2월 12일 스펄전 아침묵상 “그리스도의 고난이 우리에게 넘친 것같이 우리의 위로도 그리스도로 말미암아 넘치는도다 ” [고린도후서 1장 5절]
February 13 "Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. Beloved, now are we the sons of God" (1 John 3: 1-2). Consider who we were and what we feel ourselves to be even when corruption is powerful in us, and you will wonder at our adoption. Yet, we are called "the sons of God." What a high relationship is that of a son, and what privileges it brings! What care and tenderness the son expects from his father, and what love the father feels toward toward the son! But all that, and more than that, we now have through Christ. As for the temporary drawback of suffering with the elder brother, this we accept as an honor: "Therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not" (1 John 3: 1). We are content to be unknown with Him in His humiliation, for we are to be exalted with Him....