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)...
그래도 하나님을 믿으시겠습니까? 하나님을 경외하는 ( 혹은 믿는 ) 이유가 예수님 외에 물질의 축복이나 자녀의 축복이나 건강의 축복이나 등등 하나님께 원하고 기대하는 축복때문이라면 하나님께서는 사탄으로 하여금 그 모든 축복들을 빼앗아 가도록 허락하실 수도 있습니다 ( 욥기 1:9-12). 그래도 과연 우리는 욥처럼 입술로 하나님을 원망하는 죄를 범하지 않고 오히려 하나님을 예배를 드릴 수 있을까요 ? (1:20-22)