I was out walking and thinking of 2011 and 2012. 2011 was a tough year in many ways. People seem indifferent and even callous to "get involved" to change things in the world. Some have said 2012 will be the end of the world while I find myself saying that 2012 will be a new beginning. Who is right? I have said that Malachi is the prophet to the 21st Century Church so will commit to setting up teachings for churches on this idea.
Jesus said, "In the end times the love of many will wax cold" In the world of opposites that would imply that the love of some will grow hot. When it gets hot the wax of phony fronts are melted away. Authentic Christianity is the witness that the world awaits. Cold wax is a false spirituality that is laced with a false witness. Sincere means "without wax". When it gets hot, tragedies, travesties, and trauma, the witness of Jesus becomes more real, without wax, in the lives of people that are authentic in faith. The witness of the waxed or religious will become cold. The witness of the "without wax" people are those who in the heat of adversity reveal the inner character of Jesus and who shine forth the love of God.
Wax off and wax on.
About Me
- Don Paine
- I am a pastor and a clinical psychotherapist. My life's passion is defining healthiness from a human perspective and paralleling it to the holiness of God, divine perspective. Shifting perspectives creates a paradigm that is alongside of rather than over and against. The parakalein of God and the paradoxes of humanity are redefined. Humanity is all about winning and yet we are losing ground everywhere. Divinity is all about letting go of the desire to win and the fear of loss. The Divine embraces the world with loving care regardless of anything.
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