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Has Kirk's Death Prompted You?
- By stevevw
- Christian Philosophy & Ethics
- 178 Replies
Or they compromise it with half hearted commitments. A foot in both worlds so to speak. Which is a natural instinct at first. But we move away from the world and into the spirit.
This is true actually and the other side of the coin that goes with the Good News. Thats why its called good news because it saves us from something. I think the modern church has dulled down the punishment and consequences for sin.
People want to be politically correct and that means not being unkind or doing stuff that makes others feel uncomfortable. It is a bit the same as cotton wooling upbringing from all the difficulties and realities of life.
Yes in that sense Christ packed in so much life that even when He was not speaking He was eminating goodness. But I think of the times when Christ was contronted with the secular powers whether it was the Sanhedrin or Pilot.
He never bought into the politics or engaged in any arguements. Just spoke what was the truth when needed. Sometimes His quietness exposed the lies. He allowed the lies to be made and He submitted when needed but also spoke directly when needed.
I look to Paul and Barnabas and Silas and other early Christians who went out into the world and were witnesses to the gospel. They were telling people like it was an amazing event that had really happened. Declaring I was a witness to this and I am telling you the truth. This really happened.
I think in the same way today we are witnesses. Just as the generations after Paul who did not witness Christ but witness Him in others that witnessed Christ. It was just as real as Christs spirit was real. We give testimony of a real event that happened a round 2000 years ago that Christ came to save the world from sin and death and offer the life we have been looking for.
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