"I call you to a much higher flight, to total abandonment, to an act of courage which defies reason. I call you to God. To the One that transcends the world so that you might know an infinite heaven of spiritual joy, the heaven which you presently grope for in your personal hell, and which you seek even while in a state of non-deliberate revolt… Jesus has always loved you, but now you have the choice to respond to His invitation. In responding, you are ordained to go and bear fruit that will remain. To be a prophet of Christ in the world in which you live. To love your neighbor as yourself and to make all men your friend. To proclaim by every action this unique and limitless love which has raised man from the level of a serf to that of a friend of God. To the prophets of this liberating love which delivers you from all constraint, returning to you your integrity as you offer yourself to God."
2006-09-08 04:50:11 · 9 answers · asked by Jelena 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Hell is often described in the Bible as seperation from God. If you have not yet sought God, then you would be in a personal hell. It would be non-deliberate because you don't know the difference between knowing and not knowing God yet.
2006-09-08 05:01:54 · answer #1 · answered by luvwinz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am not Christian but I found this a fine and powerful text, a call for us to transcend our base wordly pursuits and seek joys nobler than the pleasures of the flesh. Great text indeed
2006-09-08 04:56:58 · answer #2 · answered by Chevalier 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"the heaven which you presently grope for in your personal hell,"
Guess I'm not the right person for this. My life keeps me smiling. Sure I face challenges, but I do so with a smile.
2006-09-08 04:56:39 · answer #3 · answered by gjstoryteller 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is pretty good but a bit wordy. I wish Christians would read the Bible as carefully as they read something like this (and I include myself in this). It presents the same kind of truth in less words.
If this is a trick question, shame on you!
2006-09-08 04:56:47 · answer #4 · answered by freelancenut 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's all a load of crap and is designed to brainwash people like you into believing that the Christ was not the son of God.
2006-09-08 04:55:35 · answer #5 · answered by Rude 4 U 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it is beutiful if you keep going to the end the begining was possible ofensuve to some but I agree we all need that help
2006-09-08 04:53:41 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
not sure what you mean by my personal hell and a non-deliberate revolt?
2006-09-08 04:53:14 · answer #7 · answered by CatholicMOM 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Too long.
2006-09-08 04:53:43 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Religious propaganda
2006-09-08 05:00:21 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋