6/1/2025
[설교노트 / Sermon notes]
제목: “가장 중요한 질문: 사람이 어떻게 하나님 앞에서 의로울 수 있는가?”
본문: 욥기 9:1-4“How Can a Mortal Be Righteous Before God?” (Job 9:1–4)
Preacher: Jeongsub Choi
1.성경본문 읽기 / Read the Bible
- 더 이해가 잘 되는 언어로 읽어주세요
- Read it in a language that makes more sense to you
(욥 8:4,5,6,20, 새번역)
“「4」 네 자식들이 주님께 죄를 지으면, 주님께서 그들을 벌하시는 것은 당연한 일이 아니냐?
「5」 그러나 네가 하나님을 간절히 찾으며 전능하신 분께 자비를 구하면,
「6」 또 네가 정말 깨끗하고 정직하기만 하면, 주님께서는 너를 살리시려고 떨치고 일어나셔서, 네 경건한 가정을 회복시켜 주실 것이다.
「20」 정말 하나님은, 온전한 사람 물리치지 않으시며, 악한 사람 손 잡아 주지 않으신다.”(욥 9:1-4, 새번역)
“「1」 욥이 대답하였다.
「2」 그것이 사실이라는 것은 나도 잘 알고 있다. 그러나 사람이 어떻게 하나님 앞에서 의롭다고 주장할 수 있겠느냐?
「3」 사람이 하나님과 논쟁을 한다고 해도, 그분의 천 마디 말씀에 한 마디도 대답하지 못할 것이다.
「4」 하나님이 전지전능하시니, 그를 거역하고 온전할 사람이 있겠느냐?”(Job 8:4,5,6,20, NIV11)
“「4」 When your children sinned against him, he gave them over to the penalty of their sin.
「5」 But if you will seek God earnestly and plead with the Almighty,
「6」 if you are pure and upright, even now he will rouse himself on your behalf and restore you to your prosperous state.
「20」 “Surely God does not reject one who is blameless or strengthen the hands of evildoers.”(Job 9:1-4, NIV11)
“「1」 Then Job replied:
「2」 “Indeed, I know that this is true. But how can mere mortals prove their innocence before God?
「3」 Though they wished to dispute with him, they could not answer him one time out of a thousand.
「4」 His wisdom is profound, his power is vast. Who has resisted him and come out unscathed?”
10. 감사 / gratitude
11. [지난 주일 말씀 / Last Sunday's Sermon]
*The English sermon is below.
📖 설교노트
제목: “어찌 인생이 하나님 앞에서 의로우랴?”
본문: 욥기 9:1–4
🛑 서론
욥은 아브라함 시대의 인물로, 하나님이 인정하신 의인이었습니다.
그러나 하루아침에 재산, 자녀, 건강을 모두 잃고, 고난 속에서 하나님께 질문합니다:
“어찌 인생이 하나님 앞에서 의로우랴?” (욥 9:2)인간의 노력으로는 누구도 하나님 앞에서 의롭다 할 수 없습니다.
💡 메시지
욥의 친구들은 인과응보(retributive justice / you reap what you sow)로 설명했지만, 욥의 고난은 그 틀을 벗어났습니다.
중요한 질문은 “왜 이런 일이 생겼는가?”가 아니라
“나는 하나님 앞에서 누구인가? 나는 하나님 앞에 어떻게 설 수 있는가?”입니다.히브리서 9:27 “사람이 한 번 죽는 것은 정해진 일이요, 그 뒤에는 심판이 있습니다.”
욥은 하나님 앞에서 자신의 연약함을 고백하며, 하나님의 은혜만이 자신을 세운다고 인정합니다.
📖 복음의 해답
로마서 1:17, 5:17 — 오직 그리스도 안에서 하나님의 의가 믿는 자에게 선물로 주어집니다.
요한복음 1:12 — 그 이름을 믿는 자들에게 하나님의 자녀가 되는 권세가 주어집니다.
로마서 10:10 — 마음으로 믿어 의에 이르고, 입으로 시인하여 구원에 이릅니다.
에베소서 2:8–9 — 은혜로 얻은 구원은 행위가 아닌 하나님의 선물입니다.
🙋 적용
VIP, 새신자:
“나는 부족하다” 느낄지라도 예수님을 통해 하나님께 나아갈 수 있습니다.
믿음으로 예수님을 영접하십시오.리더, 기존 신자:
우리의 섬김은 하나님의 은혜로 주어진 것입니다.
내 의로움이 아니라 하나님의 은혜로 오늘도 하나님 앞에 섭시다.
✨ 결론
하나님은 물으십니다: “너는 누구로 내 앞에 서겠느냐?”
우리의 힘으로는 설 수 없습니다. 오직 예수님의 의로 하나님 앞에 설 수 있습니다.
오늘 그 은혜 앞에 다시 서는 결단을 합시다.
🙏 기도
“주님, 저는 죄인입니다.
예수님의 의로 저를 덮어 주셔서 감사합니다.
저의 교만을 깨뜨리시고, 오직 예수님만 바라보며 은혜로 서게 하소서.
예수님의 이름으로 기도합니다. 아멘.”
[개인 헌신 기도] Personal devotional prayer
오늘 말씀을 듣고 삶에 결단하며 헌신하겠다고 한 것을 주님께 말씀 드리고 주님께 도움을 구하는 기도를 하시길 바랍니다.
📖 Sermon Title
“How Can a Mortal Be Righteous Before God?”
(Job 9:1–4)
🛑 Introduction: The Story of Job and Our Big Questions
Dear friends, today we will look closely at a key moment in the book of Job.
Job lived around the time of Abraham — this is why the book of Job is often called a story from the dawn of history.
Who was Job?
He was a man, like Noah or Abraham, whom God raised up as a true worshiper — a man of deep integrity and faith.
And yet, though Job was called “righteous” by God Himself, disaster fell on his life in a single moment.
He lost all his wealth, all his children, and even his health.
Job’s story is not just about a man’s tragedy.
It is a profound story of human questions, of one person standing alone before God, searching for answers.
Job asks the piercing question:
“How can a mortal be righteous before God?” (Job 9:2)
No human effort, no moral achievement, no personal merit can make anyone stand righteous before the holy God.
Job knew this deeply. He lowered himself, seeing his own smallness, saying he was no better than a worm, unable even to lift his head — and yet, he clung to acknowledging God’s presence.
Then Job’s friends arrived. And what did they say?
“Job, you must have done something wrong. You’re being punished.”
His friends were trapped in the mindset of retributive justice — the idea that “If you sin, you are punished; if you are good, you are blessed.”
But Job’s suffering could not be explained by that system.
So Job asked:
“God, why? How can any human stand before You?”
This is the same question that comes to us.
When hardships come — whether big or small — we ask, “Why is this happening?”
But the lesson of Job is this:
Even in the middle of countless questions, a human must stand as a solitary soul before God.
We must come to the place where we confess who God truly is.
💡 Change the Question
The Bible is not simply a book explaining the system of “you reap what you sow.”
We need to change our question.
Instead of asking, “Why did this happen to me?”,
we should ask,
“Who am I before God?”
“Can I stand before Him?”
“Am I living in right relationship with God?”
“On what basis can I continue walking with Him and living in fellowship with Him?”
The Bible says,
(Hebrews 9:27) “It is appointed for people to die once — and after this, judgment.”
We will all one day stand before God.
And even now, in the daily moments of life, we are living before Him, in relationship with Him.
Job opened his heart in the midst of his pain.
He acknowledged his weakness and confessed God’s power, not boasting in his own goodness but recognizing that only by God’s grace could he stand.
Life is something we can stand in only because of God’s grace.
📖 The Righteousness of God
The New Testament gives us the final and complete answer.
Romans 1:17 — “For in the gospel, the righteousness of God is revealed — a righteousness that is by faith from first to last…”
Romans 5:17 — “How much more will those who receive God’s abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ!”
The absolute righteousness Job longed for — that no human could achieve — is now given as a gift through Jesus Christ.
● To all who receive Him, to those who believe in His name, He gives the right to become children of God.
● It is with the heart that one believes and is justified, and with the mouth that one confesses and is saved.
● We are saved by grace, through faith — this is not from ourselves; it is the gift of God, not by works, so that no one can boast.
● The righteous will live by faith.
We can never stand before God on the basis of our own righteousness.
We stand before God only through the righteousness given to us in Christ.
🙋 To VIP Guests and Newcomers
Do you feel like you can’t yet stand before God?
Do you think, “I’m not ready. I’m not good enough for God”?
Today, hear the good news: God has opened the way for you to be made right with Him through Jesus Christ.
Cling to Him in faith.
Pray:
“Lord, I cannot stand by my own strength. Cover me with the righteousness of Jesus.”
Your salvation does not depend on your achievements.
God sees you only through the perfect righteousness of Christ.
Open your heart today, receive Jesus as the Lord of your life, and walk in fellowship with Him each day.
🙌 To Leaders and Believers
Dear leaders and fellow believers,
Even in our small acts of service and faithfulness, we must remember:
We are standing only before God.
Our ministry, our service, is not about proving our righteousness but about living in the grace that God has already given.
Let us stand before God alone — giving Him the glory, walking in His grace.
✨ Conclusion
Today, God asks each of us:
“Who will you stand before Me as?
Will you stand by your own strength?”
Friends, we can never stand on our own.
We can only stand because of the righteousness of Jesus Christ.
Today, let us return to that grace.
🙏 Closing Prayer
“Lord, I am a sinner.
I cannot stand before You on my own, but I thank You that You cover me with the righteousness of Jesus.
Break my pride, free me from relying on my own efforts,
and help me to stand by grace alone, fixing my eyes only on Jesus.
Today, help newcomers open their hearts to receive You,
and help believers to rededicate themselves before Your Word.
In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.”
[개인 헌신 기도] Personal devotional prayer
I encourage you to tell the Lord what you have decided to commit to in your life as you listen to today's message and pray to Him for help.