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(Friday, June 26, 2015-)
+10:08 PM]*
# Caesar's tax-
Render unto Caesar what is Caesar's.
A simple statement like that. so much implications. especially since the one who said it was none other than the Son of Almighty God.
so what are the implications?
Jesus Himself submitted to the earthly authorities.
And by that, He establishes the principle earthly authorities were in God's will. Paul later confirms this in his letter to the Romans where he states that all earthly authorities are delegated by God. Thus we pay taxes, tributes, honoring what ever is instituted in the laws of the land.
This would further lead to the separation of church and state.
Jesus was also implying something else.
The premise was simple: Whose image is on the coin?
It was Caesar's.
And now, whose image are we made in?
Again, if we are to render unto Caesar what is Caesar's, should not the same be said about Almighty God?
the story ends like this;
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(Thursday, June 25, 2015-)
+11:10 PM]*
# the partial fundamental theology of grace-
"Grace is unmerited favour, and it cannot be properly understood without a deep and responsible perspective towards sin and its consequence in my own life. It is probably an easy thing to say "I am a sinner", but it is a whole different level to honestly acknowledge "I deserve to die as its consequence".
If I am not convinced that I deserve to die, no one will need to die on my behalf and there is simply no Gospel of Grace"
If i make sin casual, downplay it's weight, think it is ok to fall, then i will have a warped understanding of grace and Christ's sacrifice.
the story ends like this;
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(Monday, June 22, 2015-)
+9:51 PM]*
# A dream within -
During a module at Restoring the Foundations (RTF) module 1A, we were to go through a moment of being healed of soul-spirit hurts. what i saw was different though.
i saw a picture of me sleeping in bed.
and from there came the memories.
nightmares and lives ended within
only then it occurred to me, that i had frequently been having nightmares when i was younger.
nightmare where i would somehow die and i would wake.
the worst ones were those where i was tied up and could not do anything to prevent myself from getting killed.
and then there was the weird one of being shot in the head. i can still quite vividly remember that feeling, where everything goes limp and my body does not respond, though i could still think.
i feared death and dying. i feared the dark. i feared being helpless.
so it was then that i invited Jesus into those memories.
what i saw astonished me.
where i was struggling all tied up.
when the perpetrator readied the knife.
Jesus stepped in and took the blow.
i winced.
i opened my eyes.
there Jesus was.
the knife was broken.
because death has lost it's sting.
death can no longer touch or harm Christ
because Jesus lives in me
i no longer have to fear death.
it cannot harm me.
the story ends like this;
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