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)...
하나님보다 더 사랑하게 되어서 더욱더 욕심을 내는 ... 하나님께 은혜로 받은 물질의 축복을 하나님보다 더 사랑하게 되어서 더욱더 욕심을 내는 가운데 그 물질을 인간의 힘으로 더 얻고자 자기 몸과 마음을 그 우상에게 바치는 사람은 결국 그가 사랑하는 그 물질의 우상처럼 더러워질 수밖에 없을 것입니다 ( 참고 : 호세아 9:10, 현대인의 성경 ).