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The One Who Receives the Greatest Grace May Be the Most in Danger

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)...

Sheep are absolutely hopeless without a shepherd ...

Sheep are absolutely hopeless without a shepherd ...  "Sheep are absolutely hopeless without a shepherd:  that is a part of their foolishness.   They do not have the understanding that the shepherd has.   They do not know where to go to find pasture,  so they are not adequately fed.    They are thin and scraggly and are fainting  because they do not know where the best pasture is to be found." (Martyn Lloyd-Jones, "The Christ-centered Preaching of Martyn Lloyd-Jones")