“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...
오히려 뒷걸음질을 하고 있는 것은 아닌지요 ? 하나님께서는 우리에게 “ 너희는 나에게 순종하라 . 그러면 나는 너희 하나님이 되고 너희는 내 백성이 될 것이다 . 너희는 내가 명령한 길로 행하라 . 그러면 모든 일이 다 잘 될 것이다 ” 라고 말씀하셨으나 우리는 하나님의 말씀을 듣지도 않았고 귀를 기울이지도 않고 우리들의 고집과 악한 생각을 따라 우리들 멋대로 행하고 전진하기보다는 오히려 뒷걸음질을 하고 있는 것은 아닌지요 ? ( 참고 : 예레미야 7:23-24, 현대인의 성경 )