestly and making plans toward the purpose of seeking. "Knock"

고린도전서 13:11 아멘! 우리가 익히 잘 아는 사랑장에서 "성장"을 점차적으로 말씀하십니다. 표면적인 "말"에서 감정과 사고로 "깨달음" 그리고 3단계 이성적인 판단으로 "생각" 하고, 마침내 "성숙한 사랑"을 이룬다는 묵상을 합니다. 유아 교육에서 보통의 아이는 5살까지 뇌의 인지력과 사고력이 80% 완성되는 것으로 알려졌습니다. 그래서 히브리 교육법은 다른 것들이 뇌에 입력되기 전에 하나님의 율법 "토라"를 먼저 익히도록 합니다. "어린아이의 것을 잘 버릴 수 있도록" 5살 전 부터 교육시킨다는 것입니다. 무슨 뜻인가요? 어린 아이의 자기 중심적 사고를 잘 버려야지 타인을 향하는 "성숙한 사랑"으로 들어갈 수 있다는 논리입니다. "성숙한 사랑"은 책임감이 동반되고 신뢰가 쌓여 결국 "사랑"으로 완성되지 않나... 울 친구의 생각은 어떤가요?^^ 진정 예수님의 사랑을 아는 사람이 예수님을 사랑할 수 있을 꺼라는 생각을 했습니다.

When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, "Depart from me, I am a sinful man, O Lord!" Luke 5:8 Amen! Peter the fisherman meets Jesus while exhausted from trying to catch fish all night with empty nets. He says, "Cast your nets into the deep." Peter replies, "Teacher, I cast my nets all night and caught nothing, but I will cast them again at your word." And when he cast them, he caught many fish and confesses through the words of today's text. It was a mi

So fire went out from the LORD and devoured them, and they died before the LORD. Leviticus 10:2 Continuing from yesterday, Aaron's sons Nadab and Abihu were supposed to fill the censer with fire from the altar of incense, but because they brought other fire and filled the censer with it, the fire of the LORD consumed them. A similar event is found in Numbers 16:35. The LORD consumed with fire the descendants of Korah who opposed God's servants Moses and Aaron, and those who d

Then Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his center and put fire in it, put incense on it, and offered profane fire before the LORD, which He had not commanded them. Leviticus 10:1 After the Exodus, Aaron and his sons, Nadab and Abihu, were officially appointed as priests, holding crucial roles. (Exodus 24:1) According to Exodus 30:9-10, the priest's duty was to burn incense only with the fire commanded by God and to keep that fire burning continuously. However, the