Motivation<\/b><\/p>\n
Motivates us to holy living: like father, like son. Holiness (I Peter 1:15\u201316), Righteousness (I John 3:7), Purity (I John 3:3), Love (Eph. 5:1\u20132), Forgiveness (Col. 3:13), Compassion (Luke 6:36), Endurance (Heb. 12:2\u20134), Submission (I Peter 2:21\u20134), Humility and obedience (Phil. 2:5\u20138), Kindness (Luke 6:35), Generous Giving (II Cor. 8:1\u20139), Service (John 13:14\u20135).<\/p>\n
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Thirty Years\u2019 War<\/b><\/p>\n
During the Thirty Years\u2019 War in Europe (1618\u20131648), the King of Sweden, Gustavus Adolphus, was slain while his troops were winning the Battle of Lutzen, in what is now Germany. Sweden was thrown into mourning, and government officials met to determine how to replace the king. Some suggested a republic; others thought the crown should go to Adolphus\u2019 cousin, the king of Poland. The chancellor of Sweden arose and said, \u201cLet there be no talk of a republic or of Polish kings, for we have in our midst the heir of the great Gustavus, his little daughter, who is 6 years of age.\u201d Some protested that they had never seen her. The chancellor said, \u201cWait a minute, and I will show you.\u201d He brought in Christina, daughter of the king, and placed her on the throne. One of the representatives who was especially suspicious of the move pressed forward and gazed intently into her face. Then turning to the assembly, he exclaimed, \u201cLook at her nose, her eyes, her chin! I see in the countenance of this child the features of the great Gustavus. She is the child of our king!\u201d From all quarters of the room rang the proclamation, \u201cChristina, Queen of Sweden!\u201d<\/p>\n
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Grandfather in Heaven<\/b><\/p>\n
We want, in fact, not so much a father in heaven as a grandfather in heaven: a senile benevolence who, as they say, \u201cliked to see young people enjoying themselves\u201d and whose plan for the universe was simply that it might be truly said at the end of each day, \u201ca good time was had by all.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Armistace<\/b><\/p>\n
World War II was almost over. News of the armistice had reached the troops but the actual order to cease fire was still on the way to the front. Then a bursting shell tore open a soldier\u2019s flesh. As his blood flowed out of the fatal wound, he said, \u201cIsn\u2019t this just like God?\u201d<\/p>\n
Christian Theology in Plain Language, p. 81.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Motivation Motivates us to holy living: like father, like son. Holiness (I Peter 1:15\u201316), Righteousness (I John 3:7), Purity (I John 3:3), Love (Eph. 5:1\u20132), Forgiveness (Col. 3:13), Compassion (Luke 6:36), Endurance (Heb. 12:2\u20134), Submission (I Peter 2:21\u20134), Humility and obedience (Phil. 2:5\u20138), Kindness (Luke 6:35), Generous Giving (II Cor. 8:1\u20139), Service (John 13:14\u20135). Source … Continue reading “God, character of”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=658"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}