Day 38 Christianity

"Libation of Peace," Elena Cherkasova

                                                 (see also Adorable Person)
 
“The essence of Christianity is passionate love and loyalty towards a divine Person: and faith, the adoring regard of the soul, must needs make us like Him who is 'meek and lowly of heart.'”
 
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“One thing we must hold fast––a clear conception of what is meant by Christianity. It is not 'being good' or serving our fellows: many who do not own the sovereignty of Christ are better than we who do. But the Christian is aware of Jesus as an ever-present Saviour, at hand in all his dangers and necessities; of Christ as the King whose he is and whom he serves, who rules his destinies and apportions his duties. It is a great thing to be owned, and Jesus Christ owns us. He is our Chief, whom we delight to honour and serve; and He is our Saviour, who delivers us, our Friend who cherishes us, our King who blesses us with His dominion. Christianity would only appear to be possible when there is a full recognition of the divinity of Christ.
Let us cry with St Augustine: ––
 
‘Take my heart! for l cannot give it thee:                                             Keep it! for I cannot keep it for Thee.’” 
 
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“We are in the dark hour before the dawn; such a Christianity is coming upon us as neither the world nor the Church has ever dreamed of, even now we begin to see our way out of the darkness because we begin to see why it has fallen upon us. To use the language of philosophy, religion as we know it is subjective not objective; that is, our religious idea is directly opposed to the genius of Christianity…. ‘For me’ is the keynote of one great school of religious though: by me’ of another’ but how seldom is Christ Himself, for Himself – not for what He is for us, or has done for us, or worketh in us – placed in the foreground of religious thought.”
 
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“Christianity is not just involved with "salvation", but with the total man in the total world. The Christian message begins with the existence of God forever, and then with creation. It does not begin with salvation. We must be thankful for salvation, but the Christian message is more than that. Man has a value because he is made in the image of God.”
         
                                                   ~ Francis A. Schaeffer 
 

Examen: “How should children be taught that the essence of Christianity is devotion to a Person?” “Show that Christianity means the recognition of Christ.”

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The essence of Christianity: Charlotte M. Mason,  Ourselves,  4:19 Bk.II.
One thing we must: 4:202 Bk.II.
We are in: Cholmondley, The Story of Charlotte Mason, 93.
Christianity is not: Francis A. Schaeffer, [(Art and the Bible: Two Essays)] (Inter-Varsity Press, US, 2009).
How should children:  Charlotte M. Mason, School Education, 3:262.
Show that Christianity: Ourselves, 4:238 Bk.II.

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​Day 38 Christianity meditation/100 days copyright Laurie Bestvater 2025

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