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ere are some wonderful
thoughts from an equally wonderful man, Dallas Willard (1935-2013). This
excerpt comes from his book, The Divine
Conspiracy: Rediscovering Our Hidden Life in God. I hope you are blessed/challenged by his words.
"Jesus
offers himself as God’s doorway into the life that is truly life. Confidence in
him leads us today, as in other times, to become his apprentices in eternal
living. “Those who come through me will be safe,” he said. “They will go in and
out and find all they need. I have come into their world that they may have
life, and life to the limit.”
I
think we finally have to say that Jesus’ enduring relevance is based on his
historically proven ability to speak to, to heal and empower the individual
human condition. He matters because of what he brought and what he still brings
to ordinary human beings, living
their ordinary lives and coping daily with their surroundings. He promises
wholeness for their lives. In sharing our weakness he gives us strength and
imparts through his companionship a life that has the quality of eternity.
He
comes where we are, and he brings us the life we hunger for. An early report
reads, “Life was in him, life that made sense of human existence” (John 1:4).
To be the light of life, and to deliver God’s life to women and men where they
are and as they are, is the secret of the enduring relevance of Jesus." (The Divine Conspiracy, 12-13)
1 comment:
you've been reading the Divne Conspiracy? I discovered this book a few months ago and have loved it. So needed in my life, though I have probably not yet reaped from it all I should. Lets talk about it. The call to a certain kind of life beased on a theology of the kingdom of God--this is key for real and powerful Christian living, and, typically, I think its absent from our church's culture. Willard does something there that many of us dont have on our own but really need
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