Moses proclaims today (Dy 30.10-14) a revolutionary message:listen carefully with great benevolence the WORD of God [given as 10 Commandments, as advice, as bridge, as laws... already written in the book]. BUT observe ! this WORD is "not beyond your strength or beyond your reach; it's not in heaven, not over-sea - it's real in your mouth and in your heart" "In your mouth" means: you already like to proclaim it, to shout it out... because it's "in your heart". If you are going deep enough to listen to the core of your existence, into your real personality - you will discover: the WORD of God: justice, peace, mercy, unity, love - is your sincere wish - to live. This is GRACE - in reality: people like as much as possible the WORD of God. The great problem: YOU are not alone - your next likes the same - BUT: HOW to activate this WORD of God ??? - we must come together to find the effective healing way (strategy). It's not YOU - it's WE.
Paulus (Col 1.15-20) accepts: God is unseen. But look at JX, his life-style - you will discover:HE shows God in a humanly shape; HE has activated God; HE is this famous WORD (Moses speaks about) in a perfect way - in a certain cultural situation. Today we say: HE is God incarnated, embodied - visible, audible, touchable... BUT - he has died.
His time is over. Are we lost ? Paulus shows a new way: Come together - in the name of JX - build a "Community serving Humanity" - and you are the Jesus-Movement in your cultural situation (today named Church). It's the Church who unite the baptised people and the World, who unite heaven and earth - it's a cross-way anyway... also today.
Luke (10.25-37) has a story: A good lawyer wishes the fullness of Life; he is serious, he ask: "What must I do?" He is ready to engage himself...
He knows: I have to love God - no problem - because he feels: I do it already perfectly.
I know God and what he likes I do.
He knows: I have to love myself - no problem - because I'm famous, I'm a loved one, I'm open-minded, perfect ... I know myself and bring myself to perfection..
He knows: I have to love my next... there is a little problem: WHO is my next? I have so many wonderful and terrible people around me - It's a tricky task...
And Jesus answers by a picture, an imagination: The merciful Samaritan... now WHO is the next? It's clear: The merciful stranger!
To sum it up:Do the WORD of God (placed into our hearts) - in the way Jesus has done it... and you are on the way into the fullness of Life.
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