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 God created beings. He, himself, in himself, is community. That is the Christian teaching about God in father, son and holy spirit. God is father and son, he is love himself. All we know about friendship, companionship, love and community is a reflection of the community which God is in father, son and spirit.
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+The apostle Paul writes about the riches of God, his overwhelming love and power, in the letter to the Ephesians. Here, again we look into some of its parts:
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+Paul first writes about the hope, we are called to. It is a hope which has its source, focus and target in Christ Jesus. In him and with him God realized his salvation. In him and through him he established his power and glory in the middle of his creation.
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+** Christ, the Center ... **
+The story is highly interesting, still innovative after two or three thousand years. God enters his creation as a little child. He comes in Christ, in Jesus of Nazareth. He lives in and through his son. Jesus, as human, stays in faith. What no human before managed, he did it. He stayed full of trust and truth and love, through his life, and up to the cross where he was brutaly killed. This trust of Christ is the source and center of the new creation. It is the source and center of salvation, of resurrection, of new life in the middle of the old life.
+God put Jesus into the center. All power is given to him. He is raised from the dead, and seated at his right hand in heaven. He is above all rule and authority. He is given authority, since he kept trust and truth and love in the middle of pain and suffering. Everything has to give in, everything has been placed under his feed, he is head of the church, of each one who believes in him. He is head of all dominion and powers which exist.
+Powers still try to ignore him. They try to fight him. Humans think that they are free when they stay away form strange things such as faith. Is it like that? Where is freedom? Look at the son of God and his freedom when he acts as described in the New Testament. See true freedom, in him, with him. That is the Christian message, as it was from the beginning. When the holy spirit comes into your life, you will experience his presence in a way you could not imagine. Give it a try, ask him to come, to show himself to you, to enter your life! He will do.
 (Roland Potthast)