Christ, who is undivided, wants to have us whole and undivided. He loves decision. He loves His enemies more than His half-hearted friends. He hates those who falsify Him more than those who oppose Him. What He abhors is the lukewarm, the colorless gray, the half-light, the pious talk that blurs and mixes everything and commits one to nothing. He sweeps all this away whenever He draws near.
- Eberhard Arnold
November 12,2025
- Eberhard Arnold God’s RevolutionWhat the Kingdom of God means is made clear in the Sermon on the Mount, in the Lord’s Prayer, and in the words, “Enter by the narrow gate!” This means, treat people as you wish them to treat you. This is generally overlooked. You will not be going the way of discipleship until you do for everybody all that you ask from God for yourself, that is, absolute social justice and the peaceable atmosphere of God’s Kingdom. We are envoys of the coming Kingdom of God; we serve only one law, the law of His Spirit.
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Envy and strife are the marks of folly, of a worldly, emotional and devilish wisdom, bringing only disorder and evil. The wisdom which comes from God brings peace; for it is full of good deeds of mercy. The message of peace means the fighting task of conquering all lands through the weapons of the Spirit, and subjecting them to God’s lordship. It is for this task alone that the King and Commander of Peace wills to be with us.
- Eberhard Arnold
Peace is the work of God. Without the Creator there is no peace in the creation. Just as there can be no outer peace without the inner peace of social justice, just as there can be no justice without the community of creative work, so there can be no peace without God. God alone is love. Only the active working of His Spirit of love creates peace.
- Eberhard Arnold