1월 4일 스펄전 아침묵상 “오직 우리 주 곧 구주 예수 그리스도의 은혜와 저를 아는 지식에서 자라 가라 ” [베드로후서 3장 18절]
January 4 "Grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ" (2 Peter 3: 18). Grow in grace. Grow in that root-grace, faith. Believe the promises more firmly than you have done. Let faith increase in fullness, constancy, and simplicity. Grow also in love. Ask that your love become extended, more intense, more practical, influencing every thought, word, and deed. Grow likewise in humility. As you grow in humility, seek also to grow nearer to God in prayer and experience more intimate fellowship with Jesus. May God the Holy Spirit enable you to "grow in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour." He who does not grow in the knowledge of Jesus, refuses to be blessed. To know Him is "life eternal," and to advance in the knowledge of Him is to increase in happiness. Absence from Christ is hell; but the presence of Jesus is heaven. S...