Word of Life – Gal 5:17-18 (19/5/2019 – 2/6/2019)

Post date:   2019-05-19
Autor:   BCP
“For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.”

Reflection on Gal 5:17-18

Post date:   2019-05-18
Autor:   BCP
If we are led by the Spirit of God, the law can no longer judge us because the Spirit of God does not lead us into sin. On the contrary, He gives us the strength to fight, and when we fall He gives us the strength to repent and rise at once and to continue our fight rather than to be plunged in despair or in the spirit of betrayal of our soul and of Jesus who redeemed us by paying the price of His life.

Word of Life – 1 Cor 11:31-32 (5/5/2019 – 19/5/2019)

Post date:   2019-05-04
Autor:   BCP
“If we would judge ourselves, we would not be judged. But when we are judged, we are chastened by the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.”

Reflection on 1Cor 11:31-32

Post date:   2019-05-04
Autor:   BCP
The First Epistle to the Corinthians says that if we judge ourselves, we will not be judged. However, with this judgment, this true self-criticism, we cannot stop halfway. Judas judged himself but ended up committing suicide in despair. True judgment of myself must be connected with the faith that Jesus Christ paid for my sins. So I give my sins to Him and have them covered under His blood. Then it is true: “If we walk in the light, the blood of Christ cleanses us from all sin.”

Reflection on Rom 7:16-17

Post date:   2019-04-20
Autor:   BCP
Therefore, we have to fight with sin, and not forget the words of Christ: “Deny yourself, take up your cross, and follow Me.” “Because narrow is the way which leads to eternal life.” (Mt 7:14)

Word of Life – Rom 7:16-17 (21/4/2019 – 5/5/2019)

Post date:   2019-04-20
Autor:   BCP
If, then, I do what I will not to do, I agree with the law that it is good. But now, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me.

Where to get the courage and strength? (+german version)

Post date:   2019-04-14
Autor:   BCP
Jesus says to the apostles several times: “Do not be afraid!”  And where to get the courage and strength? In prayer. In God’s presence. When you pray, do not talk to yourself, for such prayer will not give you strength. First realize: Where is Jesus? He is here and He is waiting for you. He is waiting for you to come into contact with Him, to give Him your sin and your problems. Jesus is with us in every problem, we only need to be aware of it.

Michael Faraday – scientist and Christian

Post date:   2019-04-12
Autor:   BCP
Every true scientist should be a believer if he is a real expert in his field. Michael Faraday was the man who invented the dynamo. He died in 1867. He was a devout believer. When asked what his idea was about what would happen after death, he said he had no idea but he was sure about it. He quoted the Scripture from the letter to Timothy: "I know whom I have believed" (2Ti 1:12). And he added: "I'm sure. I'm sure that after I die, I’ll pass into Jesus' arms. I trust the Word of God."

Reflection on Rom 7:14-15

Post date:   2019-04-06
Autor:   BCP
The Apostle Paul shows here a contradiction, a kind of spiritual schizophrenia, which is caused by original sin in us. The law of God is holy but every one of us is subject to carnality and mentality, and both the body and soul are influenced by the law of sin. Our spirit thirsts for God but is bound and imprisoned by our corrupt nature. Everyone can see by experience that the law of sin is at work in us. This is proved by the fact that we want to do good and we love good but we do evil which we hate and do not want to do. There is a law of sin here. Law is a principle which repeats itself; it is not something that happens just once. The law of sin is at work while we live this life in time. This is what we must reckon with and what the Word of God tells us about. Therefore we need to walk by faith. For there is not only the law of sin but also the law of the Spirit – which will be mentioned in the next verses – and the latter is at work if in concrete situations we unite ourselves to our Saviour, Jesus Christ.

Word of Life – Rom 7:14-15 (7/4/2019 – 21/4/2019)

Post date:   2019-04-06
Autor:   BCP
“For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am carnal, sold under sin. For what I am doing, I do not understand. For what I will to do, that I do not practice; but what I hate, that I do.”