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)...
주님은 상한 갈대를 꺾지 않으시고 꺼져가는 등불을 끄지 않으십니다. 우리에게 진리를 전하시는 주님은 상한 갈대를 꺾지 않으시고 꺼져가는 등불을 끄지 않으시며 의로운 심판을 성실하게 베푸실 것입니다 ( 참고 : 이사야 42:3, 현대인의 성경 ).