"Living sacrifice" (established by Abraham, continuing in Job, fulfilled in Jesus Christ and emphasized by apostle Paul) is for me a life-attitude originating in relationship with God. The importance and depth of personal self-sacrifice was highlighted by F. M. Dostojevskij. He transformed it into various characters in his novels, which understandably depicted the theme of selfless life in all the complexity of current culture. According to my opinion, selfless existence is a result of God´s wor in a human being. It is a life recast and transformed by the Word of God. A man can only open himself (and decide) to live like a ?living sacrifice?. The beginning of this role consists in unconditional adhering to God, although He can even appear to be a person´s adversary (like in the case of Abraham and Job). ?Living sacrifice? existence is not a gesture to ?bribe? God, or to dazzle crowds. It is a self-sacrifice originating in faith, that ? both in results and secrecy, manifests itself as a creative and life-enhancing selflessness, referring to God and overcoming evil.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:54535 |
| Date | January 2011 |
| Creators | DVOŘÁK, Josef |
| Source Sets | Czech ETDs |
| Language | Czech |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
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