It must yet come to pass that we will not simply hold fast to an ancient
confession of faith but out of a new experience be able to call to one
another: “He is risen indeed! He lives among us! He takes the reins in
hand
and leads his people, leads them all the way to his death, that, in the
death of the flesh, his resurrection and his life might be exalted in
mankind to the eternal praise and glory of God.”
For this cause is Jesus Christ risen from the dead: so that in him it can
be seen that God will bring forth even our lives out of death and will
take
everything into his own hands once more. Therefore, we should die with
Christ so that we also can be awakened and so that whatever should live
will then be able to live fully and beautifully and gloriously.
--
Christoph Friedrich Blumhardt
www.blumhardts.com
