20250225 [새벽묵상] 세상이 미워하는 예수님의 증인이 되라 | Become Witnesses of Jesus Whom the World Hates (요/Jhn 15:18~27)

15:18 세상이 너희를 미워하면 너희보다 먼저 나를 미워한 줄을 알라

15:19 너희가 세상에 속하였으면 세상이 자기의 것을 사랑할 것이나 너희는 세상에 속한 자가 아니요 도리어 내가 너희를 세상에서 택하였기 때문에 세상이 너희를 미워하느니라

15:20 내가 너희에게 종이 주인보다 더 크지 못하다 한 말을 기억하라 사람들이 나를 박해하였은즉 너희도 박해할 것이요 내 말을 지켰은즉 너희 말도 지킬 것이라

15:21 그러나 사람들이 내 이름으로 말미암아 이 모든 일을 너희에게 하리니 이는 나를 보내신 이를 알지 못함이라

15:22 내가 와서 그들에게 말하지 아니하였더라면 죄가 없었으려니와 지금은 그 죄를 핑계할 수 없느니라

15:23 나를 미워하는 자는 또 내 아버지를 미워하느니라

15:24 내가 아무도 못한 일을 그들 중에서 하지 아니하였더라면 그들에게 죄가 없었으려니와 지금은 그들이 나와 내 아버지를 보았고 또 미워하였도다

15:25 그러나 이는 그들의 율법에 기록된 바 그들이 이유 없이 나를 미워하였다 한 말을 응하게 하려 함이라

18 “If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. 19 If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you. 20 Remember what I told you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also. 21 They will treat you this way because of my name, for they do not know the one who sent me. 22 If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin. 23 Whoever hates me hates my Father as well. 24 If I had not done among them the works no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin. As it is, they have seen, and yet they have hated both me and my Father. 25 But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: ‘They hated me without reason.’

15:26 내가 아버지께로부터 너희에게 보낼 보혜사 곧 아버지께로부터 나오시는 진리의 성령이 오실 때에 그가 나를 증언하실 것이요

15:27 너희도 처음부터 나와 함께 있었으므로 증언하느니라

26 “When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father—he will testify about me. 27 And you also must testify, for you have been with me from the beginning.

                  예수님께서는 어제의 말씀에서 제자들에게 새로운 계명을 주셨습니다. 예수님께서 그들을 사랑한 것과 같이 그들도 서로 사랑하라고 말씀하셨지요. 그리고 그것이 가능하려면 예수님의 사랑 안에 머물러 있어야 한다고 말씀하셨습니다. 그들이 먼저 예수님의 사랑 안에 머물러 있을 때에 예수님께서 다시 명하셨던 명령, 서로 사랑하라라는 계명을 지킬 수가 있는 것입니다. 이렇게 어제의 말씀에서는 예수님의 사랑 안에 머물러 있는 것. 서로 사랑하는 것에 대해서 말씀을 하시다가 오늘 말씀에서는 세상이 이들을 미워할 것, 이들을 박해할 것에 대해서 말씀하십니다. 사랑과 미움. 얼핏 들으면 완전히 반대되는 말씀을 하시는 것 같습니다. 그러나 예수님께서는 이들이 미움을 받는 이유는 바로 세상이 그들이 아니라 예수님을 미워하기 때문임을 말씀하십니다. 즉 이들이 세상의 미움을 받는 것은 바로 이들이 예수님의 계명을 지키고 예수님의 사랑 안에 있기 때문인 것입니다. 실제로 제자들은 예수님께서 승천하신 이후로 예수님의 계명을 지키고 예수님의 사랑과 가르치심을 전함으로 세상의 미움을 받고 또 많은 핍박을 받습니다. 그러나 사도행전5:41을 보면 오히려 제자들은 예수님의 이름을 위하여 박해 받는 일에 합당한 자로 여기심을 기뻐하였다는 말씀이 나오지요. 이들은 세상이 미워하는 예수님의 증인이 됨을 기뻐하였던 것입니다. 오늘은 세상이 미워하는 예수님의 증인이 되라 라는 제목으로 말씀을 나누기 원합니다.

In yesterday's message, Jesus gave His disciples a new command. He told them to love one another as He had loved them. And He said that to make this possible, they must remain in His love. Only when they first remain in Jesus' love can they keep the command He gave them—to love one another. While yesterday's message spoke about remaining in Jesus' love and loving one another, today's message talks about how the world will hate them and persecute them. Love and hatred. At first glance, these seem like completely opposite messages. But Jesus explains that the reason they receive hatred is because the world hates not them, but Jesus Himself. In other words, they receive the world's hatred precisely because they keep Jesus' commands and remain in His love.

Indeed, after Jesus ascended to heaven, the disciples kept His commands and received the world's hatred and much persecution as they shared Jesus' love and teachings. However, if we look at Acts 5:41, we see that "The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing because they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name." They rejoiced at becoming witnesses of Jesus whom the world hated. Today, I want to share a message titled "Become Witnesses of Jesus Whom the World Hates."

                  오늘의 말씀 첫번째, 예수님께서는 세상이 당신을 미워한다고 말씀하십니다. 18절 말씀 함께 보시겠습니다. “세상이 너희를 미워하면 너희보다 먼저 나를 미워한 줄을 알라” 예수님께서 제자들에게 세상이 그들을 미워한다면 그 이유는 바로 당신 때문이라고 말씀하십니다. 제자들에게 그들보다 먼저 예수님을 미워하였던 것을 알라고 말씀하십니다. 즉 세상이 미워하는 것은 제자들이 아니라 바로 예수님인 것이지요. 그렇다면 세상이 예수님을 어떻게 미워하였을까요?

첫째로는 예수님의 말씀을 듣지 않았습니다. 22절 입니다. “내가 와서 그들에게 말하지 아니하였더라면 죄가 없었으려니와 지금은 그 죄를 핑계할 수 없느니라” 요한복음에는 예수님께서 끊임없이 유대인들과 변론하였던 장면들을 우리에게 보여줍니다. 예수님께서는 당신이 생명의 떡이다. 세상의 빛이다 라며 약속된 메시아이심을 그들에게 말씀하셨지요. 그러나 그들은 예수님의 말씀을 듣지 않았습니다. 오히려 유대인들이 상종조차 하지않던 수가성의 사마리아 여인과 그 동네 사람들은 4:41-42에서 “예수의 말씀으로 말미암아 믿는 자가 더욱 많아 그 여자에게 말하되 이제 우리가 믿는 것은 네 말로 인함이 아니니 이는 우리가 친히 듣고 그가 참으로 세상의 구주신 줄 앎이라”라고 까지 하지요. 이렇게 누군가는 같은 예수님의 말씀을 듣고 예수님을 믿음에도 불구하고 이들은 예수님께서 말씀하셨음에도 그 말씀을 듣지 않았습니다.

First point of today's message: Jesus says that the world hates Him. Let's look together at verse 18: "If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first." Jesus tells His disciples that if the world hates them, it's because of Him. He tells the disciples to know that the world hated Him before it hated them. In other words, it's not the disciples the world hates, but Jesus Himself. So how did the world hate Jesus?

First, they did not listen to Jesus' words. Verse 22: "If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin." The Gospel of John repeatedly shows us scenes where Jesus debates with the Jews. Jesus told them that He is the bread of life, the light of the world, declaring Himself as the promised Messiah. But they did not listen to Jesus' words. In contrast, the Samaritan woman from Sychar and the people of her town—whom the Jews wouldn't even associate with—said in 4:41-42, "And because of his words many more became believers. They said to the woman, 'We no longer believe just because of what you said; now we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this man really is the Savior of the world.'" So while some heard Jesus' words and believed in Him, these others did not listen even though Jesus spoke to them.

둘째로는 예수님의 표적을 보고도 믿지 않았습니다. 24절입니다. “내가 아무도 못한 일을 그들 중에서 하지 아니하였더라면 그들에게 죄가 없었으려니와” 요한복음에서는 예수님께서 예수님의 신성을 드러내시는 7가지 표적을 행하셨던 것을 말하고 있지요. 그러나 이들은 죽은지 나흘이나 된 사람을 살리시는 예수님의 표적을 보고도 예수님을 믿으려하지 않고 오히려 예수님을 죽이기로 작정하였습니다. 오히려 유대인들은 죄인이라고 여겼던 날 때부터 맹인이었던 사람이 예수님의 표적을 경험하고 예수님께 나아와 “이르되 주여 내가 믿나이다” (9:38) 하고 절하는 모습을 볼 수 있지요. 이처럼 아무도 할 수 없는 일을 행하신 예수님의 표적을 보고 누군가는 예수님을 믿었지만 이들은 예수님을 믿지 않았습니다.

셋째로, 이것은 예수님만을 미워한 것이 아니라고 말씀하십니다. 예수님께서는 이들이 예수님을 미워할 때 예수님을 보내시고 또 예수님과 함께 계신 하나님 또한 미워한것이라고 말씀하십니다. 23절입니다. “나를 미워하는 자는 또 내 아버지를 미워하느니라”

넷째로, 그들이 예수님을 미워하였던 것에는 이유가 없습니다. 예수님에게는 이들에게 미움받을 이유가 없으셨던 것입니다. 25절입니다. “그러나 이는 그들의 율법에 기록된바 그들이 이유없이 나를 미워하였다 한 말을 응하게 하려 함이라” 이렇게 이들은 예수님의 말씀을 듣지 않았고, 예수님의 표적을 보고도 믿지 않았으며, 이들은 예수님을 미워함으로 하나님 또한 미워하게 되었고, 그들의 미움은 마땅한 이유가 없었습니다. 이렇게 이들은 예수님을 미워하였습니다.

Second, they saw Jesus' signs but did not believe. Verse 24: "If I had not done among them the works no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin." In John's Gospel, we're told that Jesus performed seven signs revealing His divinity. But even after seeing Jesus' sign of raising someone who had been dead for four days, they refused to believe in Him and instead resolved to kill Him. In contrast, the man born blind—whom the Jews considered a sinner—experienced Jesus' sign and came to Jesus saying, "Lord, I believe," and worshiped Him (9:38). Thus, while some saw the signs Jesus performed that no one else could do and believed in Him, these others did not believe.

Third, Jesus says that they did not hate Him alone. Jesus declares that when they hated Him, they also hated God who sent Him and who was with Him. Verse 23: "Whoever hates me hates my Father as well."

Fourth, there was no reason for their hatred of Jesus. Jesus gave them no reason to hate Him. Verse 25: "But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: 'They hated me without reason.'" Thus, they did not listen to Jesus' words, they saw His signs but did not believe, they hated God by hating Jesus, and their hatred had no valid reason. This is how they hated Jesus.

                  오늘의 말씀 두번째, 이렇게 세상의 미움 받는 예수님께서 제자들에게 그들이 당신의 증인이 될 것이라 말씀하십니다. 예수님께서 미움 받으셨던대로 이들도 미움받을 것이라 말씀하십니다. 20절입니다. “내가 너희에게 종이 주인보다 더 크지 못하다 한 말을 기억하라 사람들이 나를 박해하였은즉 너희도 박해할 것이요 내 말을 지켰은즉 너희 말도 지킬 것이라” 예수님께서 이 ‘종이 주인보다 더 크지 못하다’라는 말씀을 하셨을 때는 바로 제자들의 발을 씻기시고 난 이후입니다. 그 때에 이런 말씀도 같이 하시지요. 13:15입니다. “내가 너희에게 행한 것 같이 너희도 행하게 하려 하여 본을 보였노라” 예수님께서 이 세족식 때의 말씀을 다시 가져오셔서 종이 주인보다 더 크지 못하다 한 말을 기억하라 하십니다. 즉 주인이신 예수님께서 세상의 미움과 박해를 받는 본을 보이셨으니 종인 제자들 또한 예수님께서 본을 보이신 것과 같이 세상의 미움과 박해를 받게 된다는 것입니다. 그리고 사람들이 예수님께 하였듯 제자들을 박해하는 것을 21절을 보니 “내 이름으로 말미암아 이 모든 일을 너희에게 하리니”라고 하십니다. 제자들이 미움을 받고 핍박을 당하는 것은 이들 자신 때문이 아닙니다. 바로 이들이 예수님의 이름을 지닌 사람들이기 때문입니다. 이들이 예수님을 증언하는 사람들이기 때문입니다. 예수님의 이름이 아니라면 이들은 이렇게 미움받을 일이 없습니다. 오히려 세상의 사랑을 받게 될 것입니다. 이들이 세상이 미워하는 예수님의 증인이기에 이들 또한 이렇게 미움을 받는 것입니다.

                  말씀을 맺습니다.  예수님께서는 세상이 예수님을 미워하신다 말씀하십니다. 세상은 예수님이 말씀하여도 듣지 않습니다. 예수님께서 아무도 하지 못한 표적을 보이셔도 그들은 그것을 보고도 예수님을 믿지 않았습니다. 세상이 예수님을 미워함은 예수님 뿐만 아니라 하나님 또한 미워하는 것이었습니다. 그리고 그들은 까닭없이, 이유없이 예수님을 미워하였습니다. 세상이 이렇게 예수님을 미워하였던 것. 이것이 바로 제자들이 따라야 했던 길입니다. 예수님께서 그들을 택하셨고, 그들이 예수님의 이름을 증언하는 자들이 되었기에 그들은 예수님의 본을 따라 세상의 미움을 받아야 했습니다. 그러나 세상이 미워하는 예수님의 증인이 되는 것은 제자들에게 영광이었습니다. 기쁨이었습니다. 우리도 그런 예수님의 증인이 되길 원합니다. 기도하시겠습니다.

Second point of today's message: Jesus, who received the world's hatred, tells His disciples that they will be His witnesses. He says they will be hated just as He was hated. Verse 20: "Remember what I told you: 'A servant is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also." Jesus spoke these words—"A servant is not greater than his master"—right after washing His disciples' feet. At that time, He also said in 13:15, "I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you." Jesus brings back this message from the foot-washing and tells them to remember that a servant is not greater than his master. In other words, since Jesus their master showed them the example of receiving the world's hatred and persecution, the disciples as His servants would also receive the world's hatred and persecution, following His example. And verse 21 tells us why people will persecute the disciples as they did Jesus: "They will treat you this way because of my name." The disciples are not hated and persecuted because of themselves. It's because they bear Jesus' name. It's because they are witnesses testifying about Jesus. If not for Jesus' name, they would have no reason to be hated. Rather, they would receive the world's love. It's because they are witnesses of Jesus whom the world hates that they too receive this hatred.

In conclusion, Jesus says that the world hates Him. The world does not listen even when Jesus speaks. Even when Jesus showed signs that no one else could perform, they saw but did not believe in Him. The world's hatred of Jesus was hatred not only of Him but also of God. And they hated Jesus without cause, without reason. This is how the world hated Jesus—and this is the path the disciples had to follow. Because Jesus chose them and they became witnesses to His name, they had to follow Jesus' example and receive the world's hatred. But becoming witnesses of Jesus whom the world hates was an honor for the disciples. It was a joy. May we also become such witnesses of Jesus. Let us pray.