Most people have no problem with saying that they believe in love - that love is both a thing that exists and a good thing. Most agree that goodness is good, as is kindness, forgiveness, healing, compassion, purity, sacrifice in the interest of those in need. And yet many have a hard time believing in Christ.
Who is Christ?
Christ is the fullness of God in the flesh, the person of God operating in the world.
What is God like?
The disciples posed the same question to Jesus.
He answered, if you have seen me, you have seen the Father.
What is seen in Jesus?
Love, goodness, kindness, forgiveness, healing, compassion, purity, sacrifice in the interest of those in need.
Believe in me, He said. In what? In the goodness they witnessed. 'Believe', in the fulness of its original meaning, carried the force of both idea and action - Believe / Do - two sides of one coin.
What fault is it that people find in this? What is it in these things that has inspired such anger and rejection?
Who is Christ?
Christ is the fullness of God in the flesh, the person of God operating in the world.
What is God like?
The disciples posed the same question to Jesus.
He answered, if you have seen me, you have seen the Father.
What is seen in Jesus?
Love, goodness, kindness, forgiveness, healing, compassion, purity, sacrifice in the interest of those in need.
Believe in me, He said. In what? In the goodness they witnessed. 'Believe', in the fulness of its original meaning, carried the force of both idea and action - Believe / Do - two sides of one coin.
What fault is it that people find in this? What is it in these things that has inspired such anger and rejection?
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