In your Blog*, you wrote this: “There are no political divisions in the kingdom of God.” That was such a relief to my spirit when we read the Blog you sent out this morning. There’s not even 2 of anything to have to chose! There are NO divisions! And the opposite of that is Christianity; that’s all it is –divisions and “choices”. I thank God that He has given us one way into his one body by his one Son Jesus; by one baptism we receive his one spirit, into the one faith, to know the one God and Father over all and to have the one hope of being with him forever and ever. The gospel is good for all! Thank you for this.
Donna N
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John,
I love this message and all the responses to it. It seems like the perfect cap to the end of our Matthew Bible study. Jesus worked tirelessly to help his disciples attain to the knowledge that his kingdom was not of this world, and he is still striving to get that same message in our hearts today.
I am so thankful to have been taught that we are ambassadors for God, and that even though we live in this world, we wear it as a loose garment. What liberty Jesus has created in our hearts through his Spirit as we strive to live in one accord in this body in this day and hour! It is exciting to me to think of our being in one accord with Jesus!
My heart is so full of gratefulness to know that our God has time, purpose and judgment set in place for our good, and that all our times are perfectly in His hands no matter how insane this world becomes. To be hidden in Christ is so full of love and mercy for the body that it seems beyond our understanding at times. I feel so well taken care of by the One who holds us in his hands.
Thank you again for sharing this message with us. It really touched me.
Love,
Bess
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John,
I appreciate your blog, One Human Condition. It is easy to get the economic and political events happening around us on our minds. Your message is like a compass keeping us on course, pointing towards the right direction.
The other day, I was watching the news and saw the massive military Russian force that Putin has amassed against Ukraine. I thought, he thinks he is in control. He doesn’t know that the outcome has already been decided.
Mr. Putin is just one of all the world leaders that have been raised up to serve God’s purpose. There is peace in knowing that.
What matters now is what you have been saying for months, “What does Jesus want us to do?”
Thanks again for sending out your message.
Tom
*See post March 6, “One Human Condition”, by Pastor John Clark, Sr.)