Stefani and Joe purchased a copy of this beautiful work by Br Roy Parker at Mount Calvary. Now Joe has it hanging in his Philadelphia apartment. It is full of memories.
We mostly fail to grapple with the immensity of the concept of becoming God through Jesus, as opposed to simply becoming "like" God, whatever that could mean. Some eastern religions propose the process of reincarnation to gradually refine our humanness towards Divine consciousness, which would seem to be necessary if our ultimate destination is to be as God is. One lifetime would not allow for enough refinement!
I got out My much underlined People's History of Christianity and reread from there your post. An aha moment. I was underlining in pink those days, during the first read as I was struggling with "knowing God loved me fuly, but the Church did not. " I only added a few pink underlines. and, I put an exclaimation poont behind an original underline "We imitate Jesus becuause He first imitated us: we are woven of the same spiritual cloth!" Page 39 Worth carrying in a pocdket to remind me when I am discouraged.
Stefani and Joe purchased a copy of this beautiful work by Br Roy Parker at Mount Calvary. Now Joe has it hanging in his Philadelphia apartment. It is full of memories.
We mostly fail to grapple with the immensity of the concept of becoming God through Jesus, as opposed to simply becoming "like" God, whatever that could mean. Some eastern religions propose the process of reincarnation to gradually refine our humanness towards Divine consciousness, which would seem to be necessary if our ultimate destination is to be as God is. One lifetime would not allow for enough refinement!
First time I’ve really understood deification.
I got out My much underlined People's History of Christianity and reread from there your post. An aha moment. I was underlining in pink those days, during the first read as I was struggling with "knowing God loved me fuly, but the Church did not. " I only added a few pink underlines. and, I put an exclaimation poont behind an original underline "We imitate Jesus becuause He first imitated us: we are woven of the same spiritual cloth!" Page 39 Worth carrying in a pocdket to remind me when I am discouraged.