7월 17일 스펄전 아침묵상 “하나님의 사랑하심을 받은 형제들아 너희를 택하심을 아노라.”[데살로니가전서 1장 4절]
July 17 "Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God" (1 Thessalonians 1: 4). Many people want to know their election before they look to Christ. But they cannot because it is only discovered by looking to Jesus. Do you think you are a lost, guilty sinner? Go straight to the cross of Christ and tell Jesus so. Tell Him that you have read in the Bible, "Him that cometh unto me I will in no wise cast out" (John 6: 37). Look to Jesus and believe on Him, and you will prove your election directly. For as surely as you believe, you are elect. If you have given yourself wholly to Christ and trust Him, then you are one of God's chosen ones. But if you stop and say, "I want to know first whether I am elect," you do not know what you have asked. Go to Jesus just as you are. Leave all curious inquiry about election alone. Go straight to Christ and you will know your election...