Thy Kingdom Come: A Blumhardt Reader - Plough

has engulfed us until now and whose adherents we have become.It means coming to the place where God is with hislove, where Jesus is, the Son who is bearer and executor ofnothing other than the love of God with which he loves theworld.Arise, then; be radiant and joyful; believe in his name; andthen you are in the light and are saved. For this purpose theSon of God becomes mighty. In the love of God toward youas soon as you open your ears and say: “Praise and thanksbe to God! God loves the world; now I too want to be filledwith love toward all that lives. If Jesus, his Son, is only love,then I want to be only love as well. I am enabled to becomea follower of this Son; therefore, together with him, I belongto God; I am loved and I love. And where love is, there islife; and where life is, there is the light of men.”In this way men are to come out from judgment. Beforethis, they are under judgment; now one need not judgethem, because they already are unhappy and feel rejected.One need not add to that. Oh, dear friends, do not makeany person more evil than he is! There has been enough ofjudgment. Some day it will become evident to what extentmany disciples of Jesus have hurt the world, which alreadycould have become aware that the love of God has come. Butno, we feel we have to wait until people become sensible.People who already believe in Jesus throw one stone afteranother upon the poor world! In doing so, they ultimatelycondemn themselves again; and then they themselves cease1