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The gospel is absurd and the life of Jesus is meaningless unless we believe that He lived, died, and rose again with but one purpose in mind: to make brand-new creation.
Not to make people with better morals but to create a community of ... men and women who would surrender to the mystery of the fire of the Spirit that burns within, who would live in ever greater fidelity to the omnipresent Word of God, who would enter into the center of it all, the very heart and mystery of Christ, into the center of the flame that consumes, purifies, and sets everything aglow with peace, joy, boldness, and extravagant, furious love.
This, my friend, is what it really means to be a Christian.
― Brennan Manning,
"The Furious Longing of God"
John 3 Jesus replied to him, "Truly, I tell you with certainty, unless a person is born from above he cannot see the kingdom of God."
... "Truly, I tell you with certainty, unless a person is born of water and Spirit he cannot enter the kingdom of God.
What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit. Don't be astonished that I told you, 'All of you must be born from above.'
John_4 ... True worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth. Indeed, the Father is looking for people like that to worship him. God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.
It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh accomplishes nothing. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.
Gal 6:15 ...What matters is being a new creation.
Gal 6:16 Now may peace be on all those who live by this principle, and may mercy be on the Israel of God.
Not to make people with better morals but to create a community of ... men and women who would surrender to the mystery of the fire of the Spirit that burns within, who would live in ever greater fidelity to the omnipresent Word of God, who would enter into the center of it all, the very heart and mystery of Christ, into the center of the flame that consumes, purifies, and sets everything aglow with peace, joy, boldness, and extravagant, furious love.
This, my friend, is what it really means to be a Christian.
― Brennan Manning,
"The Furious Longing of God"
John 3 Jesus replied to him, "Truly, I tell you with certainty, unless a person is born from above he cannot see the kingdom of God."
... "Truly, I tell you with certainty, unless a person is born of water and Spirit he cannot enter the kingdom of God.
What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit. Don't be astonished that I told you, 'All of you must be born from above.'
John_4 ... True worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth. Indeed, the Father is looking for people like that to worship him. God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.
It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh accomplishes nothing. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.
Gal 6:15 ...What matters is being a new creation.
Gal 6:16 Now may peace be on all those who live by this principle, and may mercy be on the Israel of God.
