The church of Christ has a great message entrusted to it which must go forth to all mankind. All men shall be reached by it. This does not mean that already in this moment of history everyone must live in the church of Christ; but it does mean that all men must be reached by the witness of truth which tells what the final goal of human history is: this unity of Christ which is revealed in the embassy of Christ’s church. This fact strikes deep into the heart of all men, even if they are not all ready for it today.
- Eberhard Arnold
January 02,2025
- Eberhard Arnold Salt and LightNever burden yourself by looking far ahead. Always live one day at a time. If you can do this, you will live like children, birds, and flowers. For them each day is a lifetime. Every day unfolds new joy, new hope, even if every day may have brought you new shadows and new nightfall. Every day you may have broken down in guilt and failure. Every day may have shown you your helplessness a thousandfold. Yet each new day brings new sun, new air, and new grace.
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Our task is to understand the divine significance of the immense present-day movements for the advancement of the working people and for a peaceful future, to recognize the work of God towards his goal in the socialist and pacifist movements today. The goal is the future kingdom of peace, of justice on the earth: that is the hope of a Christian.
- Eberhard Arnold
When we live in the kingdom of his love we will be concerned to see each man in Christ. We will grow freely without rules and regulations, and live according to the nature of the future kingdom. This nature is love and freedom from impurity, mammon, lying, and pride. With the peace of Christ ruling in us, his love streams out from us. We use every minute, in political and economic affairs as well, to work in his spirit so as to give a picture, also practically here and now, of the character of his future kingdom: simply a community life in unconditional love.
- Eberhard Arnold