“The most powerful weapon for silencing the mouth of the world is not brilliant theological apologetics, but the practice of a holy life that resembles Jesus Christ.” “Now it happened, as Jesus went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees to eat bread on the Sabbath, that they were watching Him closely. And behold, there was a certain man before Him who had dropsy. And Jesus, answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, ‘Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?’ But they kept silent. And He took him and healed him, and let him go. Then He answered them, saying, ‘Which of you, having a donkey or an ox that has fallen into a pit, will not immediately pull him out on the Sabbath day?’ And they could not answer Him regarding these things” (Luke 14:1–6). (1) As I meditated on today’s passage, Luke 14:1–6, the phrase that first caught my attention was: “they were watching Him clos...
짧은 말씀 묵상
구원의 하나님의 구원의 선하심과 구원의 인자하심이 정녕 나를 따르리니
내가 하나님의 집에 영원히 거하리로다! (시편 23편 6절을 묵상하면서)
어쩌면 우리는 하나님의 말씀에 순종하기 위해선 세상 사람들과의 관계를
끊어야 할지도 모릅니다. 아니면 적어도 우리가
하나님의 말씀을 순종함에 있어서 걸림돌이 되는 사람들이 있다면 지혜롭게 건강한 경계선을 두고 거리를 둬야 할지도 모릅니다(참고: 느헤미야 10:28-29, 현대인의 성경).
우리는 하나님의 교회에서 무슨 혜택을 받고자 하기보다 먼저 우리가
주님의 교회를 위해 자진해서 무엇을 드려야(헌신해야) 하는지 기도해 봐야 합니다(참고: 느헤미야 10:32, 현대인의 성경).
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