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)...
나의 고통을 통해서라도 사함 받기 원하는 나의 허물과 가려지기 원하는 나의 죄를 숨기는 것이 나의 본능이지만 주님께서는 나의 고통을 통해서라도 나로 하여금 나의 허물과 죄를 자복케 하시므로 내 죄악을 사해 주십니다 ( 시편 32:1, 4, 5).