The Religious Authority and Formalism Firmly Established by Hypocritical Religious Leaders Must Completely Collapse Before the Powerful “Message of Repentance” of the Voice Crying in the Wilderness “Now this was John’s testimony when the Jewish leaders in Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him who he was. He did not fail to confess, but confessed freely, ‘I am not the Messiah.’ They asked him, ‘Then who are you? Are you Elijah?’ He said, ‘I am not.’ ‘Are you the Prophet?’ He answered, ‘No.’ Finally they said, ‘Who are you? Give us an answer to take back to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?’ John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet, ‘I am the voice of one calling in the wilderness, “Make straight the way for the Lord.”’ Now the Pharisees who had been sent questioned him, ‘Why then do you baptize if you are not the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?’ ‘I baptize w...
질투는 상대방을 삐뚤게 보게 만듭니다. 질투의 눈으로 다윗을 바라보고 있었던 사울 왕 ( 사무엘상 18:9, 현대인의 성경 ) 은 자기 사위요 자기 신하들 중에 충실한 자요 궁중 모든 사람들에게도 높이 존경을 받는 다윗 (22:14, 현대인의 성경 ) 을 자기를 반역하는 자요 , 자기를 칠 기회만 노리는 자요 , 자기를 죽일 기회만 노리는 자로 여겼습니다 (8, 13 절 , 현대인의 성경 ). 이렇게 질투는 상대방을 그 모습 그대로 정확히 못 보게 만들고 오히려 삐뚤게 보게 만듭니다 .