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침례 요한은 왕의 길을 준비하는 전령처럼 주님이 오실 길을 예비합니다. 요단강에서 회개의 침례를 베풀고, 성령과 불로 침례를 주실 그리스도를 증언합니다. 

[ 마태복음 3:1 - 3:12 ] (찬송278장)

1그 때에 침례 요한이 이르러 유대 광야에서 전파하여 말하되 2회개하라 천국이 가까이 왔느니라 하였으니 3그는 선지자 이사야를 통하여 말씀하신 자라 일렀으되 광야에 외치는 자의 소리가 있어 이르되 너희는 주의 길을 준비하라 그가 오실 길을 곧게 하라 하였느니라 4이 요한은 낙타털 옷을 입고 허리에 가죽 띠를 띠고 음식은 메뚜기와 석청이었더라

 5이 때에 예루살렘과 온 유대와 요단 강 사방에서 다 그에게 나아와 6자기들의 죄를 자복하고 요단 강에서 그에게 침례를 받더니 7요한이 많은 바리새인들과 사두개인들이 침례 베푸는 데로 오는 것을 보고 이르되 독사의 자식들아 누가 너희를 가르쳐 임박한 진노를 피하라 하더냐 8그러므로 회개에 합당한 열매를 맺고 9속으로 아브라함이 우리 조상이라고 생각하지 말라 내가 너희에게 이르노니 하나님이 능히 이 돌들로도 아브라함의 자손이 되게 하시리라 10이미 도끼가 나무 뿌리에 놓였으니 좋은 열매를 맺지 아니하는 나무마다 찍혀 불에 던져지리라

 11나는 너희로 회개하게 하기 위하여 물로 침례를 베풀거니와 내 뒤에 오시는 이는 나보다 능력이 많으시니 나는 그의 신을 들기도 감당하지 못하겠노라 그는 성령과 불로 너희에게 침례를 베푸실 것이요 12손에 키를 들고 자기의 타작 마당을 정하게 하사 알곡은 모아 곳간에 들이고 쭉정이는 꺼지지 않는 불에 태우시리라

 도움말

11절) 성령과 불은 하나로서(‘성령 곧 불’) 회개하는 자를 정결케 하고 회개하지 않은 자를 소멸하는 성령의 종말론적인 사역을 가리킨다. 

12절) 원문에는 ‘알곡’ 앞에 ‘그의’가 있고 쭉정이 앞에는 없다.

[ Matthew 3:1 - 3:12 ]

1In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea,2 “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”3 For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah when he said, “The voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord; make his paths straight.’”4 Now John wore a garment of camel’s hair and a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey.5 Then Jerusalem and all Judea and all the region about the Jordan were going out to him,6 and they were baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?8 Bear fruit in keeping with repentance.9 And do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father,’ for I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children for Abraham.10 Even now the axe is laid to the root of the trees. Every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.11 “I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.12 His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor and gather his wheat into the barn, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.”

Who is God like?

Thinking & Understanding

John prepared for the coming of Jesus as the messenger of the King. God said that he would send Elijah before the day of restoration (Mal. 4:5-6). John was that Elijah (vv. 1-4). Many people responded to John’s words, abandoned their old ways, repented wholeheartedly and were baptized. However, when the Pharisees and Sadducees came to be baptized, John condemned them. This was because they mistakenly believed themselves to be citizens of the Messiah’s kingdom despite changing their hearts and ways of life. John knew that he himself was not the Messiah. He made known to the people that there was somebody coming after him who would carry out salvation and judgement by the Holy Spirit and fire (vv. 5-12). 

What lesson is God teaching me?

Vv. 1, 4 We need to possess an element of wildness that hasn’t been tamed by the systems of the world. John’s disposition resulted from a life of rejecting soft garments and rich foods and dwelling in the desolate wilderness. If we are willing to accept a little discomfort, we do not need to give in to the capitalism of the world that tells us we need more and more.

Vv. 7-10 Confessions of faith that are not accompanied by transformed lives and excessive self-confidence can be poison. The Pharisees and Sadducees were so confident in the privileges and superiority of their bloodline and believed so strongly in their own piety that they lost the ability to repent. What is making you idle? Are you continuously returning to the old ways you left behind? 

Prayer

Lord, help me to know which wicked habits I must abandon and cut off for the sake of true repentance.