Complete love in Christ reaches out to friends and enemies
“Christ has passed on the gift of love from our Father in heaven. If our spirits become obedient to Christ, our flesh and blood also become subject to him, and to become rulers or to have people subject to us no longer holds any attraction. Nothing attracts us more than Christ, for even though our flesh is weak, our spirits are willing (Mt 16).
“Where fleshly rule is still mixed with the kingdom of Christ, Christ’s death is to no avail. In his death on the cross Christ learned and taught the way of obedience, patience, and love toward all. Christ used no worldly force nor did he come to rule, contrary to what many try to prove with the scriptures. The closer one looks at how Christ handled property and government, the more one comes to realize that he did not have much to do with either of them (Mt 20).”
—Pilgram Marpeck, “The Uncovering of the Babylonian Whore”
5 January 2008 |
tags: Pilgram Marpeck, Political Theology, Theological Ethics
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