November 27, 2009

The Cross is the Kingdom Come...

Here is a short excerpt from “The Politics of Jesus” by John Howard Yoder

“Here at the cross is the man who loves his enemies, the man whose righteousness is greater than that of the Pharisees, who being rich became poor, who gives his robe to those who took his cloak, who prays for those who despitefully use him. The cross is not a detour or a hurdle on the way to the kingdom, nor is it even the way to the kingdom; it is the kingdom come.” (emphasis added)

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