“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...
과연 나는 너무 어리석어서 짐승만도 못하며 ... 과연 나는 너무 어리석어서 짐승만도 못하며 내게 사람이 마땅히 가져야 할 지각이 없다는 것을 알고 있는가 ? ( 참고 : 잠언 30:2, 현대인의 성경 ) 적어도 악인들이 잘 되는 것을 보고 교만한 자들을 질투하였던 시편 기자 아삽은 하나님의 성소에 들어갔을 때 악인들의 최후를 깨닫고 자기가 어리석고 무식하며 주님 앞에서 짐승같이 되었다고 고백을 했는데 … ( 시편 73:3, 17-22, 현대인의 성경 ).