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JESUS - OUR MENTOR AND THE SECRET OF LIFE
JESUS - THE SECRET OF LIFE
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This site presents an article by Gordon Stirling, published in "The Australian Christian" of 9th. Sept. 1998.
A NEW CONCEPT OF GOD:- At first, the church's understanding of God was the old Hebrew understanding. But, as the first century rolled on, the New Testament writings began to emphasise more and more that Jesus was the revelation of God. He was a living, walking picture of God. In our modern world, people are looking for meaning, wondering if there is a God, and, if so, where is he, what is he like and what on earth is he doing? In the New Testament, we have the answer.
God is in the world, doing all the things that Jesus did when he was here. Jesus healed. God is working through medical researchers and healing teams, even if many of them don't know him or don't believe in him. If this is not so, why do we pray for the sick? Wherever leaders have a will really to serve their people, God is giving them insights into what to do - whether they are Christians or not. Else, why pray for the world and its leaders? That is the God people need to hear about, instead of the capricious, unreliable God above the bright, blue sky who will do an occasional miracle for those who pester him enough.
At the heart of Jesus' revelation of God is the Cross. The early church had to work out the meaning of the Cross, so they used contemporary thought forms that belonged to the culture of the day. For the Jews, the Cross was the ultimate sacrifice to end all sacrifices. Roman Christians interpreted the Cross in legal terms, using familiar, legal terms such as "redemption", the word used for freeing from bondage those incapable of freeing themselves.
We must do the same today. The appeal of the Cross in today's world, where we are conscious, as never before, of the pain of the world, is that it shows us a picture of a God who is literally suffering with and for the people of the world. It says to people who are puzzled about the meaning of suffering, "God is not the author of pain. It is happening in spite of God, but God is in there with those who are suffering, and bearing their pain and giving them what it takes to handle it victoriously, and, where he can, giving them healing for their hurts."
That is why, in Churches of Christ, we celebrate the Lord's Supper in all our worship services. Not because the rule-book says so, or else ! We meet around the Table of the Lord every Sunday because, at the heart of worship, is the Cross, revealing that our God is sufficient for the needs of our sort of world. It is not an habitual, dreary observance of a death , but an exciting celebration of a God who is dynamically active in our world.
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