It is the wisdom of the world to think that money and wealth prove much of anything at all. The truth of the matter is that we cannot know what God has in mind by how He exercises His sovereignty. There are those who work very hard and never become rich. Conversely, there are some who seem to acquire great wealth with mediocre talent and far less investment than those they surpass.
Read MoreThose who have warned us about the kinds of people who seek for power knew what they were talking about. We ought to have listened to them more carefully and if we did not before, we most definitely should start listening now. It may already be to late to heed their calls seriously. But either way, we should not be at all shocked when we see the extent to which those who would have power are willing to go.
Christian, never allow your lack of ability to relate give rise to an inability or unwillingness to see.
Read MoreMany Christians in our modern day either fail to see or refuse to believe the statements the Bible makes about the eternal state of God’s chosen people, concluding instead that it is the children of God’s responsibility to win the world, issue in the kingdom and set the stage for the return of Christ.
If the Great Commission includes an implicit directive to fix the world, then political notions of utopia fit in rather nicely.
But the Bible points us in another direction: one of present allegiance to a heavenly kingdom and of future hope in God’s rebuilding of the world.
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