그리스도의 가르침의 요지

그리스도의 가르침의 요지

자아 희생은 그리스도의 가르침의 요지이다.

이 말씀은 믿는 자들에게 권위 있게 하신 말씀 중에 자주포함되어 있는 바, 이는 그들을 이기심의 생애에서 분리시키는 것 외에 사람들을 구원할 수 있는 길이 없기 때문이다. 그리스도께서는 당신의 지상 생애에서 복음의 능력의 참된 모습을 보여 주셨다….

죄를 저항하는 일과 주님의 사업을 위한 수고와 남의 유익을 위하여 극기하는 일에 주님과 함께 고난을 받을 모든 영혼들에게 주께서는 의의 영원한 보상에 참여시켜 주시마고 약속하신다. 주님의 평생 사업을 특징지은 정신을활용함으로서 우리는 주님의 성품에 참여하는 자가 되어야 한다. 우리는 이생에서 남의 유익을 위하여 희생함으로서 내세에서 “지극히 크고 영광의 중한 것”에 주님과 함께 참여할 것이다.

― 청지기에게 보내는 기별, 25.

 

The Keynote of Christ’s Teaching

Self-sacrifice is the keynote of Christ’s teachings.

Often this is enjoined upon believers in language that seems authoritative, because there is no other way to save men than to cut them away from their life of selfishness. Christ gave, in His life on earth, a true representation of the power of the gospel....

To every soul who will suffer with Him in resistance of sin, in labor for His cause, in self-denial for the good of others, He promises a part in the eternal reward of the righteous. Through the exercise of the spirit that characterized His lifework, we are to become partakers of His nature. Partaking in this life of sacrifice for the sake of others, we shall share with Him in the life to come the “far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory.”

— Counsels on Stewardship, 25.