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| Discovering
Our Christian Faith - What Is Christianity? |
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me, the absolute center of Christianity
is embodied
love.
In my reading of the Bible and in my experience,
that's it... hook, line, and sinker. In
Genesis it is God's love embodied in Creation,
with every part dependent on every other
part for perfect function. When human beings
couldn't seem to keep their part of the
harmony going, God embodied love more specifically
in human form, in the person of Jesus. Jesus
thus becomes both the embodiment and the
revelation of God's love. As Christians,
we consider ourselves to be the Body of
Christ... those who try to continue to embody
God's love in and for the world. If it is
not done in love, it's simply making noise
that just doesn't matter. Paul says that
it matters even more than faith. When Jesus
is asked in Luke
10 what must be done to inherit eternal
life, the answer is to love. Love is at
the center of Creation, because God is love.
Embodied love is at the heart of Christianity
because that's
who Jesus is. |
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