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“Weighing Truth and Life”
On Thursday night, I came across a post that reported that there were some Americans and Church leaders upset and angry about the new Pope that has been chosen. There were several people expressing their opinions about why this is so. One of the commentators said something that struck me. He said, “It’s not that he’s the Pope that they object to. It’s his Jesus.” Here’s some ideas about Jesus from William Willimon.
“Jesus is the irreducible stuff of the Christian faith, the test for all the church says about what it believes. Because of the words and deeds in the Gospels and Paul’s letters (the most reliable early sources of thinking about Jesus), we can’t make God anything we please. From the first, Jesus failed to meet our expectations for how a savior ought to save us. We tried to use Jesus to get what we want, only to have Jesus enlist us to get what God wants.
It’s always a challenge to love and to live with the God we’ve got rather than the one we just had to have. Jesus apparently wants both a personal relationship with you, even you, as well as lordship over the whole cosmos and everybody else. One more thing about Jesus: he’s alive, present, bodily present. (What sort of presence is there that’s not bodily?) He not only spoke, but speaks. He once worked signs and wonders, and is still at it. Note: In spite of what some would have you believe, having the right words about Jesus is not as important as having a relationship with Jesus. God turned toward you, (and us all) no matter the cost.”
Peace, Pastor Ed
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