Of course this is, once again, apocalyptic language of punishment and warning, because Jesus surely wanted them to know the severity of missing the moment.
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Believe Jesus’ words and everything he tells us
His words and the Father’s words are one and the same.
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The emergence of the church must have been a great time!
The bubble indeed has burst, and a new and vibrant and Spirit-filled church was beginning to emerge.
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When Jesus reveals himself to us, we experience a deep conversion
Jesus was giving us the possibility of true union with him.
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Jesus teaches, but we also hear his call
And to be sure, the sinners knew with all their heart that Jesus was calling them and loving them into goodness. The fact that Jesus did it in spite of all those who criticized his words and actions gave the perfect proof.
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Do we hear these stories today as the Good News?
Does God’s word continue, each day, to touch us and deepen our own wondrous conversions?
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Like Stephen, we will find ourselves enduring the eternal love of God in Christ
But like Stephen, be prepared to be filled with the Holy Spirit of God. Be prepared to see what so many could not and would not see. Be prepared to share in enormous trust that even in the face of death will not diminish. Be prepared to speak wisdom in the face of danger and impending death. And be prepared, in the trust and deepest sense of all, to be saved!
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To not ‘know the Lord and Christ’ is a deprivation
It does not imply evil or wickedness or fault; it is just a terrible lack, especially when one finds out what they were missing.
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