“It
can only be that God begins in a small way at one single place in the
world. There must be a place in the world – visible, tangible –
where the salvation of the world can begin; that is, where the world
becomes what it is supposed to be according to God’s plan.
Beginning at that place, the new thing can spread abroad, but not
through persuasion, not through indoctrination, not through violence.
Everyone must have the opportunity to ‘come and see’. All must
have a chance to behold and test this new thing. Then, if they want
to, they can allow themselves to be drawn into the history of
salvation that God is creating. Only in that way can their freedom be
preserved. What drives them to the new thing cannot be force, not
even moral pressure, but only the fascination of a world that is
changed.” Gerhard Lothenk.
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