“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...
"보라 내가 나를 위하여 나를 위하여 이를 이룰 것이라" 하나님께서는 우리에게 유익하도록 가르치시고 우리를 마땅히 행할 길로 인도하시는 하나님이십니다 ( 사 48:17). 그러나 우리는 하나님의 명령에 주의하지 않고 그 명령에 불순종합니다 (18 절 ). 그러나 하나님께서는 자기의 이름을 위하여 우리에게 노하기를 더디하십니다 (9 절 ). 하나님께서는 자신의 영광을 위하여 참으시고 우리를 멸절하지 않으십니다 (9 절 ). 오히려 하나님께서는 불순종하며 범죄하며 회개치 아니하는 우리를 고난의 불로 시험하시사 우리를 연단하십니다 (10 절 , 현대인의 성경 ). 하나님께서 이렇게 말씀하고 계십니다 : " 보라 내가 나를 위하여 나를 위하여 이를 이룰 것이라 "(11 절 ).