Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us. - Romans 5

Sunday, January 3, 2016

God can work and exist within many cultures, but no culture can encompass all of God or His kingdom. The message of Christ cannot be boxed. We are all part of the vast message of the Gospel. But God has very specific and unique ministry for each of us. He gives us specific tools, spiritual gifts, culture, sensitivities, friends, experiences, and our own personal road to the Gospel. Just like each of CS Lewis' books emulates a different angle of the Gospel (which is the same with every book of the Bible), even within the stories each of the children find or meet Aslan a different way. Lucy definitely came to Him differently than Edmund, and even more different for Eustace. And Susan, who had the same experiences and revelation of Aslan's glory, she still decided to seek her own glory and life.

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