Even now, at the right hand of God, the Lord is continually praying a prayer of anticipatory forgiveness out of compassion for the ignorance of a sinner like me, repeatedly saying, “Father, forgive James … forgive James …” [Prayer of anticipatory forgiveness: Before the perpetrators had repented of their wrongdoing or even asked for forgiveness, Jesus first proclaimed forgiveness at the very height of the most terrible suffering, as the cross was being erected.] “Two other criminals were also led away to be executed with him. When they came to the place called the Skull, there they crucified him, along with the criminals—one on his right and the other on his left. Jesus said, ‘Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.’ And they divided up his clothes by casting lots. The people stood watching, and the rulers even sneered at him. They said, ‘He saved others; let him save himself if h...
용인(묵인)되고 있는 교회 안에 죄악들 “Whenever sin is not repented of and cleansed, it increases and spreads its infection” (John MacArthur). ( 죄가 회개되지 않고 씻겨지지 않을 때마다 그 죄는 증가하며 또한 그 죄의 전염병은 더 널리 퍼집니다 .) ------ 마치 우리 몸 안에 존재하고 있는 암 세포가 온 몸에 퍼지듯이 지금 우리 교회 안에 존재하고 있는 죄악들이 온 교회에 퍼지고 있는 것은 아니지 ... 혹시 지금 우리는 교회 안에 퍼지고 있는 그 죄악들이 아직은 우리 생각엔 교회에 치명적이다 여겨지지 않기에 아무 적절한 행동을 취하지 않고 그냥 그 죄악들을 용인 ( 묵인 ) 하고 있는 것은 아닌지 ...