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 ====== Judgement Day ... ======
-Wednesday, June 19, 2019.
+Wednesday, June 19, 2019. Christians are called to love all people. God wants to reach everyone. He
+loves everyone and wants everyone to trust him. Let us keep this first point in mind. Let us take
+it up from the bible as a core part of the Christian message. We might be suspicious or think that
+the whole story is not consistent, that we do not understand it. Yet we can keep a note on this
+core point that God is said to be love and to be trustworthy and that he wants you and me to trust
+him, to trust our whole life into his hands.
+The Old and New Testament also talk about justice, about God to be a very furious God when it comes to
+injustice, violence and lies. God's justice is of huge importance in history as well as for the
+relationship between men or women and God.
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 ** Decisions ... **
+The bible talks about the day of judgement, which is necessary and which is to come. Every human
+will be under judgement of the Lord. The bible even teaches that we are already under judgement as we
+live here, since we do not live in community with God. We are, with our life on this planet, already
+outside, we are 'lost'. Only when we trust God with all our heart, we get back into this relationship,
+which would make us alive. Only trust in God makes us 'found'. By trust we become part of his
+community.
+The bible in both testaments teaches these two modes: the mode of trusting God with all your heart,
+and the mode of not trusting him with all your heart. And it teaches that the two modes have severe
+consequences - both for our daily life as well as for eternity. Jesus himself gives a speech about
+this distinction. In Matthew 25, he talks about the judgement day:
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 ** Criteria ... **
+What are the criteria for the distinction which the "Son of Man" (pointing to Jesus himself in the bible)
+has for making choices. What is described here is that the choice which Jesus makes is reflecting the
+choices of humans. You choose, with what you do now, what you believe. And your choices have consequences.
+Then, at some point, these are taken up by the son of men and he acknowledges your choices. That is
+called 'justice'.
+The choices Jesus talks about is to love him. If you want him, you will get him. If you do not want him,
+you will not get him. Here, he just clarifies who "he" is. He is himself and all who belong to him,
+who are part of him. The bible talks about the body of Christ to be all who believe in him. His brothers
+and sisters are those who believe in God and trust their life into God's hands. It is the community
+of trust. You can accept Christ into your life by accepting parts of his body into your life. People
+who trust him.
+There are many parts of the New Testament talking about salvation by faith. There are others who talk
+about your actions, about your life. The picture becomes complete when you understand that trust and
+action is one. You cannot trust Jesus without becoming part of his community of trust and help and
+truth and love. And as part of this community your life will change. And you will start to long for
+his glory, this glorious throne, where trust, truth and love starts to reign completely. What a glorious
+day!
 (Roland Potthast)
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