Wednesday, October 24, 2018

Overcoming the power of evil

Morning: Psalm 38; Revelation 8:1-13

Often people trivialize Jesus by representing him as just some kind of self-help guru, who promotes the necessary steps to a better life.  The Gospels tell a different story … there, Jesus’ task it is to break the power of evil, by the mystery of the Cross.  Yet, for disciples of Jesus, the Cross is not the end of it.  God’s purpose, the banishing of evil, continues to work itself out in the lives of Jesus’ disciples, who must themselves confront the power of evil, until the work is done, and victory is won.

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