40 Day Journey with Dietrich Bonhoeffer -Day 25
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Christians are persons who no longer seek their salvation, their deliverance, their justification in themselves, but in Jesus Christ alone.
Christians are persons who no longer seek their salvation, their deliverance, their justification in themselves, but in Jesus Christ alone.
CHAPTER 1.
"Love that Passeth Knowledge"
"And to know the love of Christ which passeth knowledge" -Ephesians 3:19.
Every additional Beatitude deepens the breach between the disciples and the people. The disciples' call becomes more and more visible. Those who mourn are those who are prepared to renounce and live without everything the world calls happiness and peace.
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