“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...
질투에 비하면 아무것도 아닙니다. 분노가 잔인하고 파괴적이긴 하지만 질투에 비하면 아무것도 아닙니다 ( 잠언 27:4, 현대인의 성경 ). 질투는 까닭 없이 상대방을 싫어하게 만들고 미워하게 만들어 멀리하게 만들며 심지어 죽이고 싶은 마음까지 들게 만들어 살인을 시도하게까지 만듭니다 . 그리고 죽이기까지 합니다 . 이것이 바로 ' 살인적 질투 ' 입니다 [ 참고 : 다윗을 향한 사울 왕의 질투 ( 사무엘상 18:9)].