“The most powerful weapon for silencing the mouth of the world is not brilliant theological apologetics, but the practice of a holy life that resembles Jesus Christ.” “Now it happened, as Jesus went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees to eat bread on the Sabbath, that they were watching Him closely. And behold, there was a certain man before Him who had dropsy. And Jesus, answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, ‘Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?’ But they kept silent. And He took him and healed him, and let him go. Then He answered them, saying, ‘Which of you, having a donkey or an ox that has fallen into a pit, will not immediately pull him out on the Sabbath day?’ And they could not answer Him regarding these things” (Luke 14:1–6). (1) As I meditated on today’s passage, Luke 14:1–6, the phrase that first caught my attention was: “they were watching Him clos...
하나님께서는 결코 그 기도를 응답하지 않으실 것입니다 . 정의를 실현해야 할 목사와 장로들이 선을 미워하고 악을 좋아하면서 아무리 하나님께 부르짖는다 할지라도 하나님께서는 결코 그 기도를 응답하지 않으실 것입니다 . 우리가 악을 행하였으므로 우리가 기도할 때 하나님께서는 외면하실 것입니다 ( 참고 : 미가 3:1-4, 현대인의 성경 ). 행함이 없는 믿음은 죽은 믿음인 것처럼 ( 야고보서 2:17) 행함이 없는 기도는 죽은 기도입니다 .