What an inspirational and insightful lesson to be learned. My
daughter-in-law is a Muslim. She was discussing Christianity with my
mother one day and said to her, "what makes you think that the
Christ-Spirit" is not speaking within Islam?" The same spirit that went
from Jesus speaks to us as well." ... God IS love .. and when love is
expressed, the spirit of Christ is there.
In fact, as Blumhardt sees it, the "unchurched" and the "heathen," and
especially the oppressed, already belong to Christ, and he is at work in
their hearts before we arrive. Jesus did not come to found churches, but
to set in motion a movement of the Spirit that will encompass nations and
lead to peace and social justice. "No longer religion against religion,
but justice against sin, life against death."
Responding to http://www.bruderhof.com/e-books/HiddenChrist.htm
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