Love of the Lord God―Its Significance and Value

Love of the Lord God―Its Significance and Value

Unser Herr lebt, Issue 37, 2015
Gotthold Beck

Those who have experienced the love of the Lord God and delight wholeheartedly in the conviction of being loved by him are truly blessed. In this article, I would like to discuss the significance and the value of the love of the true God.

God, who is rich in mercy, because of his great love for us even when we were dead because of our offenses, made us alive together with the Messiah (by grace you have been saved). ― Ephesians 2:4-5.
[International Standard Version]

As we continue our daily lives, I believe that the most important thing is to understand the true love of God through all experience. Believers are constantly exposed to severe blame and condemnation in their lives. It is only through the love of the Lord God that all difficult problems can be overcome and thus, we should always keep in mind how deeply we are loved by him. This exactly is what the “Epistle to Philemon” is trying to tell us.

This was an epistle filled with love. Paul wrote it to his old and intimate friend, Philemon, while he was captured in prison. This letter will fill all readers with heartfelt happiness.

人間の創造（四）

人間の創造（四）

2015年7月7日、吉祥寺学び会

ゴットホルド・ベック

創世記

3:1 さて、神である主が造られたあらゆる野の獣のうちで、蛇が一番狡猾であった。蛇は女に言った。「あなたがたは、園のどんな木からも食べてはならない、と神は、ほんとうに言われたのですか。」

3:2 女は蛇に言った。「私たちは、園にある木の実を食べてよいのです。

3:3 しかし、園の中央にある木の実について、神は、『あなたがたは、それを食べてはならない。それに触れてもいけない。あなたがたが死ぬといけないからだ。』と仰せになりました。」

3:4 そこで、蛇は女に言った。「あなたがたは決して死にません。

3:5 あなたがたがそれを食べるその時、あなたがたの目が開け、あなたがたが神のようになり、善悪を知るようになることを神は知っているのです。」

3:6 そこで女が見ると、その木は、まことに食べるのに良く、目に慕わしく、賢くするというその木はいかにも好ましかった。それで女はその実を取って食べ、いっしょにいた夫にも与えたので、夫も食べた。

3:7 このようにして、ふたりの目は開かれ、それで彼らは自分たちが裸であることを知った。そこで、彼らは、いちじくの葉をつづり合わせて、自分たちの腰のおおいを作った。

3:8 そよ風の吹くころ、彼らは園を歩き回られる神である主の声を聞いた。それで人とその妻は、神である主の御顔を避けて園の木の間に身を隠した。

3:9 神である主は、人に呼びかけ、彼に仰せられた。「あなたは、どこにいるのか。」

The Creation of Men — 4

The Creation of Men — 4

July 7th, 2015, Kichijouji Bible Study

Gotthold Beck

Genesis

3:1 Now the Shining One was more clever than any animal of the field that the Lord God had made. It asked the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You are not to eat from any tree of the garden’?”

3:2 “We may eat from the trees of the garden,” the woman answered the serpent,

3:3 “but as for the fruit of the tree that is in the middle of the garden, God has said, ‘You are not to eat from it, nor are you to touch it, or you will die.’”

3:4 “You certainly will not die!” the Shining One told the woman.

3:5 “Even God knows that on the day you eat from it, your eyes will be opened and you’ll become like God, knowing good and evil.”

3:6 When the woman saw that the tree produced good food, was attractive in appearance, and was desirable for making one wise, she took some of its fruit and ate it. Then she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate some, too.

3:7 As a result, they both understood what they had done, and they became aware that they were naked. So they sewed fig leaves together and made loincloths for themselves.

3:8 When they heard the voice of the Lord God as he was walking in the garden during the breeze of the day, the man and his wife concealed themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden.

3:9 So the Lord God called out to the man, asking him, “Where are you?”