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First, what is the foundation of our life? What is it that makes | First, what is the foundation of our life? What is it that makes | ||
- | you what you are. | + | you what you are. What is it that holds you? What is it that keeps you going? |
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+ | Often, we base our life on some things within this world. Some base their life | ||
+ | on money and possessions which they have inherited. Some base it on merit, on their | ||
+ | success in terms of achievements - let it be in sports, or in science, or in | ||
+ | the political world. Some base their life on other people, a partner, friends, | ||
+ | a crowd, the public ... etc etc. | ||
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+ | But it does not work when you base your life on the wrong things. They will fail | ||
+ | at some point. All what is in this world is not made for us to build our life | ||
+ | on it. We can work with it. We can relate to it, use it, be supported by it. All | ||
+ | that is ok. But finally, we need a better basis for our life! And there is another | ||
+ | option! | ||
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- | 1 In the first book, O Theophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach, 2 until the day when he was taken up, after he had given commands through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen. 3 He presented himself alive to them after his suffering by many proofs, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God. | + | 1 In the first book, O Theophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach, 2 until the day when he was taken up, after he had given commands through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen. 3 He presented himself alive to them after his suffering by many proofs, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God. 4 And while staying1 with them he ordered them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, he said, “you heard from me; 5 for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with2 the Holy Spirit not many days from now.” |
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- | (from Acts 1, 1-3) | + | (from Acts 1, 1-5) |
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** Foundation of our Faith ...** | ** Foundation of our Faith ...** | ||
+ | The foundation of faith comes from what Jesus said and did. He himself is our fundament of | ||
+ | faith. It is God in father, son and holy spirit. | ||
+ | You can start to dig into the foundation of faith. It is based on the biblical texts, and they | ||
+ | are based on the experiences of the apostles. Heaven and earth come together here. God wants to | ||
+ | be with you, to heal you, to free you, to reconcile you. God wants you to base your life on | ||
+ | him, on the eternal God, on nothing less. | ||
+ | This now brings both things together. The foundation of our life should be God, it should be | ||
+ | father, son and holy spirit. It should be Jesus - the son of God. Only here we find a basis which | ||
+ | is made to be one. He came to die for you and for me. He came to reconcile, to heal. He came to | ||
+ | free us, to be fully human, in full faith and trust. Here, with him, we find our humanity! Here, | ||
+ | with him, we find life, eternal life! | ||
(Roland Potthast) | (Roland Potthast) | ||
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