Christian brotherhood is not an ideal that we must realize; it is rather a reality created by God in Christ in which we may participate.
Human love is directed to the other person for his own sake, spiritual love loves him for Christ’s sake.
“The World is Just Awesome” from Discovery. // This made me smile :)
My Life - Does it Matter?
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In order for humankind to flourish in their role as cultivators and creators (see Genesis 1&2), God will have to voluntarily withdraw, in certain ways, from his own creation. He makes space for the man to name the animals; he makes room for the man and the woman to know one another and explore the garden.
He even gives them freedom, tragically but necessarily, to misuse their creative and cultivating capacities. God is always willing to be present, walking in the garden in the cool of the day, but he is also will to grant humankind their own cultural presence. Without this gracious carving out of space, they would never be able to fulfill their destiny as diving image-bearers.
I read this just now in 1 Peter, and the first thing i thought of was community. Maybe its because i’m reading a book on culture. Or maybe its because our church is reorienting how we do community…either way, i think God layed the foundations and guidelines for it along time ago:
“Above all (at the end of a chapter on living holy lives), love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling. Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God’s grace in its various forms. If anyone speaks, he should do it as one speaking the very words of God. If anyone serves, he should do it with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ.” 1 Peter 4:8-11 (parenthesis mine).
Pogo Fail…don’t be this guy
