Original scientific paper
Slavery of power and power of freedom
Maja Golub Krajina
Abstract
Power is desirable, it lures and attracts almost everyone. Is this natural? Is it Christian? The meaning of everything that Jesus Christ was teaching is just the opposite of power: serving, humbleness, unselfish love. Power in itself is neither good nor bad, but desirability for power and delight which power brings should not be the main orientation of Jesus’ disciples. Power could enslave a man. Christians are called to imitate Christ — by serving others. That is a healthy
and potential power of every Christian, the power that liberates from slavery of egoism and arrogance — forces of evil and sin. Then we can become extremely powerful, firm, unbreakable from the inside and … free.
Keywords
freedom; Jesus Christ; power; slavery
Hrčak ID:
173537
URI
Publication date:
10.1.2017.
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