Art as expression – NOT as market campaigns, will still capture our Imaginations
The kingdom of the heavens is also always viewed in Matthew’s gospel as something future, i.e. beginning after the Lord’s ascension to heaven, whereas the kingdom of God, also in Matthew, is seen as being present already now (Matthew 12:28).
“All things” includes all sufferings, sorrows, infirmities, and everything else of a discouraging and calamitous nature which might befall God’s child on earth.
Christ referred to the hidden nature of God’s eternal purpose for man’s salvation. Paul frequently wrote of this, and a more particular attention to that “mystery” can be quite rewarding.
James could not have meant here that Christians are “to pretend that they get joy out of things which are disagreeable, for that would be an act of insincerity.”
And Peter said unto them, Repent ye, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of your sins; and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
And even as they refused to have God in their knowledge, God gave them up unto a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting
The waves beating into the boat, Jesus asleep in the stern on the boat cushion, the fact that the boat was taking on water at an alarming rate – all these mark the account as authentic.
