06/05/2025

There is only a stark polarisation between St Stephen and the leaders of the Temple.  With Jesus there is always only a "yes or no". There is no possibility of negotiation with the Love of God which wants all of us to be saved. 

God does listen to our pleadings for Mercy as he did to Abraham. We have to show that we are completely sincere and really do recognise our own guilt. God never lies. He has always revealed his being and he himself has chosen that we the apex of the material life which he has created should be free to accept or reject him as Our Father.

The Life, Death and Resurrection of the Incarnation  can become the "Jesus event" and thus the subject matter of Theology, Philosophy, Meditation. Billions of words have been written and thus enlightened or confused those who read them.

The same Life, Death and Resurrection is the only source of the Mercy which we can refuse to acknowledge or strive to understand as God's final revelation. The being IAMFATHERSONHOLYSPIRIT is impossible for us to comprehend but we can try to understand how the Scriptures are our guide through the dilemmas which confront us in this world.

We, however, have to make the choice for ourselves. We either stand with Stephen and behold the kingdom that is not of this world or with the Priests and "grind our teeth at him". We cannot try to keep a foot in each camp, however, for to do that  splits us into two. neither half of which constitutes a person who can accept the grace to know, love and serve which flows out as Jesus dies on the cross.

There is nothing "yes or no" about the Crucifixion. It is God's "yes" to us and demands the "yes" of each of our total beings in return if we are to become the complete personal being created as image and likeness by IAMFATHERSONHOLYSPIRIT.