“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...
하나님의 풍성한 은혜와 긍휼에 감사해야 하지 않나요? 과연 진노의 그릇이 토기장이에게 " 왜 나를 이렇게 만들었습니까 ?" 하고 항의할 수 있겠습니까 ? 과연 긍휼의 그릇이 토기장이에게 ' 왜 멸하기로 준비된 진노의 그릇을 오래 참으심으로 관용하십니까 ?' 라고 반문할 수 있겠습니까 ? 도리어 긍휼의 그릇은 ' 왜 멸망받아야 할 진노의 그릇인 저를 불쌍히 여기셔서 영광을 받도록 긍휼의 그릇으로 삼아주셨습니까 ?' 라고 토기장이의 풍성한 은혜와 긍휼에 감사해야 하지 않나요 ? ( 참고 : 로마서 9:20-23, 현대인의 성경 )