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

https://hrcak.srce.hr/173537

Publication date:

10.1.2017.

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