“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...
고통의 물결이 끊임없이 우리에게 밀어닥치고 있을 때 ... 고통의 물결이 끊임없이 우리에게 밀어닥치고 있을 때 우리는 하나님께서 우리를 태풍 속에 던져 넣으셨다는 생각 속에서 우리의 마음은 번거로워 쉬지 못할 것입니다 . 그 때 우리는 이러 저리 넘어지므로 여기 저기 도와 달라고 부르짖을 것입니다 ( 참고 : 욥기 30:22, 27-28, 현대인의 성경 ). 그 때 어느 누구도 우리에게 도움을 주지 않을 때 우리는 무엇을 어떻게 해야 하는 것일까요 ? 이 찬송가 가사가 생각났습니다 : “ 나 주의 도움받고자 주 예수님께 빕니다 . 그 구원 허락 하시사 날 받아주소서 ”( 새 찬송가 214 장 , “ 나주의 도움받고자 ” 1 절 ).