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)...
만일 주님께서 다림줄로 교회를 시험하시면 ... 만일 주님께서 “ 다림줄 ”[“’ 추 ’( 무게가 나가는 돌이나 금속 등 ) 에 매단 줄을 말한다 . 이 줄은 벽을 쌓을 때 담벽의 수직 상태를 알아보기 위해서 사용하는 도구였다 ”( 인터넷 )] 로 주님의 교회인 우리를 시험하시면 우리의 영적 상태나 도덕적 상태가 혹시 이미 삐 뚤어져서 붕괴 위험에 있는 것은 아닐까요 ? ( 참고 : 아모스 7:7-9, 현대인의 성경 )