One metaphor Jesus used to compare our life connection with him is a branch connected to a vine. This may sound pantheistic to some people -- a person’s life residing in the life of God, or a person’s life being part of God. This is not Jesus’ view at all.
A person is separate from God. A person and God have an “otherness” in relation to each other. The connection is more similar to a device plugged into a wall socket receiving energy and “life” based on that connection.
So if the connection is not physical or ontological, what is it?
A person is separate from God. A person and God have an “otherness” in relation to each other. The connection is more similar to a device plugged into a wall socket receiving energy and “life” based on that connection.
So if the connection is not physical or ontological, what is it?
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