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)...
주님이 가르쳐 주신 기도를 응답 받을 수 없는 것은 당연한 것이겠지요 . 지금 우리가 이 땅에서 우리에게 죄 지은 형제를 용서하지 않고 있으면 하늘에서도 우리는 용서함을 받지 못할 것입니다 ( 참고 : 마태복음 18:18, 현대인의 성경 ). 우리가 드리는 “ 우리가 우리에게 죄 지은 사람들을 용서해 준 것처럼 우리 죄를 용서해 주소서 ”(6:12, 현대인의 성경 ) 라는 주님이 가르쳐 주신 기도를 응답 받을 수 없는 것은 당연한 것이겠지요 .