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Relationship with God

Episode 115 tells the story of a survivor from Auschwitz and the miraculous connection and marriage he makes with the young woman who saved his life after the Allied Forces came into the concentration camps at the end of WWII.

The story reveals:

• It reveals the power and presence of God in our lives.
• It reveals the mercy of God amidst the tragedy that we humans have created.
• It reveals the continuing witness to how a story can affect us when we hear something that seems to “break through the reality of tragedy” and we find that “hope” is what we cannot escape.

We hope for something that pierces darkness, destruction, despair and death.

God’s Greatness

God has conquered and continues to conquer all four forces that have come against His light, creative nature, hope, and life itself.

1. His light pierces darkness.
2. His creative nature steps into destruction.
3. His unyielding presence defeats despair.
4. His resurrection power conquers death.

The Deceiver cannot conquer God’s goodness, love, power and presence in our lives.

Jesus calls us to him as the Shepherd and we the sheep who cannot live without the Good Shepherd:

I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved. He will come in and go out, and find pasture. The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy’ I hve come that they may have life, and it to the full. I am the good shepherd.”

John 10:9-11

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Connected to God

In order to grasp experiencing a connected relationship with God, we are often taught that our theology brings us close to God.

While theology offers us an understanding of God, apologetical thinking about God, and cognitive experiences of believing in God, it does not give us closeness to God.

When the anthropology (the study of humankind) of how God created us meets the theology (the study of God) of who God is and how God operates, we can have closeness to God.

Anthropology + Theology = Experiencing Relational Closeness to God

Simply put, when the heart of a human being has come to a place of admitting his/her neediness for more than what we can manufacture ourselves, we naturally “cry out.” We “cry out” to have more than what we can manufacture by ourselves.

This “cry out” from our own neediness opens the door to the “touch of God.”

The Spiritual Root System (SRS) offers a clear description of the heart of humans and the foundation of our anthropology. We are God-made, but we can “run from” facing our need of Who made us.

The SRS describes how God created us to find fulfillment in relationship.

The SRS also describes how our anthropology attaches to a theology that begins with the need for an “Omni-relational” God.

God created us to find fulfillment in relationship.

God desires to have relationship with us as His people.

The heart of the human being is the “attachment” center. If the heart is not available, then relational intimacy with God or anyone else is not possible.

Proverbs 4:23 speaks to the value of the heart:

“Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life.” (NIV)

Every feeling, every need, all desire, our longings, and our hope come from the heart.

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