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 ====== Solid Foundation ... ======
-Friday, August 18, 2017.
+Friday, August 18, 2017. Talking about a "solid foundation" of our life, I would like to
+touch two things which may sound very different when you first hear them. But we will see that
+they are closely linked. Let us talk about foundation of life and of faith ...
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-** For You Today ...**
+** Foundation of our Life ...**
+First, what is the foundation of our life? What is it that makes
+you what you are. What is it that holds you? What is it that keeps you going?
+Often, we base our life on some things within this world. Some base their life
+on money and possessions which they have inherited. Some base it on merit, on their
+success in terms of achievements - let it be in sports, or in science, or in
+the political world. Some base their life on other people, a partner, friends,
+a crowd, the public ... etc etc.
+But it does not work when you base your life on the wrong things. They will fail
+at some point. All what is in this world is not made for us to build our life
+on it. We can work with it. We can relate to it, use it, be supported by it. All
+that is ok. But finally, we need a better basis for our life! And there is another
+option!
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-In the first book, O Theophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach, 2 until the day when he was taken up, after he had given commands through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen. 3 He presented himself alive to them after his suffering by many proofs, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God.
+In the first book, O Theophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach, 2 until the day when he was taken up, after he had given commands through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen. 3 He presented himself alive to them after his suffering by many proofs, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God. 4 And while staying1 with them he ordered them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, he said, “you heard from me; 5 for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with2 the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”
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- (from Acts 1, 1-3)
+ (from Acts 1, 1-5)
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-** Truth and Power ...**
+** Foundation of our Faith ...**
+The foundation of faith comes from what Jesus said and did. He himself is our fundament of
+faith. It is God in father, son and holy spirit.
+You can start to dig into the foundation of faith. It is based on the biblical texts, and they
+are based on the experiences of the apostles. Heaven and earth come together here. God wants to
+be with you, to heal you, to free you, to reconcile you. God wants you to base your life on
+him, on the eternal God, on nothing less.
+This now brings both things together. The foundation of our life should be God, it should be
+father, son and holy spirit. It should be Jesus - the son of God. Only here we find a basis which
+is made to be one. He came to die for you and for me. He came to reconcile, to heal. He came to
+free us, to be fully human, in full faith and trust. Here, with him, we find our humanity! Here,
+with him, we find life, eternal life!
 (Roland Potthast)
 [[http://www.jesusnetwork.eu/en/doku.php/topics_collection_ix|... more texts]]
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