Friday, 25 January 2013

Luke 14:25-35

많은 무리가 예수와 동행하였다. 예수께서 돌아서서 그들에게 말씀하셨다."누구든지 내게로 오는 사람은, 자기 아버지나 어머니나, 아내나 자식이나, 형제나 자매뿐만 아니라, 심지어 자기 목숨까지도 미워하지 않으면, 내 제자가 될 수 없다. 누구든지 자기 십자가를 지고 나를 따라오지 않으면, 내 제자가 될 수 없다. 너희 가운데서 누가 망대를 세우려고 하면, 그것을 완성할 만한 비용이 자기에게 있는지를, 먼저 앉아서 셈하여 보아야 하지 않겠느냐? 그렇게 하지 않아서, 기초만 놓은 채 완성하지 못하면, 보는 사람들이 그를 비웃을 것이며, '이 사람이 짓기를 시작만 하고, 끝내지는 못하였구나' 하고 말할 것이다.또 어떤 임금이 다른 임금과 싸우러 나가려면, 이만 명을 거느리고서 자기에게로 쳐들어오는 그를 자기가 만 명으로 당해 낼 수 있을지를, 먼저 앉아서 헤아려 보아야 하지 않겠느냐? 당해 낼 수 없겠으면, 그가 아직 멀리 있을 동안에 사신을 보내서, 화친을 청할 것이다. 그러므로 이와 같이, 너희 가운데서 누구라도, 자기 소유를 다 버리지 않으면, 내 제자가 될 수 없다." "소금은 좋은 것이다. 그러나 소금이 짠 맛을 잃으면, 무엇으로 그것을 짜게 하겠느냐? 그것은 땅에도 거름에도 쓸 데가 없어서 밖에 내버린다. 들을 귀가 있는 사람은 들어라."Large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and turning to them he said:"If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother, his wife and children, his brothers and sisters--yes, even his own life--he cannot be my disciple. And anyone who does not carry his cross and follow me cannot be my disciple. "Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Will he not first sit down and estimate the cost to see if he has enough money to complete it? For if he lays the foundation and is not able to finish it, everyone who sees it will ridicule him, saying, 'This fellow began to build and was not able to finish.'"Or suppose a king is about to go to war against another king. Will he not first sit down and consider whether he is able with ten thousand men to oppose the one coming against him with twenty thousand? If he is not able, he will send a delegation while the other is still a long way off and will ask for terms of peace. In the same way, any of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be my disciple. "Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile; it is thrown out. "He who has ears to hear, let him hear."

1 comment:

Won-Min Lee said...

This passage shows that we cannot become His true disciples if commit ourselves only 50% to him. As much as the tower builder has to calculate the costs of building in addition to having laid the foundation and as the king has to evaluate his war force vs. others, simply laying down the spiritual foundation in our lives isn't sufficient. Rather we have to keep on growing and building our base with His enriching love and His word.