Dietrich
Bonhoeffer, the German pastor and theologian, was murdered by the Gestapo near
the end of World War II because he spoke against Hitler and the war. Bonhoeffer
wrote about the "cost of discipleship" and "cheap grace."
He gave his life for his values and for what he knew was God’s will for himself.
He could have been rescued by friends
in Germany, England, and America, but he refused. It would have been impossible
for him to have returned to the church and been a creditable leader if he had betrayed
his values. Bonhoeffer chose costly grace and forfeited his life because he
could not live by contradictory values and behaviors.
A
businessman related that he had several sexual liaisons when he was out of the
country and feared he had contacted AIDS. This man had created two worlds for
himself which required two sets of values. God's word encourages us to be
single-minded, to have the mind of Christ Jesus, for he gives us God's grace, costly
grace.
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