We don’t value smallness—in the church, outside the church, etc. We value strength, influence, talents, ability, money. But there are some aspects of God’s grace that we can’t know outside of real vulnerability. There are some graces that are reserved for the weak and the broken.
Slander is violence, verbal violence. It diminishes the social capital of people. You bring them down in the minds and hearts of others. You encourage people to withdraw from them. Not only that, slander assaults the soul. Jesus qualifies all slander as the devil’s work(Rev. 2:9)
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July 12, 2020 • Jon Aragon
Jon Aragon continues ends our series in Revelation 5 — It’s one thing to wonder if someone else’s freedom is worth fighting for. But when you identify with that someone and commune with them, that’s when it’s no longer a question. You fight and you press ahead. Is that not what God did for you and for me? Christ’s worthiness is connected to what he did. To the world, a slain lamb looks like failure, but not to us. Why would you want to identify with weakness, a lamb? The cross of Christ is foolishness to a fallen world. God will use weakness to shame the proud.