Enduring Christianity
Discussing the joys AND challenges of sincerely following Jesus. Salvation in Jesus is a gift, but Jesus warns us of the temptations that can lure us away. Jesus said "Heaven and Earth will pass away, but my word endures forever." and "Only those who endure until the end will be saved." If your goal is ONLY to get to heaven then maybe despite your good intentions you're heading in the wrong direction? Maybe the direction is faithfully FOLLOWING Jesus and the result is Him? No, this is not a works based podcast! No, this is not an, "I go to Heaven because I earned it." This is a conversation about loving Jesus because he deserves my all.
Enduring Christianity
The Visualization of Words
The relation between words and imagery are at the core of our existence. With a word God created us, and with the word He created us for the purpose of being in His IMAGE. What separates us now from the likeness of God is not our correct definition of who God is, but our sinful failure to imitate the likeness, or IMAGE of who God is.
Instead of a life which is meant to imitate an imagery of selflessness, sin's desire for us is a life of selfish imagery. Instead of an imagery of kindness and patience, sin's desire is for us to live a behavioral life which gives imagery to rudeness and insisting on our own way. This is why the Word of God directly speaks to the utmost importance of our behavior and dying to self. Because our behavior is the image of which others see and ultimately our behavior gives witness to whom we belong. The Word of God commands us how to live, because how we live will either reflect an imagery of self, or an imagery of God. Ultimately the imagery of which we live will give proof to a love of self, or a sincere love for God.
Jesus said, “By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another” (John 13:35.) What powerful imagery! It is an imagery of which the truth of the word is proven in the lived out imagery of the word, love. This is why love and faith require action. If love and faith are only spoken words, then they have no claim to an image. This is why it is impossible to please God without faith (Hebrews 11:6), because without the action of faith we give no credibility to the image of which we claim to represent.
"These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me."
(Mathew 15:8)
In this episode we discuss with Teresa Bauer on how her love for words and the power of their correct visualization completely changed her life. She shares with us her practical processes of discovering the deeper meaning of words in both her private and public life.
To check out her book go to Teresabauer.com
