10. In order to demonstrate the coming Kingdom, there first needs to come a ruin, a scandalous failure, and a collapse. Somehow you cannot leap over it and still build the everlasting Kingdom until something first falls away. And the church is that entity given of God to reveal what could never have been seen in the world. The world does not want things disturbed; it wants things smooth, efficient and smart. There is something about man himself that is an abomination to God; his self-assurance, his ‘know-it-all attitude,’ his competence in learning how to conduct services and perform ministry, establish organizations and conduct programs and outreaches all in the name of Christ, but contrary to His Spirit. The spirit of foolishness, weakness, failure is the spirit that overcomes the powers of this world. This is the faith. Have we said ‘Yes’ to that?

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Lars Widerberg