I believe that God’s reconciling forgiveness and the resurrection of the crucified Jesus are inextricably bound together, not out of necessity, but simply because God, in God’s freedom, purpose, and wisdom, bound them together. In his parables, Jesus spoke of the lost and the found but being lost and found is, however, not a one-size-fits-all matter. The Judeo-Christian revelation of truth, given in and through the Bible, grounds the reality and ordering of life deeper than the reason, science, and philosophy this world relies on. Especially about ourselves. All missionaries must learn to recognize and reverence the difference deeply lodged in the other. “Since we have the same spirit of faith according to what has been written, “I believed, and so I spoke,” we also believe, and so we also speak,” (4:13) 1. 6/10/2016 5 Comments Blessed are the Peacemakers Dan Swaningson, Hope Chapel 5-29-16 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. King James Version. I Believe, Therefore, I Speak. As the sweet psalmist wrote “I believed, therefore I spoke.” 2 Corinthians 4:13 And since we have the same spirit of faith, according to what is written, "I believed and therefore I spoke," we also believe and therefore speak, 14 knowing that He who raised up the Lord Jesus will also raise us up with Jesus, and will present us with you. Nomos, law as the ground of ethics is transformed by this Apostolic evangel into three elemental ways of being in the world – faith, hope, and love. It appeared in Latin in his later Principles of Philosophy. And we have the same spirit of faith [Forsooth having the same spirit of faith], as it is written, I have believed, wherefore I have spoken; and we believe, wherefore also we speak; And having the same spirit of the faith, according to that which hath been written, `I believed, therefore I did speak;' we also do believe, therefore also do we speak; Upgrade to Bible Gateway Plus, and access the, New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition, New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition, Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition. This Gospel contains the seed of faith because it profers us assurance of remission of our sins and God’s friendship, it contains the seed of hope because via the resurrection of Christ it asserts that the strength of these have been broken once and for all time and it contains the seeds of love because it asserts that this assurance and hope do not accrue as a matter of course or result from a religious moral transaction but come from the free grace and compassion of God for us ( 1 John 4 “God is love” is a statement of who God is to us in God’s Being/Spirit, and what God has done for us – act/ethic. Forgiveness is the pinnacle of love because it overcomes hostilities, offenses, and injuries and in doing so restores harmony and unity whether the community consists of only two or a multitude. Jesus said go to the ends of the earth and preach the Gospel and Jesus’ refers to himself as the Son of Man, not some women and men but humanity. Apr 12, 2016 8:00:17 AM | by Guest In a room filled with women dedicated to the teachings of Jesus Christ, the music ministry led us in song, read scripture, and brought our awareness to why we sing praises to God. In my blog, I have addressed the importance of understanding the differing cultural makeup that exists in the great rainbow of varying ethnic, national, and religious societies that makeup the earth. (Psalms 116:10) This is a sermon based on 2Corinthians 4:13-18,… Photographs belong to multiple photographers. These include our religion, family, ethnic kinship, nation, our vocational and economic fraternities, and also the free associations we form (birds of a feather flock together). As such it reflects some of the ways I have come to grasp the Church’s truth and made sense of it so as to communicate it to others hopefully with a degree of relevance. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. 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