“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...
그 이유는 하나님께서는 우리 모두가 회개하게 되기를 바라고 계시기 때문입니다. 하나님께서는 우리가 행한 죄악된 일들을 모르는 척하지 않으시고 반드시 그 대가를 받도록 하셔야 하며 또한 우리의 지난 일을 철저하게 계산하셔서 우리가 행한 그대로 갚아 주셔야 함에도 불구하고 오래 참으시고 , 너그럽게 대해주시면서 우리에게 넘치는 자비를 베풀어 주시고계십니다 . 그 이유는 하나님께서는 우리 모두가 회개하게 되기를 바라고 계시기 때문입니다 ( 참고 : 이사야 65:6-7; 로마서 2:4; 베드로후서 3:9, 현대인의 성경 ).