20250219 [새벽묵상] 우리를 향한 주님의 마음과 우리를 향한 우리의 마음 | How Jesus' Heart Flows Toward Us When Ours Flows Inward (요/Jhn 13:31~38)

13:31 그가 나간 후에 예수께서 이르시되 지금 인자가 영광을 받았고 하나님도 인자로 말미암아 영광을 받으셨도다

13:32 만일 하나님이 그로 말미암아 영광을 받으셨으면 하나님도 자기로 말미암아 그에게 영광을 주시리니 곧 주시리라

31 When he was gone, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man is glorified and God is glorified in him. 32 If God is glorified in him, God will glorify the Son in himself, and will glorify him at once.

13:33 작은 자들아 내가 아직 잠시 너희와 함께 있겠노라 너희가 나를 찾을 것이나 일찍이 내가 유대인들에게 너희는 내가 가는 곳에 올 수 없다고 말한 것과 같이 지금 너희에게도 이르노라

33 “My children, I will be with you only a little longer. You will look for me, and just as I told the Jews, so I tell you now: Where I am going, you cannot come.

13:34 새 계명을 너희에게 주노니 서로 사랑하라 내가 너희를 사랑한 것 같이 너희도 서로 사랑하라

13:35 너희가 서로 사랑하면 이로써 모든 사람이 너희가 내 제자인 줄 알리라

34 “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. 35 By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”

13:36 시몬 베드로가 이르되 주여 어디로 가시나이까 예수께서 대답하시되 내가 가는 곳에 네가 지금은 따라올 수 없으나 후에는 따라 오리라

36 Simon Peter asked him, “Lord, where are you going?”

Jesus replied, “Where I am going, you cannot follow now, but you will follow later.”

13:37 베드로가 이르되 주여 내가 지금은 어찌하여 따라갈 수 없나이까 주를 위하여 내 목숨을 버리겠나이다

37 Peter asked, “Lord, why can’t I follow you now? I will lay down my life for you.”

13:38 예수께서 대답하시되 네가 나를 위하여 네 목숨을 버리겠느냐 내가 진실로 진실로 네게 이르노니 닭 울기 전에 네가 세 번 나를 부인하리라

38 Then Jesus answered, “Will you really lay down your life for me? Very truly I tell you, before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times!

                  가룟 유다가 나간 후에 예수님께서는 십자가를 향한 모든 퍼즐들이 완성되었음을 아셨습니다. 이제 이 일이 이루어지기까지 남은 것은 오직 시간뿐입니다. 이 일로 지금 인자가 영광을 받았고 하나님도 인자로 말미암아 영광을 받으셨다고 하십니다. 그러나 예수님께서는 당신이 십자가에서 이루실 일 뿐만을 생각하시는 것이 아닌, 당신께서 하나님께로 떠나게 되면 남게 될 제자들이 마음에 걸리셨습니다. 그래서 이들에게 너희는 내가 가는 곳에 올 수 없다고 말씀하십니다. 그러면서 예수님 없이 남겨질 당신의 제자들에게 새 계명을 주십니다. 그 계명은 예수님께서 그들을 사랑하신 것 같이 그들도 서로 사랑하라고 명하시는 계명이었습니다. 마치 부모가 죽음을 앞두고 자식들에게 내가 없더라도 형제끼리 우애있게 지내라고 말하는 유언 같은 느낌입니다. 이 계명에서 예수님의 마음이 어떻게 이들을 향하여 흐르고 있는지 알 수 있습니다. 그러나 이렇게 사랑이 절절한 말씀을 하시는데도 베드로는 그 말씀에는 그다지 관심이 없습니다. 그는 지금 이 계명이 중요한 것이 아닙니다. 물론 예수님께서 주신 계명이니 중요하겠지만 지금 베드로에게는 더 중요한 말이 있습니다. 마음이 다른 곳에 가 있습니다. 예수님께서 우리가 갈 수 없는 곳으로 가신다니 대체 어디로 가시려는 것인가? 베드로의 이러한 모습은 하나님께서 우리에게 중요한 말씀을 하심에도 불구하고 듣고 싶어하는 말씀만을 들으려하는 우리의 모습같습니다. 하나님께서 하시는 말씀이 아니라 우리에게 중요한 것에 모든 관심이 쏠리는 우리의 모습 같습니다. 오늘은 이렇게 우리를 향한 주님의 마음과 우리를 향하는 우리의 마음에 대해서 말씀을 전하기를 원합니다.

After Judas Iscariot left, Jesus knew that all the pieces of the puzzle toward the cross were complete. Now, only time remained until this would be fulfilled. Jesus says that now the Son of Man is glorified and God is glorified in him. However, Jesus was thinking not only about what He would accomplish on the cross, but also about the disciples who would remain when He returned to God. So He tells them, "Where I am going, you cannot come." Then Jesus gives a new commandment to His disciples who would be left without Him. That commandment was to love one another as Jesus had loved them. It feels like a parent's final words to their children before death, saying, "Even if I'm gone, live together in harmony." Through this commandment, we can see how Jesus' heart flows toward them. But despite these loving words, Peter doesn't seem particularly interested in this commandment. For him, this commandment isn't the most important thing right now. Of course, since it's a commandment from Jesus, it must be important, but Peter has something more pressing on his mind. His attention is elsewhere. Since Jesus is going somewhere they cannot follow, where exactly is He planning to go? Peter's attitude resembles our own when we try to hear only what we want to hear despite God speaking important words to us. It's like when all our attention is focused on what matters to us rather than on what God is saying. Today, I want to preach about the Lord's heart toward us and our hearts toward ourselves.

                  먼저 우리를 향한 주님의 마음입니다. 예수님으로부터 떡 한조각을 받은 유다는 곧 밖으로 나가 밤의 어둠 가운데로 사라집니다. 유다가 나간 후에 예수님께서 말씀하십니다. 31절입니다. “지금 인자가 영광을 받았고 하나님도 인자로 말미암아 영광을 받으셨도다” 예수님께서는 ‘지금’ 인자가 영광을 받으셨다고 말씀하십니다. 아직 예수님께서 십자가에 달리시지도 않았는데 지금 인자가 영광을 받고 하나님도 인자로 말미암아 영광을 받으셨다니 이게 무슨 말입니까? 이는 유다의 배신으로 예수님의 십자가가 이제 확정 되었다는 말입니다. 이제 십자가를 향한 모든 조각은 맞춰졌습니다. 그래서 마치 예수님의 십자가가 지금 결정되고 지금 이루어지고 있는 것처럼 예수님께서는 인자와 하나님께서 영광 받으실 것을 미리 말씀하고 계신 것입니다. 그런데 가만히 생각하면 이상합니다. 아직 변수가 남아있지 않습니까? 바로 예수님, 예수님이 변수이지 않습니까? 모든 상황이 십자가를 향하는 길을 예비하고 있다고 하더라도 정작 십자가에 달리실 예수님께서 도저히 못하겠다고 포기하시면 이 모든 일들이 다 어그러지게 되는 것 아닙니까? 어떻게 예수님께서는 이 일을 이렇게 확신 하실 수 있는 것입니까? 첫번째는 바로 이것이 하나님의 영광을 위한 일이기 때문입니다. 오늘 말씀 31절과 32절에는 단 두절의 말씀 안에 영광이라는 단어가 네번이나 나옵니다. 특히 31절의 말씀은 인자가 영광을 받는 것이 하나님께서 영광을 받는 것으로 이어짐을 분명히 합니다. 하나님께 영광을 돌리기 위하여 예수님께서는 십자가를 포기하지 않으실 것입니다. 예수님께서 확신하시는 두번째 이유는 예수님의 십자가가 인류를 향한 하나님의 사랑의 깊이를, 또 예수님을 따르는 자들을 향한 예수님의 사랑의 깊이를 드러내기 때문입니다. 31:1말씀에 “예수께서 자기가 세상을 떠나 아버지께로 돌아가실 때가 이른 줄 아시고 세상에 있는 자기 사람들을 사랑하시되 끝까지 사랑하시니라”라고 하지 않으십니까? 제자들을, 또 우리를 끝까지 사랑하시기에 예수님께서는 십자가로 나아가는 당신의 마음 또한 끝까지 굳건할 것을 아셨습니다. 이것이 우리를 향한 예수님의 마음인 것입니다.

First, let's consider the Lord's heart toward us. After receiving a piece of bread from Jesus, Judas immediately went out into the darkness of night. After Judas left, Jesus spoke. Verse 31: "Now the Son of Man is glorified and God is glorified in him." Jesus says the Son of Man is glorified "now." Jesus hadn't even been crucified yet, so what does it mean that now the Son of Man is glorified and God is glorified in him? It means that with Judas's betrayal, Jesus' crucifixion was now confirmed. All the pieces toward the cross have fallen into place. So Jesus is speaking of the glory of the Son of Man and God as if Jesus' crucifixion is being decided and accomplished right now.

But when you think about it, isn't there still a variable remaining? Isn't Jesus Himself the variable? Even if all circumstances were preparing the way to the cross, if Jesus Himself decided He couldn't go through with it, wouldn't everything fall apart? How could Jesus be so certain about this? First, it's because this was for God's glory. In verses 31 and 32 of today's passage, the word "glory" appears four times in just two verses. Verse 31 especially makes it clear that the Son of Man receiving glory leads to God receiving glory. Jesus would not abandon the cross in order to bring glory to God.

The second reason for Jesus' confidence is that His crucifixion would reveal the depth of God's love for humanity and Jesus' love for His followers. Doesn't John 13:1 say, "Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end"? Because Jesus loved His disciples and us to the end, He knew His determination to go to the cross would remain steadfast to the end. This is Jesus' heart toward us.

                  33절의 말씀을 보시면 예수님께서 제자들을 떠나는 것이 확정되시자 그들을 부르시는 호칭이 처음으로 이렇게 바뀝니다. “작은 자들아.” 원문을 보면 “자녀들아”라고 부르십니다. 1:12에 “영접하는 자 곧 그 이름을 믿는 자들에게는 하나님의 자녀가 되는 권세를 주셨으니”라는 말씀의 하나님의 자녀와 같은 단어입니다. 예수님께서 이들을 어떻게 생각하시는지, 이들을 얼마나 사랑하시는지 느껴지는 호칭입니다. 그리고 말씀하십니다. 34절입니다. “새 계명을 너희에게 주노니 서로 사랑하라 내가 너희를 사랑한 것같이 너희도 서로 사랑하라.” 도입부에 말씀드렸듯이 이는 마치 세상을 떠나는 부모가 자신의 자녀들에게 내가 없더라도 서로 우애 있게 지내라고 말하는 유언같은 느낌입니다. 당신께서 떠나면 덩그러니 남겨질 자신의 자녀와도 같은 제자들에게 예수님께서 어떤 마음으로 말씀을 하시는지가 느껴지는 계명이지요. 예수님께서 그들을 사랑한 것과 같이 그들이 서로를 사랑한다면 예수님이 떠나시더라도 그들 안에 예수님의 사랑이 함께하는 것 아니겠습니까? 이렇듯 예수님의 사랑은 이들을 향하여 흐르고 있는 것입니다.

Looking at verse 33, once Jesus confirmed His departure from the disciples, the way He addressed them changed for the first time: "Little children." In the original text, He calls them "children." It's the same word as in John 1:12, "Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God." This is an address that reveals how Jesus thinks about them and how much He loves them.

Then He speaks in verse 34: "A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another." As I mentioned in the introduction, this feels like a parent's final words to their children before leaving the world, telling them to live in harmony even when they're gone. This commandment reveals the heart with which Jesus speaks to His disciples, who will be left alone when He departs. If they love one another as Jesus loved them, wouldn't Jesus' love remain with them even after He leaves? This is how Jesus' love flows toward them.

                  그러나 베드로는 이런 예수님의 계명은 귀에 들리지 않습니다. 그의 귀에는 예수님이 어디로 가시려는가? 즉, 그에게 중요한 일만이 들어올 뿐입니다. 예수님의 마음이 이들을 향하여 서로 사랑하라는 명령을 내리시고 있는 지금도 베드로의 마음은 다른 데 가 있는 것입니다. 이것이 우리의 모습이지요. 우리의 마음이 하나님을 향하는 것이 아니라 우리 자신을 향하고 있는 것입니다. 즉 우리에게 중요한 것에만 우리의 마음이 가있기 때문에 우리는 예수님께서 하시는 말씀을 듣지 못하고 우리가 관심있는 말씀만이 귀에 들어오게 되는 것입니다. 이것이 우리의 연약함이지요. 그리고 우리는 우리 귀에 들어온 말씀에 충동적으로 결단하고 다짐합니다. 이것이 주의 일을 하는 것이라 믿으면서 말이지요. 정작 그것이 예수님께서 원하시는 것인지에는 관심이 없는데 말입니다. 예수님께서 36절에 베드로에게 “네가 지금은 따라올 수 없으나 후에는 따라오리라”라고 그를 안심시키는 말씀을 하고 계십니다. 그러나 베드로의 마음에 그 말씀은 성에 차지 않습니다. 그래서 이렇게 대답하지요. 37절 “주여 내가 지금은 어찌하여 따라갈 수 없나이까? 주를 위하여 내 목숨을 버리겠나이다.” 그런 그에게 예수님께서는 기뻐하시지도 않으시고 또 그의 말을 신뢰하지도 않으시지요. 오히려 그가 예수님을 세 번이나 부인할 것을 예고하십니다. 

However, Peter doesn't hear Jesus' commandment. His ears only pick up on where Jesus is going—what matters to him. Even now, as Jesus' heart is commanding them to love one another, Peter's mind is elsewhere. This is our image too. Our hearts are directed not toward God but toward ourselves. Because our hearts are focused only on what's important to us, we fail to hear what Jesus is saying and only catch what interests us. This is our weakness.

And we impulsively make decisions and commitments based on what we hear, believing we're doing the Lord's work—even though we don't care whether it's what Jesus wants. In verse 36, Jesus reassures Peter, "Where I am going, you cannot follow now, but you will follow later." But this answer doesn't satisfy Peter. So he responds in verse 37, "Lord, why can't I follow you now? I will lay down my life for you." Jesus neither rejoices in Peter's words nor trusts them. Instead, He predicts that Peter will deny Him three times.

                  말씀을 맺습니다. 오늘 말씀을 통하여 본 것처럼 예수님의 마음은 우리를 향하여 흐르십니다. 그러나 많은 경우 우리의 마음은 예수님을 향하지 못하고 우리를 향하는 것 같습니다. 우리는 예수님의 말씀을 듣기 보다 우리가 원하는 말씀을 들으려 하고 우리에게 중요한 것에 정신이 팔립니다. 우리 자신으로부터 눈을 떼지 못하지요. 이것이 우리의 연약함인것 같습니다. 그러나 감사한 것은 우리가 그렇게 주님 앞에 실패하더라도 예수님께서는 우리를 사랑하시고 우리가 다시금 일어나실 수 있도록 도와주신다는 것입니다. 깨닫지 못할 때 다시 깨닫게 하시고 믿음이 연약할 때 그 믿음이 자라도록 도와주십니다. 베드로도 잘 아시다시피 예수님께서 세번이나 “나를 사랑하느냐”라고 물으시며 그를 회복시키시지 않으십니까? 예수님의 마음이 우리를 향하여 흐르시기때문에 우리에게는 희망이 있는 것입니다. 기도하시겠습니다.  

To conclude, as we've seen through today's passage, Jesus' heart flows toward us. But in many cases, our hearts seem directed not toward Jesus but toward ourselves. We try to hear what we want to hear rather than Jesus' words, and we get distracted by what matters to us. We can't take our eyes off ourselves. This seems to be our weakness.

But the good news is that even when we fail before the Lord, Jesus loves us and helps us rise again. He helps us understand when we don't comprehend and strengthens our faith when it's weak. As you well know, didn't Jesus restore Peter by asking him three times, "Do you love me?" Because Jesus' heart flows toward us, we have hope. Let us pray.