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Founded on mercy

157 founded on graceDo all paths lead to God? Some believe that all religions are a variation of the same theme - doing this or that and going to heaven. At first glance, it seems to be so. Hinduism promises the believer unity with an impersonal God. Getting into nirvana requires good works during many rebirths. Buddhism, which also promises nirvana, demands that the four noble truths and the eightfold path through many rebirths be kept.

Der Islam verspricht das Paradies – ein ewiges Leben voll sinnlicher Befriedigung und Vergnügen. Um dorthin zu kommen, muss der Gläubige die Glaubensartikel und die fünf Säulen des Islam einhalten. Ein gutes Leben zu führen und an Traditionen zu kleben, führt die Juden zum ewigen Leben gemeinsam mit dem Messias. Keine von diesen können dem Anhänger die Rettung sichern. Es gibt immer ein grosses Wenn – wenn Sie die Regeln befolgen können, dann werden Sie Ihr Belohnung bekommen. Es gibt nur eine "Religion", die ein gutes Ergebnis nach dem Tod garantieren kann, ohne gleichzeitig eine…

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What does it mean to be in Christ?

417 what does it mean to be in Christ?A phrase we've all heard before. Albert Schweitzer described “being in Christ” as the main mystery of the apostle Paul's teaching. And Schweitzer had to know after all. As a famous theologian, musician and important missionary doctor, the Alsatian was one of the most outstanding Germans of the 20th century. In 1952 he was awarded the Nobel Prize. In his book The Mysticism of the Apostle Paul, published in 1931, Schweitzer emphasizes the important aspect that Christian life in Christ is not God-mysticism, but, as he himself calls it, Christ-mysticism. Other religions, including prophets, fortune tellers or philosophers are looking - in whatever form - for "God". But Schweitzer recognized that for Paul the Christian, hope and daily life have a more special and more certain direction - namely, new life in Christ.

In his letters Paul uses the expression “in Christ” no less than twelve times. A good example of this is the edifying passage in the 2. Corinthians 5,17: „Darum: Ist jemand in…

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