Carolina QuotesSince Jesus Christ is a servant, looking to Him cannot mean looking away from the world, from men, from life, or, as is often said, from oneself. It cannot mean looking away into some distance or height. To look to Him is to see Him at the very centre, to see Him and the history which, accomplished in Him, heals everything and all things, as the mystery, reality, origin and goal of the whole world, all men, all life. To look to Him is to cleave to Him as the One who bears away the sin of the world. It is to be bound and liberated, claimed, consoled, cheered and ruled by Him.
Karl Barth Connected to the Carolinas
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4:4
- work
- Church Dogmatics (1932–1968)
- year
- 1932
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“Since Jesus Christ is a servant, looking to Him cannot mean …” Karl Barth. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-7CDA916630. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/7cda916630
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