Jesus, who is the glory of God on earth, wants to help us become the same
thing. In this man, God again ****nes forth. It is for a purpose, then,
that
he is here; he acts as God in the creation, among men. This is his work;
consequently, he has eternal life and does not perish even though nailed
upon the cross. Nothing, no possible situation, even the most
disadvantageous you could conceive, can overcome this man, because he is
here to accomplish something.
From him ****nes forth the Father of creation. And the creation feels that
once more it has been given hope, as it were, because this man understands
what needs to be done so that the things of God might again be brought
into
order and the ruined, wasted earth again be restored to him. I tell you,
such is the Savior’s first order of business. The Savior is, first of all,
“for” God and only then “for” you. Bit by bit, man has turned things
around
and made the case appear as though the Savior had come only for us. Thus
people use Jesus to flatter themselves; but this eventually can bring
things to a pretty pass. I tell you, therefore, the Savior doesn’t care
about us—he doesn’t even care about people as a whole if they will not
help
him.
Without further ado he can put us all aside. Already he has begun to cut
the threads; and—who knows how things will go? It may happen that even the
Christians will be left entirely on their own and have nothing more of a
Savior.
--
Christoph Friedrich Blumhardt
www.blumhardts.com
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