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- | ** Not nice speeches | + | ** Not based on nice Words ... ** |
In his first letter to the Korinthians, | In his first letter to the Korinthians, | ||
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- | + | Faith should be based on the power of God. It is the power of the holy spirit. It is his | |
+ | work, he is the one who brings people to Christ! | ||
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- | ** Matter of Fact ... ** | + | ** ... but on God's Power ... ** |
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+ | You can discuss this on many layers, looking at you personally, your own search and your | ||
+ | path of faith. We could also discuss activities in the Christian church and communities. What | ||
+ | is our focus? What are we struggling with? Is our faith based on the power of Christ? Or | ||
+ | are we basically trying to follow some particular image of a realization of what we think | ||
+ | a life full of faith should look like? | ||
+ | Paul said he came in weakness and fear, with much trembling. He said he did not speak in | ||
+ | plausible words. We could, of course, ask why someone who was with Christ in such an exceptional | ||
+ | way still was full of fear. You could use biblical words to tell him that there is no fear | ||
+ | in love. But that is not the point of Paul here. He wants to clarify completely that faith | ||
+ | comes through the holy spirit, through the power of God! | ||
+ | We should not look necessarily think of particular miracles here, but when Paul talks about | ||
+ | the power of God, he mainly refers to the work of the holy spirit in humans. The spirit shows | ||
+ | to us our own life, our sin, our struggle, our desires, our hopes and dreams. The spirit | ||
+ | enables us to clearly see the difficulties deep within our own life. It is a power of knowledge | ||
+ | and wisdom which comes from the purity and clarity and wisdom of God himself. And the spirit | ||
+ | looks at all of this with the mercy and love Christ. He does not have to condemn us - | ||
+ | since we are reconciled through the crucifiction of Christ. Instead, | ||
+ | he wants to heal us and offers himself as a companion and guide, the ultimate lover. | ||
(Roland Potthast) | (Roland Potthast) | ||
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