The way out of the tre\u00adad\u00admill of worry, that is, out of the fix\u00ada\u00adti\u00adon on mys\u00adelf, is through the \u00absin\u00adgle eye\u00bb, that is, through a reo\u00adri\u00aden\u00adta\u00adti\u00adon of the gaze. And this hap\u00adpens through pray\u00ader. It beco\u00admes clear that the meta\u00admor\u00adpho\u00adsis of man exceeds human pos\u00adsi\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adties and efforts. The Pray\u00ader of the Unfa\u00adther leads him bey\u00adond hims\u00adelf into the encoun\u00adter with the hea\u00adven\u00adly Father. Thus he finds sim\u00adpli\u00adci\u00adty. In the pro\u00adcess, the two car\u00addi\u00adnal vir\u00adtu\u00ades of sere\u00adni\u00adty and sin\u00adgle-min\u00added\u00adness are cultivated.<\/p>\n
\tSere\u00adni\u00adty: Pray\u00ader crea\u00adtes space to place worries, guilt and fear, which can sei\u00adze life, in the hands of the hea\u00adven\u00adly Father in order to find a holy sere\u00adni\u00adty. This lives from the pro\u00admi\u00adse of the Father in hea\u00adven, who gives our lives ulti\u00adma\u00adte sup\u00adport. It is about an inner peace that has its basis in the deep expe\u00adri\u00adence of accep\u00adtance, secu\u00adri\u00adty and being car\u00adri\u00aded. I no lon\u00adger have to rush and hunt to secu\u00adre my life \u2013 neither through reli\u00adgious efforts nor through mate\u00adri\u00adal stri\u00adving. Sere\u00adni\u00adty must not be con\u00adfu\u00adsed with indif\u00adfe\u00adrence or even lazi\u00adness. Ser\u00ade\u00adne peo\u00adp\u00adle have their heads, hearts and hands free for essen\u00adti\u00adal things. Healt\u00adhy sere\u00adni\u00adty frees one to devo\u00adtio\u00adnal enga\u00adge\u00adment, to dance to the music of heaven. The\u00adse two vir\u00adtu\u00ades should be seen as a pair. They keep each other in balan\u00adce and pre\u00advent unhe\u00adalt\u00adhy one-sided\u00adness. Sere\u00adni\u00adty can beco\u00adme indif\u00adfe\u00adrence and com\u00admit\u00adment can beco\u00adme dog\u00adged\u00adness. A com\u00adbi\u00adned vir\u00adtue grows up as ser\u00ade\u00adne com\u00admit\u00adment or com\u00admit\u00adted com\u00adpo\u00adsure, which is in fact the linch\u00adpin of all the vir\u00adtu\u00ades pre\u00adsen\u00adted in Matthew 5. \tWhat could Jesus have meant by the sin\u00adgle-min\u00added eye? What is the simp\u00adle eye sup\u00adpo\u00adsed to focus on? The way out of the tre\u00adad\u00admill of worry, that is, out of the fix\u00ada\u00adti\u00adon on mys\u00adelf, is through the \u00absin\u00adgle eye\u00bb, that is, through a reo\u00adri\u00aden\u00adta\u00adti\u00adon of the gaze. And this hap\u00adpens through pray\u00ader. It beco\u00admes clear that the meta\u00admor\u00adpho\u00adsis of man exceeds human pos\u00adsi\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adties and efforts. The pray\u00ader of Our Father leads him bey\u00adond hims\u00adelf into the\u2026<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","wpfc_preacher":[23],"wpfc_sermon_series":[72],"wpfc_sermon_topics":[],"wpfc_bible_book":[],"wpfc_service_type":[12],"class_list":["wpfc_preacher-matthias-altwegg","wpfc_sermon_series-metamorphose","wpfc-sermon-single","post-3666","wpfc_sermon","type-wpfc_sermon","status-publish","hentry","wpfc_service_type-gottesdienst"],"acf":[],"sermons_blog_filters_topics":"\t\t\t\t
\nThe\u00adre is an unfa\u00adthomable poten\u00adti\u00adal in fol\u00adlo\u00adwing Jesus. It is about trans\u00adfor\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon into the good vir\u00adtu\u00ades and good cha\u00adrac\u00adter after the exam\u00adp\u00adle of Jesus. Hypo\u00adcri\u00adsy and pious per\u00adfor\u00admance are obs\u00adta\u00adcles on this path and cor\u00adrupt cha\u00adrac\u00adter. The Ser\u00admon on the Mount offers deli\u00adver\u00adance from the\u00adse wrong ways to the peo\u00adp\u00adle in the Jesus School. In fact, the\u00adre is a small hint of what pro\u00admo\u00adtes good cha\u00adrac\u00adter immense\u00adly, through the crack in the door of a small incon\u00adspi\u00adcuous word.
\nSimp\u00adle-min\u00added eye
\n\u00abYour eye is the win\u00addow of your body. A clear (haplous) eye lets the light pene\u00adtra\u00adte into your soul. A bad eye, on the other hand, shuts out the light and plun\u00adges you into dark\u00adness. If what you think is light is dark\u00adness in you, how dark will the dark\u00adness be!\u00bb (Matthew 6:22\u201323 NLB<\/span>).
\nThe secret of cul\u00adti\u00advat\u00ading a Jesus-like cha\u00adrac\u00adter is hid\u00adden in the incon\u00adspi\u00adcuous Ger\u00adman word kla\u00adres (Greek: haplous). Our eye should be haplous, then it beco\u00admes good with the who\u00adle life. But if the eye is bad, then the who\u00adle life runs into dark\u00adness. If man wants to over\u00adco\u00adme his being a stumb\u00adling block and beco\u00adme a dancer of God again, he must take care of his eye. This is not so much about the outer eye, but rather the inner eye. We must gain con\u00adtrol of what the eye ima\u00adgi\u00adnes, becau\u00adse \u00abwhat we have in the eye shapes us, into it we are trans\u00adfor\u00admed\u00bb (Robert Spaemann).
\nWhat does haplous mean? The dic\u00adtion\u00ada\u00adry says \u00absimp\u00adle, plain, sin\u00adce\u00adre, simp\u00adle-min\u00added\u00bb. This last trans\u00adla\u00adti\u00adon \u2013 simp\u00adle-min\u00added \u2013 is ety\u00admo\u00adlo\u00adgi\u00adcal\u00adly the most accu\u00adra\u00adte. If we take a sheet of paper and fold it leng\u00adthwi\u00adse once, we have a simp\u00adle-min\u00added paper. That is how our eye should be. Simp\u00adle. Straight. Ali\u00adgned. Clear in its ori\u00aden\u00adta\u00adti\u00adon. Howe\u00adver, Jesus is not sim\u00adply announ\u00adcing a gene\u00adral prin\u00adci\u00adple here, but speaks of the sin\u00adgle-min\u00added eye in a very con\u00adcre\u00adte con\u00adtext: \u00abDo not accu\u00admu\u00adla\u00adte riches here on earth, whe\u00adre moth or rust may eat them away or whe\u00adre thie\u00adves may break in and ste\u00adal them. Gather your riches in hea\u00adven, whe\u00adre they will not be eaten away by moths or rust and will be safe from thie\u00adves. For whe\u00adre your wealth is, the\u00adre your heart is also. Your eye is the win\u00addow of your body. A clear eye lets the light pene\u00adtra\u00adte into your soul. A bad eye, on the other hand, blocks out the light and plun\u00adges you into dark\u00adness. If what you think is light is dark\u00adness in you, how dark will the dark\u00adness be! No one can ser\u00adve two mas\u00adters. He will always hate one and love the other, or be loy\u00adal to one and detest the other. You can\u00adnot ser\u00adve God and money at the same time\u00bb (Matthew 6:19\u201324 NLB<\/span>).
\nLast safety
\nThe simp\u00adle eye, then, is about our inner direc\u00adtion of visi\u00adon with regard to secu\u00adring life through mate\u00adri\u00adal pos\u00adses\u00adsi\u00adons. The first three ver\u00adses speak of th\u00e9\u00adsau\u00adros, which has been trans\u00adla\u00adted as riches. The\u00adsau\u00adrus is fami\u00adli\u00adar to us, we use it for an elec\u00adtro\u00adnic word store. Schatz\u00adkam\u00admer, Spei\u00adcher and Tre\u00adsor are cor\u00adre\u00adspon\u00adding Ger\u00adman words. The power of this tre\u00adasu\u00adre is life-defi\u00adning. \u00abFor whe\u00adre your tre\u00adasu\u00adre is, the\u00adre your heart will be also\u00bb (v.21 LUT<\/span>). Whe\u00adre we seek our ulti\u00adma\u00adte secu\u00adri\u00adty, that is also our cent\u00adre of life, that is whe\u00adre our life is ulti\u00adm\u00adate\u00adly direc\u00adted. It is about secu\u00adri\u00adty and safe\u00adty. It is the pri\u00adme\u00adval human ques\u00adti\u00adon, how can I secu\u00adre my life? Do I have enough? Will it be enough for tomor\u00adrow and even more so in old age? Then the\u00adre is the con\u00adcern about health. How can I pro\u00adtect mys\u00adelf against acci\u00addents and ill\u00adness? Yes, ulti\u00adm\u00adate\u00adly, in view of the ine\u00advi\u00adta\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty of death, life its\u00adelf is at sta\u00adke. What Jesus is ulti\u00adm\u00adate\u00adly con\u00adcer\u00adned with beco\u00admes clear in v.24. \u00abYou can\u00adnot ser\u00adve two mas\u00adters at the same time\u00bb, says Jesus, \u00abGod and mam\u00admon\u00bb. Tho\u00adse who ulti\u00adm\u00adate\u00adly rely on mate\u00adri\u00adal pos\u00adses\u00adsi\u00adons ser\u00adve mam\u00admon. Mate\u00adri\u00adal secu\u00adri\u00adty beco\u00admes the very idol. Citi\u00adzens of rich nati\u00adons, such as Switz\u00ader\u00adland, are par\u00adti\u00adcu\u00adlar\u00adly at risk. That is why all votes are sunk in our coun\u00adtry whe\u00adre the\u00adre is a dan\u00adger that our wealth could be scratched.
\nThe mes\u00adsa\u00adge of Jesus libe\u00adra\u00adtes from this ens\u00adlavement. The redemp\u00adti\u00adve sen\u00adtence is: \u00abYour hea\u00adven\u00adly Father knows your needs\u00bb (6:32 NLB<\/span>) and he will pro\u00advi\u00adde for you. So you do not need to \u00abpro\u00advi\u00adde\u00bb for your\u00adsel\u00adves by thro\u00adwing your\u00adsel\u00adves into the arms of Mam\u00admon and beco\u00adming slaves to mate\u00adri\u00adal goods. Jesus says: \u00abCan all your worries pro\u00adlong your life even for a sin\u00adgle moment? No\u00bb (6:27 NLB<\/span>). The rea\u00adli\u00adsa\u00adti\u00adon that my life can\u00adnot be secu\u00adred, but that every hour depends on God\u2019s care, may seem threa\u00adtening, but is ulti\u00adm\u00adate\u00adly libe\u00adra\u00adting. When we stop dancing to the music of mam\u00admon, we are set free to dance to the music of hea\u00adven. The way to do this is to beco\u00adme simp\u00adle-min\u00added, inward\u00adly focu\u00adsed on the right, who\u00adle\u00adso\u00adme place of life\u2019s security.
\nMan beco\u00admes a stumb\u00adling block becau\u00adse he looks in the wrong direc\u00adtion for that which gives his life its final sup\u00adport. Worried about hims\u00adelf, he hangs his life on the nail of mate\u00adri\u00adal secu\u00adri\u00adty \u2013 but the nail is not able to bear the bur\u00adden of life. In the end, life can\u00adnot be secu\u00adred. The way out of the tre\u00adad\u00admill of worry, that is, out of the fix\u00ada\u00adti\u00adon on mys\u00adelf, is through the \u00absin\u00adgle eye\u00bb, that is, through a redi\u00adrec\u00adtion of the gaze. And this hap\u00adpens through pray\u00ader \u2013 the cent\u00adre of the Ser\u00admon on the Mount. Wolf\u00adgang Goe\u00adthe tells: \u00abOne day fear kno\u00adcked at the door. Cou\u00adra\u00adge stood up and ope\u00adned, but the\u00adre was no one out\u00adside.\u00bb The sin\u00adgle-min\u00added gaze is the path to this cou\u00adra\u00adge, which finds that all fear is in vain and dis\u00adsol\u00adves into pleasantness.
\nFat booty
\nIt beco\u00admes clear that the meta\u00admor\u00adpho\u00adsis of man exceeds human pos\u00adsi\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adties and efforts. The Pray\u00ader of the Unfa\u00adther leads him bey\u00adond hims\u00adelf into the encoun\u00adter with the hea\u00adven\u00adly Father. Thus he finds sim\u00adpli\u00adci\u00adty. In the pro\u00adcess, the two car\u00addi\u00adnal vir\u00adtu\u00ades of sere\u00adni\u00adty and sin\u00adgle-min\u00added\u00adness are cultivated.<\/p>\n
\n\tPur\u00adpo\u00adseful\u00adness or com\u00admit\u00adment: This second vir\u00adtue is descri\u00adbed in the first clau\u00adse of v.33: \u00abSeek first the king\u00addom of God and his righ\u00adteous\u00adness\u00bb (6:33 LUT<\/span>). From the iden\u00adti\u00adty as a child of the hea\u00adven\u00adly Father and the expe\u00adri\u00adence of His accep\u00adtance and secu\u00adri\u00adty, we are libe\u00adra\u00adted from self-cir\u00adcumcis\u00adi\u00adon. Cou\u00adra\u00adge, deter\u00admi\u00adna\u00adti\u00adon and goal ori\u00aden\u00adta\u00adti\u00adon is the result. Cor\u00adrie ten Boom: \u00abCou\u00adra\u00adge is fear pray\u00aded for.\u00bb Of cour\u00adse, this vir\u00adtue can be ori\u00aden\u00adted towards good and bad goals. Here it is direc\u00adted towards the righ\u00adteous\u00adness of the King\u00addom of God. The pre\u00adre\u00adqui\u00adsi\u00adte is that the jam\u00admers of worry, guilt and fear are tur\u00adned off. The unser\u00advant pro\u00advi\u00addes the space to put them in God\u2019s hands and turn up the king\u00addom of God sta\u00adti\u00adon loud\u00adly to dance to that music.<\/p>\n
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\nLast week I visi\u00adted my father. As he is very ill and weak, I don\u2019t know if I saw him for the last time. We tal\u00adked the way a son talks to his father when it\u2019s time to say the final good\u00adbye. For me it was a very sacred moment. I felt a gre\u00adat peace coming from my par\u00adents. They exem\u00adpli\u00adfy to me what a simp\u00adle-min\u00added look at the hea\u00adven\u00adly Father could look like. Trus\u00adtingly they throw them\u00adsel\u00adves into his arms and live a holy sere\u00adni\u00adty and deter\u00admi\u00adna\u00adti\u00adon even in the face of dying. Ever\u00ady\u00adthing mate\u00adri\u00adal rece\u00addes com\u00adple\u00adte\u00adly into the back\u00adground. It beco\u00admes clear, our life hangs exclu\u00adsi\u00adve\u00adly on the nail of the hea\u00adven\u00adly Father. Our dance fol\u00adlows the music of God alo\u00adne. This free\u00addom, this peace, this sere\u00adni\u00adty, this free\u00addom from worry, this decisi\u00adve\u00adness is rea\u00addy for you here and now. Through faith in Jesus Christ and a sin\u00adgle-min\u00added eye on the hea\u00adven\u00adly Father, all this is yours!
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\nPos\u00adsi\u00adble ques\u00adti\u00adons for the small groups
\nRead Bible text: Matthew 6:19\u201324<\/p>\n
\n\tHow do you ulti\u00adm\u00adate\u00adly secu\u00adre your life? What role does Mam\u00admon play in this? Do you agree with the the\u00adsis that we Swiss are in gre\u00adat dan\u00adger of thro\u00adwing our\u00adsel\u00adves into the arms of Mammon?
\n\tHow can we expe\u00adri\u00adence libe\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon and reo\u00adri\u00aden\u00adta\u00adti\u00adon? Why does Jesus offer the Pray\u00ader of the Unfa\u00adther as a solution?
\n\tWhat do the two car\u00addi\u00adnal vir\u00adtu\u00ades of sere\u00adni\u00adty and determination\/commitment mean? Are the\u00adse vir\u00adtu\u00ades in balan\u00adce for you? What hap\u00adpens when one of them predominates?
\n\tPray\u00ader is the key to meta\u00admor\u00adpho\u00adsis into the model of Jesus Christ. What role does pray\u00ader play in your life? In the small group?<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"