asceticism. The
teaching that spirituality is attained through renunciation of physical
pleasures and personal desires while concentrating on “spiritual” matters. …
yet some Christians have overemphasized the role of ascetic practices. …
Unfortunately, asceticism often proceeds on the assumption that the physical
body is evil and is ultimately the cause of sin—a wholly unbiblical concept. 금욕주의라는것은, 영성을얻기위해서는, 소위 “영적인” 일들에집중하면서육체적인기쁨들과개인적인욕망을포기해야만한다는가르침이다… 그러나어떤크리스천들은금욕적인실천의역할에대해서지나치게강조해왔다. 불행히도금욕주의는종종, 물리적인육체는악하며그것이궁극적으로죄의원인이된다는전제에입각해서발전해나아가는데, 그것은전적으로비성경적인개념이다.
에베소서 2:8 너희는그은혜에의하여믿음으로말미암아구원을받았으니이것은너희에게서난것이아니요하나님의선물이라 (개역개정)2:8 For it is by grace you have been saved,
through faith, and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God. (NIV)
2:8–9by grace
you have been saved … not by works. Already
in the OT, God did not choose his people because they were righteous (Dt
9:5–6). He redeemed them before instructing them how to live (Ex 20:2); sincere
righteousness flows from a transformed heart (Dt 5:29; 30:6, 14). Although
God’s salvation in Christ is greater than this, it clearly reflects the heart
of the same God who lavished love on his people from the beginning. 이미구약에서부터, 하나님께서는그분의백성이의로웠다는이유로그들을선택하시지않으셨습니다. 하나님께서는그들이어떻게살아야하는가를가르치시기이전에그들을구속하셨습니다. 진실한의로움은마음에서부터흘러나옵니다. 비록그리스도안에서하나님의구원이구약의것보다큰것이지만, 그리스도안에서의구원은처음부터그분의백성에게사랑을쏟아부으시는동일한하나님의마음을분명히반영하고있습니다.