My Favorite Verses - Vol I (thru Sept 14)
… a collection of brief commentaries on some of the Bible’s most beloved (and least understood) passages, parables, verses & sayings
… a collection of brief commentaries
on some of the Bible’s most beloved
(and least understood) passages,
parables, verses & sayings
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Matthew 19:25-26 … If you want to get to Heaven<br />
(01/08/2013)<br />
“[And the disciples] were greatly astonished and asked, ‘Who then can be<br />
saved?’ … Jesus looked at them and said, ‘With man it is impossible, but with God<br />
all things are possible.’” ~ Matthew 19:25-26<br />
<strong>My</strong> Friends, I am not here to tell you that there is definitely a Heaven to go to<br />
after we die … and I am certainly not here to tell you that there isn’t one either. For I<br />
cannot make either of those claims with any certainty — In fact, no one can.<br />
What I am here to say is thank heavens for that uncertainty, for it and it alone<br />
is what gives our Faith its real Power … I speak not the “faith” of the Christian who<br />
believes in his personal salvation; not the “faith” of the Buddhist who believes in her<br />
eventual reincarnation; not even the religious “faith” of the atheist who is absolutely<br />
certain that neither God nor rebirth exist at all.<br />
No, I speak here of a far deeper and far more practical FAITH; I speak of the<br />
Power that wells up from within us in every moment we choose to set aside our<br />
desires and look our fears calmly in the eye …<br />
… and then choose to extend LOVE to others anyway.<br />
“The kingdom of God is not coming with things that can be observed … For,<br />
in fact, the Kingdom of God is already both within and all around you.”<br />
~ Jesus Christ (an accurate translation of Luke 17:20-21)<br />
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