In particular, we might explore how Jesus» immensely
graced human words, deeds and sufferings, love and obedience, prayer and sacrifice, are the «incarnation» of his eternal, divine Sonship.
Not exact matches
The signal for such a theology is Tom Driver's reflective getting in touch with his body while sitting in the bathtub, and his happy invitation, in Patterns of
Grace:
Human Experience as
Word of God (Harper & Row, 1977), for us to do the same.
For «providence» is a
word which tells us of the conviction that God exercises a never - failing and personal control over, even as he unfailingly works within, the events and circumstances of life, molding them and molding us in such a way that his
grace and power are manifested in
human history and in personal experience.
It is only because God utterly transcends history that his free decision to become a
human being in time is also a decision of
grace: «Far from implying a distance between the
Word and the world, the
Word's distinct manner of transcending the world implies a distinct manner of intimacy with the world.»
The
human son, whom we know as Jesus, through the descent of the
Word to our
human level, is full of
grace, even as God himself is, so that he is also the Truth itself, even as God is.
In Jesus Christ, in whom God's image emerges in
grace and truth on the level of
human existence, as such existence makes full response to God's prior initiating activity, the
Word is «enmanned» (enanthropesas).
«He, in a
word, who is the special preacher of Divine
Grace, is also the special friend and intimate of
human nature.
Our regular guide to the
Word of God in the Sunday Liturgy 23RD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME: B 07.09.03 Mk 7, 31 - 37
Grace perfects through
human nature.
The
word «
grace» has been almost mined for many thoughtful Christians because it has been mistakenly interpreted as if it means the sheer mercy of God descending upon man apart from any moral demand or
human effort.
John in Revelations, talking to Laodicea, speaks rhema
words from God and says «I would that you were hot or cold, but because you are lukewarm (indecisive, mixing law and
grace, tainting my free gift with
human hands), I will vomit» [and] «you will not receive anything from Me.»
It always includes: announcement of God's Kingdom and love through Jesus Christ, the offer of
grace and forgiveness of sins, the invitation to repentance and faith in him, the summons to fellowship in God's church, the command to witness to God's saving
words and deeds, the responsibility to participate in the struggle for justice and
human dignity, the obligation to denounce all that hides
human wholeness, and a commitment to risk life itself.
In my Luther the familiar theological topics make an appearance: justification by
grace through faith (which is linked with one of his favorite images, that of a «joyful exchange» of identities with Christ); the forgiveness of sins; the authority of the
Word; the
human as «sinner and at the same time justified.»
Some
words of wisdom
grace the walls with none other than Albert Einstein's famous quote,» Nothing will benefit
human health and increase the chances for survival of life on earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet.»
Red deer have a dozen
words for
grace, and none of them applied to Carolyn's
human feet, so large and clumsy when seen next to the delicate hooves of Asha and the other fawns.