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믿음의 영웅들과 고난의 영웅들의 행적을 소개하며 그들의 특징을 ‘세상이 감당하지 못함’(세상을 가치 있게 여기지 않음)으로 묘사합니다.

[ 히브리서 11:32 - 11:40 ] (찬송336장)

사사들, 다윗, 선지자들의 믿음 

32내가 무슨 말을 더 하리요 기드온, 바락, 삼손, 입다, 다윗 및 사무엘과 선지자들의 일을 말하려면 내게 시간이 부족하리로다 33그들은 믿음으로 나라들을 이기기도 하며 의를 행하기도 하며 약속을 받기도 하며 사자들의 입을 막기도 하며 34불의 세력을 멸하기도 하며 칼날을 피하기도 하며 연약한 가운데서 강하게 되기도 하며 전쟁에 용감하게 되어 이방 사람들의 진을 물리치기도 하며

 세상이 감당 못하는 믿음 

 35여자들은 자기의 죽은 자들을 부활로 받아들이기도 하며 또 어떤 이들은 더 좋은 부활을 얻고자 하여 심한 고문을 받되 구차히 풀려나기를 원하지 아니하였으며 36또 어떤 이들은 조롱과 채찍질뿐 아니라 결박과 옥에 갇히는 시련도 받았으며 37돌로 치는 것과 톱으로 켜는 것과 시험과 칼로 죽임을 당하고 양과 염소의 가죽을 입고 유리하여 궁핍과 환난과 학대를 받았으니 38(이런 사람은 세상이 감당하지 못하느니라) 그들이 광야와 산과 동굴과 토굴에 유리하였느니라

 우리에게 예비된 더 좋은 것 

 39이 사람들은 다 믿음으로 말미암아 증거를 받았으나 약속된 것을 받지 못하였으니 40이는 하나님이 우리를 위하여 더 좋은 것을 예비하셨은즉 우리가 아니면 그들로 온전함을 이루지 못하게 하려 하심이라 

 도움말

38절) ‘이런 사람은 세상이 감당하지 못하느니라’는 직역하면 ‘그들에게 세상은 가치가 없었다’이다.

[ Hebrews 11:32 - 11:40 ]

32And what more shall I say? For time would fail me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets—33who through faith conquered kingdoms, enforced justice, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,34 quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, were made strong out of weakness, became mighty in war, put foreign armies to flight.35 Women received back their dead by resurrection. Some were tortured, refusing to accept release, so that they might rise again to a better life.36 Others suffered mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.37 They were stoned, they were sawn in two, they were killed with the sword. They went about in skins of sheep and goats, destitute, afflicted, mistreated—38of whom the world was not worthy—wandering about in deserts and mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.39 And all these, though commended through their faith, did not receive what was promised,40 since God had provided something better for us, that apart from us they should not be made perfect. 

Who is God like?

Thinking & Understanding

There are countless numbers of witnesses who lived by faith. Among them were people of renown, such as kings, judges and prophets. They accomplished great and wondrous deeds by faith (vv. 32-34). There are also many nameless people who silently endured by faith even while suffering persecution and oppression as martyrs. Because of their faith, they were ripped from the comfort of their daily lives and driven out into mountains, cruelly persecuted and tortured in all kinds of ways. However, they still did not compromise or abandon their faith. This was because they had faith in ‘a better life’, a perfect life after resurrection. Even though these people did not encounter Jesus, the fulfilment of God’s promise, they did not surrender their faith but obeyed to the very end (vv. 35-40). 

What lesson is God teaching me?

Vv. 32-40 Faith leads us in various directions. Faith can help us to escape from danger or defeat the wicked, but it can also cause us to fall into danger or be persecuted. Faith is not determined by the result. The important thing is whether the decisions we have made are based on faith in God’s promise. Success gained by turning our backs on God’s promise and carrying out unrighteous deeds is faithlessness. Failure that results from pursuing God’s promise is faith. 

Vv. 39-40 We share the lives demonstrated by our ancestors of faith in the sense that, like them, we too have yet to receive what has been promised. Let’s remember the faith of those who lived with hope and conviction despite not witnessing the fulfilment of God’s promise. Let’s continue living by faith with hope in obtaining the fulfilment of God’s promise along with our ancestors of faith.  

Prayer

God, help us to live following the path of our ancestors of faith.