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** God's Grace ... ** | ** God's Grace ... ** | ||
- | We will be celebrating the 40 days towards Easter this year with 40 days of thoughts about passion, about life, about goals and limitations. | + | We will be celebrating the 40 days towards Easter this year with 40 days of thoughts about passion, about life, about goals and limitations, but also about judgement. |
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** ... and Consequences ... ** | ** ... and Consequences ... ** | ||
- | Faith has consequences. Lies cannot be part of faith. | + | Faith has consequences. Lies cannot be part of faith. God is love, he is holy love. He told Moses that anyone who sees God needs to die (2. Mose 33). The death of Jesus opens a path here. Everyone who believes in him, passed through death and gains eternal life. |
+ | Faith in Jesus has consequences. It is called "life in God" and "life with God". Paul calls the Christians his fellow workers. And they are his fellow workers, we all who we have started to believe in Jesus are his fellow workers. But more than that, we are part of him. Our thoughts, our motives, our actions, our words, should be full of him. Our life needs to reflect who he is. Nothing else is possible. | ||
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+ | To be clear: if your life resists him, you will loose him. That does not mean that you can not be "on a journey" | ||
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+ | The Christian message remains a tough message. It can also be called a sweet message. God's favour is with us in Christ Jesus. It is a fantastic, unbelievable, | ||
(Roland Potthast) | (Roland Potthast) | ||
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