왜 때로 이해하기 힘든 억울하고 부당한 상황이 내게 찾아오는지, 그러할 때 우리의 성품이 어떻게 발현되어야 하는지 등 그리스도인으로서의 성품을 닮기 원하면서도 실생활에서 잘 적용하지 못하는 우리에게 깊은 숙고와 성찰을 불러 일으킨다.
1849년, 11월 27일 화요일 저녁, 서도크(Southwark)) 소재 버로우 로드 예배당(Borough Road Chapel)에서 행한 이 설교는 시편 139편 23, 24절 말씀을 기초로, 하나님께 마음을 살펴달라고 탄원하는 사람이 갖춰야 자세는 무엇인지, 하나님께서는 어떠한 방법으로 그 간구에 응답하시는지를 이야기한다. 하나님께서 우리 마음을 살피시는 목적은 우리가 스스로의 성품을 정확하게 들여다보기 위함이며, 때로 시험을 통해 우리를 그리스도인으로 성장시킨다. 시험을 겪을 때 비로소 사람의 본성과 마음에 품은 기질이 드러나는데, 무시당하거나 억울하거나 등의 상황은 ‘우연히’가 아닌, 하나님의 ‘계획’과 ‘섭리’에 따라 일어난다.
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Charles Finney (1792 - 1875)
Known as one of the leaders in the Second Great Awakening revival in America. He was a revivalist who called for deep introspection of sin and preaching of the law to bring about sin. He was known to preach 30+ nights on sin and than the last night on Christ to have people flee to Him for mercy. Used greatly in the book: "Revivals of Religion" which is a classic on the subject of revival.He preached on the true Baptism of the Holy Spirit and its necessity. In his revivalistic campaigns he was used of the Lord to bring some estimate over 50,000 souls to the Lord which many were sound converts. There has been questions raised surrounding his theology in the later years of his ministry but this does not discredit that God used him powerfully in revival and for God's kingdom.
Charles Finney was born in Connecticut to an ordinary family and life that gave little hint of the great things God had in store for him. He was a schoolteacher and then a lawyer before his conversion at age 29. Finney was filled with the Holy Spirit on the same day he was saved and immediately began witnessing to friends and family members. More than twenty people were saved in the 24 hours following Finney's conversion. Finney's personal evangelism soon became public evangelism as he began to travel and preach in extended revival meetings. He considered revival to be a natural result of following the instructions God had laid out in His Word.
During Finney's fifty years of preaching, more than 500,000 were saved. He wrote many books, the most enduring of which are The Autobiography of Charles Finney and Lectures on Revival of Religion. After ill health forced him to stop traveling in meetings, he accepted the pastorate of a church in New York City. From 1852 until 1866 he served as president of Oberlin College in Ohio. Although some of his theology was lacking, he was a powerful, Spirit-filled soul winner who brought revival to cities and towns across the eastern United States.
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