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)...
목회자 목회자의 마음 속에는 눌리는 일이 있습니다 ( 고후 11:28). 그것은 바로 교회를 위하여 염려하는 것입니다 (28 절 ). 특히 목회자는 교회 성도님들이 예수님과 성경 말씀을 아는 지식이 연약하여 실족할까바 애타 (intense concern) 합니다 (29 절 ). 또한 목회자는 두려워합니다 . 혹여나 교회 성도님들의 마음이 그리스도를 향하는 진실함과 깨끗함에서 떠나 부패할까바 두려워합니다 (3 절 ).