{"id":5567,"date":"2023-01-18T17:47:35","date_gmt":"2023-01-18T16:47:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/predication.net\/?p=5567"},"modified":"2023-01-18T17:47:36","modified_gmt":"2023-01-18T16:47:36","slug":"by-working-on-ourselves-we-get-closer-to-gods-son","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/predication.net\/?p=5567","title":{"rendered":"<br><strong>By working on ourselves, we get closer to God&#8217;s Son.<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span>Who is Christ for people?\u00a0Are we living according to his teachings?\u00a0Whoever carefully reads the biography of Jesus Christ, the Gospels, will find in it inspiration for the open activity to which Jesus directly calls us. The unclean spirits said: &#8220;You are the Son of God&#8221; (Mk 3:12).<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span>Mark talks about the moment when Jesus wants to rest after a tiring day, by the seashore.\u00a0The crowd, however, changes Jesus&#8217; intention, and Jesus is the same act here: he heals, teaches&#8230; Jesus had to solve the controversial issue of fasting, and the sanctification of the Sabbath and Mark presents him as a miracle worker to whom Jews and Gentiles come, so that at least by touching him the dress was healed. Marek does not write about these events on purpose.\u00a0They gave Jesus the title &#8220;Son of God&#8221;, which indicated his dignity. Jesus does not want them to recognize him as the Messiah, since the moment of his supreme mission &#8211; the resurrection &#8211; has not yet come. This fact means a manifestation: the victory of Jesus over evil.<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span>Jesus gives us an example that our life should be active.\u00a0Serious work on self-improvement must be based on the thought: &#8220;We are unprofitable servants, we have done what we were obliged to do&#8221; (Luke 17:10).<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span>Let&#8217;s remember that some people do not have confidence in the activity, while others rush into the activity without thinking and without love.\u00a0Jesus did everything with love, which also gives value and meaning to our lives, and must be in the first place in every action. It is easy to tear down a house, but it is more difficult to build one. It is easier to criticize and more difficult to act. If we spend all our time criticizing, we will have no time for action.\u00a0An active life is not dreaming, building only on planning; all this must also take place.<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span>An example for students.<\/span><br \/>\n<span>You don&#8217;t just dream of being a good student, but do everything to be one.\u00a0Do you put your duties as a student first before entertainment, hobbies, television, and the Internet? Not only the students but also all of us must realize that our good intentions are useless if they are not realized, if they are not transformed into action. God not only promised the Comforter &#8211; the Holy Spirit, but also sent him. A person who is not active declines.\u00a0A thing, a machine that just sits and is not used, also wears out.\u00a0Let&#8217;s face it:\u00a0<\/span><strong><span>we only achieve perfection when we act.<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span>Observe the people around you.\u00a0How many people are lazy, waste their precious energies and the result of their life is deplorable? The effectiveness of the action is not given by the intensity of the movement, but by the weight of the spirit, which it contains thanks to its effort.\u00a0We see it in life too, that some people accomplish a lot in a short time, with a few actions, and with little activity. Others, on the other hand, perform very little over a long time with several actions, with greater activity. This means to us that the\u00a0<\/span><strong><span>whole difference lies in the quality of the soul of those who acts. <\/span><\/strong><span>The activity of the animal is instinctive.\u00a0<\/span><strong><span>Human activity is deliberate and should be experienced with faith.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who is Christ for people?\u00a0Are we living according to his teachings?\u00a0Whoever carefully reads the biography of Jesus Christ, the Gospels, will find in it inspiration for the open activity to which Jesus directly calls us. 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