“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...
홀로 주님과 교제하는 시간을 주기적으로 가져야 합니다. 군중을 다 보내신 후에 기도하시려고 혼자 산에 올라가셔서 날이 저문데도 그곳에 홀로 계셨던 예수님을 생각할 때 ( 마태복음 14:23, 현대인의 성경 ) 저는 사람들과 분리하여 홀로 주님과 교제하는 시간을 주기적으로 가져야 한다는 교훈을 다시금 받습니다 . 저의 사역의 중추 (backbone) 는 주님과 홀로 교제하는 시간을 갖는 것이여야 합니다 .