We will never know abundant life until the unseen and eternal realm is home to us in our everyday experience. Until then, we will be living according to appearances, and appearances will never lead us deeper into the life of God. Only faith will. God wants to bring us to the point where we say, "I live by what God says about the things in my life-situations, people, and myself." Then we see as He sees. We discern that situations are not as they appear to be, but that God’s absolutes are operating in the realm of appearances. We are at rest in the unseen and eternal realm, and we experience His fullness within us.

Dan Stone (1929–2005), Pastor, Buchautor und Bibellehrer

Topics: Faith & Trust, Eternity & Hope Beyond Death, Peace & Rest

Dan Stone

Dan Stone (1929–2005) war ein US-amerikanischer baptistischer Pastor, Hochschuladministrator und Bibellehrer. Er wurde vor allem als Verkündiger des „ausgetauschten Lebens“ (Exchanged Life) bekannt und lehrte, dass der christliche Glaube nicht auf Selbstanstrengung beruht, sondern auf dem Ruhen in der geistlichen Vereinigung mit Christus. Für heutige Bibelleser bieten seine Schriften eine theologische Ermutigung, biblische Aussagen über die Identität in Christus als Befreiung von religiösem Leistungsdruck zu verstehen.

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