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)...
The gospel of God should not be conveyed in vain [1 Thessalonians 2:1-6] Did you have any experience in trying something and ending it with no profit? For example, at the beginning of last week, I planned to go to see a movie with my beloved family but we couldn’t watch it because we found out that the movie ticket was already sold out. Perhaps one of the words we can use in this situation is that was ‘vain effort’ or ‘a trip in vain’. Have you ever thought that after visiting someone and spending time with him or her and you felt that you made the trip in vain? Why did you think that way? Is it because you weren’t able to communicate with him/her well? Is it because your meeting didn’t go as you planned? If the meeting wasn’t profitable to both of you, I am sure you can think that you made the trip in vain. In other words, if the meeting wasn’t fruitful, then...