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)...
고통의 유익 (Benefit of Suffering) 하나님께서 우리에게 허락하시는 " 큰 고통 " 은 우리에게 " 평안 " 을 주시고자 함입니다 ( 이사야 38 장 17 절 ). 좀 이해가 안됩니다 . 어떻게 우리가 " 큰 고통 " 을 통하여 평안을 누릴 수 있는지 ... 그것은 다름 아닌 하나님께서는 우리의 “모든 죄”를 “큰 고통”을 통하여 결국은 회개 기도케 하시므로 말미암아 (2-3, 5 절 ) 우리의 “모든 죄는 주의 등 뒤에 던지”시고 우리에게 평안을 주시는 것입니다 . 그 이유는 하나님께서는 우리의 영혼을 사랑하고 계시기 때문입니다 (17 절 ). God allows us to suffer such anguish for our benefit (Isaiah 38:17). Through suffering, God enables us to repent our sins (vv. 2, 3, 5) and put all our sins behind His back (v.17). As a result, God gives us peace in our hearts (v.17). Why? It is because God loves us (v.17).