I have never believed Jesus died FOR my sin...as a sacrifice that God required in order to forgive me. Pure love always forgives, even when the person doing the harm doesn't/can't recognize how wrong their act is. And God is Pure Love.
I do, however, believe Jesus died because of sin. The same sin that exists today: lust for power and control, the inability to see people who are different than me as humans who have just as much right to think and love and believe as I do, the prioritization of some over others based on societal constructs that are completely arbitrary, the proliferation of hate and anger and fear...the list could go on and on. The attached meditation does a great job of exploring this theme.
So today, I will be reflecting upon my role in perpetuating the systems that continue to crucify my fellow human beings. Not as a way to wallow in guilt or shame, but to think about alternative ways of seeing and being that are more in line with the love Christ had and continues to have through us.
Because, as hard as we try, pure love never dies.
From a Friend
I do, however, believe Jesus died because of sin. The same sin that exists today: lust for power and control, the inability to see people who are different than me as humans who have just as much right to think and love and believe as I do, the prioritization of some over others based on societal constructs that are completely arbitrary, the proliferation of hate and anger and fear...the list could go on and on. The attached meditation does a great job of exploring this theme.
So today, I will be reflecting upon my role in perpetuating the systems that continue to crucify my fellow human beings. Not as a way to wallow in guilt or shame, but to think about alternative ways of seeing and being that are more in line with the love Christ had and continues to have through us.
Because, as hard as we try, pure love never dies.
From a Friend
Waco1947