UltimateReality
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Here is a morden day parable (story that has a deeper, metaphorical meaning) that captures Christianity perfectly. It comes from an unlikely source, ESPN. Christ died so that we may live. If you really understand the breadth of what Christ did on the cross, if forces a change in the way you live...
Ray of Hope: Jason Ray - ESPN Video - ESPN
My wife and I just watched the video,this put a lump in my throat and my wife had tears in her eyes.
what does this 'parable' have anything to do with other than modern science? Nothing.
Did you read the definition of parable? The story is very similar to the story of Christ. Jason Ray died so that others could live. His sacrifice gave the recipients a fresh start just as Christ's sacrifice give those who accept him new life. Many Christians can start to take what Christ did for granted. Did you notice that most of the organ recipients said there was not a day that went by that they didn't think about Jason and what he had done for them? Did you notice the heart recipient say Jason heart lives on in me? How much more amazing that God humbled himself to become a man and made the choice to die for us?
Galatians 2:20 (NIV) I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
1 John 3:16 This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters. 17 If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person? 18 Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.
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