“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...
왜 하나님께서는 악인들을 벌하시지 않는 것일까요? 어째서 악인은 죽지도 않고 오래 살며 그 세력이 점점 강해지는 것일까요 ? 왜 그들은 자녀들과 손자들은 잘 되는 것일까요 ? 왜 악인들의 집은 평안하며 두려워해야 할 일이 없는 것일까요 ? 어째서 그들은 마냥 즐거워 세월을 노래와 춤으로 보내며 아무것도 부족한 것 없이 편안하게 수명대로 살다가 죽을 때도 고통 없이 죽는 것일까요 ? 왜 하나님께서는 악인들을 벌하시지 않는 것일까요 ? ( 참고 : 욥기 21:7-12, 현대인의 성경 ).