Image via WikipediaSalt your relationships.(Mark 9:49)"everyone will be purified by fire as a sacrifice is purified by salt." What can you do to "salt" your relationships with peace this week?
But their is still considerable challenges (e.g. difficulties of life, etc.) you must deal with. The kingdom of heaven begins with the work of God's Spirit in peoples lives and in relationships with our hearts.
(Luke 17:20-21)Some Pharisees asked Jesus when the Kingdom of God would come. His answer was. "The Kingdom of God does not come in such a way as to be seen. No one will say 'Look, here it is!' or, 'There it is!'; because the Kingdom of God is within you."
(Gospel of Thomas: Saying 112)"His disciples said to him, 'When will the kingdom come?' 'It will not come by looking for it. Nor will it do to say; Behold, over here! or Behold over there! Rather the Kingdom of the Father is spread out on the earth, but people do not see it'!"
An important question enters your life; "How do I make use of the Kingdom of God within me?"
(John 10: 34-35)"Jesus answered "It is written in your own law that God said, "You are gods.' We know that the scripture says is true forever; and God called these people gods, the people to whom his message was given."
What "old ways" of looking at Jesus must you overcome by faith?
If Jesus said the Kingdom of God is within us and that we are God's; how do I make use of that power to reach Heaven, and the happiness on earth that he promised us, Well this is the search that we hope to take you on within these topics.
"I want to suggest that the primary focus of theology is the life and work of Christians, both their private and public lives, in the church and in the world. I would argue that the fundamental beginning point of theology is simply the questions, the issues, and the problems which arise in the life and work of Christians and in their communal life in the church. This is where theology becomes a necessity and not merely a hobby or a game" (Theological Questions-Owen C. Thomas).
How are you a member of the body of Christ?
We are told to address God as "Father" - even being so bold as to call him "Abba," the Aramaic word for Daddy or PaPa. Jesus has included all of us into the great family of God. Thus, he has given us a commonality with each other, a ground for relationships, and the possibility of living with each other in deep and meaningful ways.
Becoming a child of God is like being adopted. You get a family in the bargain. The new faces may be blurred. But gradually the faces become familiar, and you begin to develop a bond with some of the relatives.
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