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of the eternal God and creator. | of the eternal God and creator. | ||
+ | But God is not only the source of our ethics. We need more than that. We do not | ||
+ | only need a set of rules. It will never satisfy us, it will never give us peace. | ||
+ | We need to reconfigure our goals, our purpose, our perspective. What is it that | ||
+ | makes us what we are? What is the purpose of our life? We need to rediscover the | ||
+ | role of God for what we are. He wants to be source and target at the same time. | ||
+ | He wants to be the one who loves us and is with us. He wants to be the goal and | ||
+ | target of my life - in the sense of being the power and spiritual entity which | ||
+ | defines who I am and what particular goals and targets I follow. This is what | ||
+ | the New Testament calls to live "in him". In him there is a deep and true | ||
+ | conversation starting, there is freedom, there is truth and love and mercy. | ||
(Roland Potthast) | (Roland Potthast) | ||
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