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)...
과거를 뒤돌아 볼줄 아는 지혜로운 그리스도인 현재 우리가 겪고 있는 고통스러운 일들 가운데서 우리는 하나님께 나아가 겸손히 부르짖을 때에 과거 하나님께서 우리가 너무나 힘들고 고통스러웠을 때 건져주신 하나님의 은혜를 기억하므로 말미암아 하나님께서 지금 우리가 겪고 있는 고통 중에서도 우리를 반드시 또한 분명히 건져주실 것이라는 확신 (confidence) 을 가져야 합니다 . (W. Robert Godfrey, "LEARNING TO LOVE THE PSALMS")