The One Who Receives the Greatest Grace May Be the Most in Danger “Woe to you, Chorazin ! Woe to you, Bethsaida ! For if the mighty works done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon , they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. But it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment than for you. And you, Capernaum , will you be exalted to heaven? You shall be brought down to Hades . The one who listens to you listens to Me, and the one who rejects you rejects Me; and the one who rejects Me rejects Him who sent Me” (Luke 10:13–16). (1) Today, I would like to meditate on the lesson given through Luke 10:13–16 , together with its parallel passage, Matthew 11:20–24: (a) First, Jesus rebuked the cities in which most of His mighty works had been done, because they did not repent (Mt. 11:20)...
The fear of the Lord
"'The fear of the Lord is the
beginning of knowledge'(Prov.1:7). In
fact, the book of Proverbs not only begins with this assertion, it ends with
the balancing conclusion, 'A woman who fears the Lord is to be
praised'(31:30). In other words, the
fear of the Lord is the beginning and end of wisdom for all people, men and
women, wise and simple, young and old alike."
[Iain M. Duguid, "Jesus in the
Old Testament"]
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