jesus my center

As we come to Easter, we are reminded of the absolute place that Jesus has over our minds, hearts, lives, and imaginations. Listen to the ever-worshipful Lesslie Newbigin here:

That which is disclosed in Jesus Christ is the very character and will from which all that is proceeds. For the believer who, by the work of God’s Spirit, has been brought to stand before the Cross of Christ and to give his Amen to the apostolic testimony about it, this is thenceforth the commitment by which all else is judged. It arises from a total personal experience, which the New Testament calls the new birth, in which a man is brought to abandon himself wholly and without reserve to Jesus Christ in the fellowship of those who share the same commitments. The one who has made that commitment, the disclosure of God in Jesus Christ is determinative of his interpretation of all the events of history….Jesus Christ is the sole criterion…There is no other source of revelation, once we have known Christ.
- Lesslie Newbigin, in Paul Weston, Lesslie Newbigin: Missionary Theologian, 63-4

March 21, 2008 | Filed Under christology, easter |  

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2 Responses to “jesus my center”

  1. Peggy on March 21st, 2008 3:41 pm

    Amen! Blessings to you and Deb this Easter, Alan, from your ever-loving Virtual Abbess. :)

  2. Rich on March 22nd, 2008 5:24 am

    Awesome quote, Alan! Thanks! May your Easter be truly blessed and centred upon Jesus!

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