God’s love, which is stronger than death, is causing me to continue walking the path of the mission the Lord has given me (John 6:1–15). “At that very time some Pharisees came and said to Him, ‘Leave this place and go somewhere else. Herod wants to kill You.’ He replied, ‘Go tell that fox, “I will keep driving out demons and healing people today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will reach My goal.” In any case, I must press on today and tomorrow and the next day—for surely no prophet can die outside Jerusalem! Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing. Look, your house is left to you desolate. I tell you, you will not see Me again until you say, “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord” (Luke 13:31–35). ...
유익한 고난 혹은 무익한 고난? 만일 우리가 여러 가지 고난을 통해 하나님의 말씀과 순종을 배우면 고난 당한 것이 우리에게 유익이지만 , 아무리 크고 많은 여러 가지 고난을 당한다 할지라도 하나님의 말씀에 순종하는 것을 배우지 못했다면 우리가 당한 그 고난들은 우리에게 무익할 뿐입니다 ( 히브리서 5:8; 참고 : 시편 119:67, 71).