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)...
심각한데 ... 병원에 가서 수술을 할정도록 심각한 병에 걸렸는데도 불구하고 자기 스스로 그냥 약국에 가서 반창고만 사다가 붙이면 된다고 생각하고 있다면 언젠가는 심각한 문제가 발생할 수 밖에 없을 것입니다 . 지금 너무나 많은 사람들이 정신적으로나 마음적으로나 병을 앓고 있는데 그 병의 심각성을 인정하고 조취하기 보다 임시 방편으로 반창고만 붙이고 있는게 아닌가 염려됩니다 . ( 유진 피터슨의 " 물총새에 불이 붙듯 " 을 읽으면서 )