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)...
왜 갇힌바 된 상황으로 ...? 왜 하나님께서는 우리를 사람이 보기에 갇힌바 된 상황으로 인도하시는 것일까요 ? 출애굽 당시 이스라엘 백성들도 홍해 바다 앞에서 애굽 왕 바로가 보기에 갇힌바 되었고 ( 출 14:2), 다윗도 그일라에서 이스라엘 왕 사울이 보기에 갇힌바 되었습니다 ( 삼상 23:7). 하나님께 부르짖게 만드시므로 하나님의 말씀을 받아 우리에게 하나님의 구원 ( 건지심 ) 의 능력을 나타내시므로 더욱더 구원의 하나님을 믿게 만드시고자 그러시는게 아닐까요 ?