Jesus: One-third of a thrice holy god. Son of God. Son of Mary. Step-son of Joseph. Miracle maker. Our risen Lord.
Jesus: The King of the Jews
Jesus: Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." - John 14:6"We know also that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true. And we are in him who is true—even in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life." - 1 John 5:20
Jesus: Israel's Messiah, world's true Lord, firstfruits of the resurrection
Jesus: Sort of the star. He dies for everyone's sins, and gets resurrected, which is pretty cool.
Jesus: Jesus is the son of God. He came to give us life.
Jesus: King of Kings, Lord of Lords, revealed the things which were to "shortly come to pass" to those first century readers
Jesus: The baby boy that was born on Christmas....the messiah.
Jesus: The Lord & Saviour.
Jesus: Jesus of Nazareth, the Son of God. The greatest leader ever.
“Jesus told him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me." John 14:6”
Jesus: Son of God
Jesus: Son of God, part of the Trinity
“Such a powerful ability, the imagination.”
“Being always transcends appearance - that which only seems to be. Once you begin to know the being behind the very pretty or very ugly face, as determined by your bias, the surface appearances fade away until they simply no longer matter.”
“It's one reason why experiencing true relationship is so difficult for you. Once you ahve a hierarchy you need rules to protect and administer it, and then you need law and the enforcement of the rules, and you end up with some kind of chain of comand or a system of order that destroys relationship rather than promotes it. You rarely see or experience relationship apart from power. Hierarchy imposes laws and rules and you end up missing the wonder of relationship that we intended for you.”
“You imagine. Such a powerful ability, the imagination! That power alone make syou so like us. But without wisdom, imagination is a cruel taskmaster. If I may prove my case, do you think humans were designed to live in the present or the past or the future?”
“Not unlike most people. When I dwell with you, I do so in the present - I live in the present. Not the past, although much can be remembered and learned by looking back, but only for a visit, not an extended stay. And for sure, I do not dwell in the future you visualize or imagine. Mack, do you realize that your imagination of the future, which is almost always dictated by fear of some kind, rarely, if ever, pictures me there with you?”
“Because you don't believe. You don't know that we love you. The person who lives by their fears will not find freedom in my love. I am not talking about rational fears regarding legitimate dangers, but imagined fears, and especially the projection of those into the future. To the degree that those fears have a place in your life, you neither believe I am good no know deep in your heart that I love you. You sing about it; you talk about it, but you don't know it.”
“Have you noticed that even though you call me Lord and King, I have never really acted in that capacity with you? I've never taken control of your choices or forced you to do anything, even when what you were about to do was destructive or hurtful to yourself and others?”
“To force my will on you is exactly what love does not do. Genuine relationship are marked by submission even when your choices are not helpful or healthy.”
“Submission is not about authority and it is not obedience; it is all about relationships fo love and respect.”
“Because we want you to join us in our circle of relationship. I don't want slaves to my will; I want brothers and sisters who will share life with me.”
“Power in the hands of independent humans, be they men or women, does corrupt. Mack, don't you see how filling roles is the opposite of relationship? We want male and female to be counterparts, face-to-face equals, each unique and different, distinctive in gender but complementary, and each empowered uniquely by Sarayu from whom all true power and authority orginates. Remember, I am not about performance and fitting into man-made structure; I am about being. As you grown in relationship with me, what you do wil simply reflect who you really are.”
“Our desire was to create a being that had a fully equal and powerful counterpart, the make and the female. But your independence wit its quest for power and fulfillment actually destroys the relationship your heart longs for.”
“It's all part of the training of grace. If the universe contained only one human being, timing would be rather simple. But add just one more, and, well, you know the story. Each choice ripples out through time and relationships, bouncing off of other choices. And out of what seem to be a huge mess, Papa weaves a magnificant tapestry. Only Papa can work all this out, and she does it with grace.”
“Pearls, Mack. The only precious stone made by pain, suffering and - finally - death.”
Jesus: Probably the central figure of this book due to its centralised theme on the communion.
Jesus: Jesus is the most important person in this book. Everything depends on Him.
Jesus: While I lived in Idaho, He put His right hand on my shoulder while I was in a locked room, alone and meditating. Then he told me a secret.
Jesus: He is One with God the Father and with the Holy Spirit. He is neverending; he saved the world from sin and destruction by dying on the cross.
Jesus: Son of Mary (and God); the Messiah
Jesus: The son of man to Mark, the pre-existent son of God to John, each of the four canonical gospels has a different take on who he was and what he taught.
Jesus: He is the ultimate rabbi.
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