There at Eden it would seem that these cherubim are hostile to humans in that they guard the way, or block access to, the tree of life. On the contrary, they are exhibiting grace, for if Adam were to eat from that tree, he would have been cursed to live in an aging body forever. It was grace that set the cherubim there for us.
— Ron M. Phillips (b. 1947), Pastor und Buchautor
Related Bible passage: GEN.3.24
Topics: Grace & Redemption, The Bible & the Word of God
Occasions: For Reflection
Ron M. Phillips
Ron M. Phillips (* 1947) ist ein US-amerikanischer Pastor und Autor, der von 1979 bis 2017 die Großgemeinde Abba’s House in Tennessee leitete. Bekannt wurde er durch den Versuch, baptistische Theologie mit charismatischer Frömmigkeit zu verbinden, womit er innerhalb der traditionell zessionalistischen Southern Baptist Convention anhaltende theologische Kontroversen auslöste. Heutigen Bibellesern vermitteln seine Texte Impulse zu geistlicher Erneuerung, Gebet und dem Wirken des Heiligen Geistes.
All quotes by Ron M. Phillips (9)
It wasn't the nails that held Jesus to the cross. It was love.
Max Lucado
Grace, like water, flows to the lowest part.
Philip Yancey
In our own woundedness, we can become sources of life for others.
Henri Nouwen
God does not love us because we are lovable, but because his nature is love.
Oswald Chambers
Oswald Chambers
God counts on your failure far more than you do yourself.
Hans Peter Royer
Ultimately mourning means facing what wounds us in the presence of One who can heal.
Henri Nouwen
The church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints.
Tim Keller