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-Montag, Oct 22, 2018.
+Montag, Oct 22, 2018. As humans we are busy with many things. That is life, we just need to look around
+us or into our own actions and priorities. But while we tend to find excuses for many things we do or
+do not do during our day, we find something truly exceptional in the biblical teaching. It is the deep
+and overwhelming purity of God!
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+** What kind of God is this? ... **
+What kind of God is this? God is the creator, we have heard that. He is the Lord, we heart many stories
+about that. But what about the purity of God? In him, there is no false thought. In him, there is no lie,
+no deception. In him, there is no letting down. He is not bound by the limits of humans. But he is pure
+in a way which we hardly understand. Jesus himself teaches about the purity of God, in his sermon on the
+mount. Look into Matthew Chapter 5, there we read:
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+** Your Reaction? ...**
+How do you react when you hear about the purity of God, in particular when Jesus himself tells you? I must
+say, I am again and again surprised by this purity. I have read it the first time many years ago, when I was
+still in my teenage years. It was difficult to grasp that time. Then, I got to understand it better, but
+only a little bit. Since then, my understanding has been growing, but slowly. How can we even have a faint
+idea of this amazing purity? How can you even think about it?
+I believe that the purity of God is one of the keys to understanding the bible. If you do not get at least
+some faint idea of this purity, you cannot understand God's justice. You cannot understand that all what
+is not pure must die. It cannot be allowed to live forever! It is just not possible, not good, it would
+be like loosing everything. Yet, God generates justice and purity - here we come to the story of the
+cross of Christ Jesus. At this cross, a pure heart dies. It is murdered. It is given into vanity. It takes
+what all should bear.
+The biblical message ist much better than we can even imagine. It is about deep purity which is the only
+way to meet our deepest needs. We want to trust. We want to be save. We want to be accepted and loved -
+not just tolerated. Of course not. And we find all this in the character and existence of the eternal
+God. It is reality, not illusion. It is there, today, for me and for you, through the cross of Jesus. Only
+in the light of unlimited purity the blood of Christ becomes a reasonable step.
 (Roland Potthast)
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