“그리스도가 고난을 받으실 것과 죽은자 가운데서 먼저 다시 살아나사 이스라엘과 이방인들에게 빛을 선전하시리라 함이니이다 하니라”(행26:23)
“That the Christ must suffer and that, by being the first to rise from the dead, he would proclaim light both to our people and to the Gentiles”(Act26:23)
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1.The witness who meets Jesus through his trials and suffering
1)Trials are an evangelist’s message (Act26:1-12)
: falsely charged-defense(v1), Pharisee(v5), accused(v7)
: opposed Jesus(v9), locked up saints in prison(v10), forced them to foreign cities(v11)
2)Listen to God’s voice in the midst of trials and suffering (Act26:14)
-> Kneel down before God
“Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?”
“It is hard for you to kick against the goads”
3)Ask Jesus(Act26:15)
“Who are you, Lord?”
“I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting”
4)Trials are the time schedule for renewal
2.The witness who gains the answer from the Gospel of Christ
1)Jesus is the Gospel
(Mk1:1) The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God
2)The person who realizes Christ’s mystery
(Col2:2) That their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of God’s mystery, which is Christ
(Col2:3) in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge
(Act26:18) The 3 titles of Christ
->True Prophet who led us from darkness into the light
->True King who brought us from Satan’s authority to God
->True priest who forgave all our sins and made us citizens of heaven
3)The evangelist’s confession-Jesus is the Christ
(Act17:3) “explaining and proving that it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead, and saying, “This Jesus, whom I proclaim to you, is the Christ.”
3.The witness who shines the light to the 237 nations
1)You will be a servant and witness
(Act26:16) “‘Now get up and stand on your feet. I have appeared to you to appoint you as a servant and as a witness of what you have seen and will see of me.”
2)The person who denies himself
(Matt16:24) “Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.”
(1Cor15:31) I die everyday
3)The witness of the suffering and resurrection of Christ
(Act26:23) “that the Christ must suffer and that, by being the first to rise from the dead, he would proclaim light both to our people and to the Gentiles”
4)The person who proclaims the light to the 237 nations
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1.고난을 통해 예수를 만난 증인
1)고난은 전도자의 메세지다(행26:1-12)
: 누명-변명(1절), 바리새인(5절), 고소 당함(7절)
: 예수 대적(9절), 성도 핍박(10절), 외국 박해(11절)
2)고난 중에 하나님의 음성을 들으라(행26:14)
-> 하나님께 엎드리라
“사울아 사울아, 왜 나를 박해하느냐?”
“가시채를 뒷발질하기가 네게 고생이니라”
3)예수님께 질문하라(행26:15)
“주님 누구시니이까?”
“나는 내가 박해하는 예수라”
4)고난은 갱신의 시간표다
2.그리스도의 복음으로 해답을 얻은 증인
1)예수가 복음이다
(막1:1) 예수 그리스도의 복음의 시작이라
2)그리스도의 비밀을 깨달은 사람
(골2:2) 하나님의 비밀인 그리스도를 깨닫게 함이니,
(골2:3) 그 안에 지혜와 지식의 모든 보화가 감추어져 있느니라
(행26:18) 그리스도의 3직분
->어두움에서 빛으로 인도하신 참 선자자
->사탄의 권세에서 하나님께 인도하신 참 왕
->죄사함과 천국백성 삼으신 참 제사장
3)전도자의 고백-예수는 그리스도
(행17:3) “그리스도가 해를 받고 죽은 자 가운데서 다시 살아야 할것을 증명하고 이르되 내가 너희에게 전하는 이 예수가 곧 그리스도라”
3.237나라에 빛을 선전하는 증인
1)종과 증인이 되라
(행26:16) “내가 네게 나타난 것은 곧 네가 나를 본 일과 장차 내가 네게 나타날 일에 너로 종과 증인을 삼으려 함이라”
2)자기를 부인하는 자
(마16:24) “이에 예수께서 제자들에게 이르시되 아무든지 나를 따라 오려거든, 자기를 부인하고 자기 십자가를 지고 나를 좇을 것이니라”
(고전15:31) 나는 날마다 죽노라
3)그리스도 의 고난과 부활의 증인
(행26:23) “그리스도가 고난을 받으실 것과 죽은자 가운데서 먼저 다시 살아나사, 이스라엘과 이방인들에게 빛을 선전하시리라 함이니이다”
4)237나라에 빛을 선전하는 자
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