In Summary:
The question isn’t: will we face adversity? We shall. “Yet man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward” Job 5:7. Israel lived in safety, prosperity and pleasure under Moses by obeying God. Christ’s people live in spiritual transport, however wickedly life afflicts them; in routine symmetry, however confusing and disorderly society becomes; in perfect peace, however nerve-wracking circumstances become. The question isn’t, can mortals without faith in God heroically rise above negative experiences? They can,
The question isn’t: can we have a successful life without God? We can, for the same reason as above. The question isn’t: can we by refusing to accept failure as final, find a way past bad times to good? We can, for the same reason as above. The question IS: will our success in rising above adversity without God prepare us to face God; to be so honorable that God makes a place for us based on our effort to morally win back all that our humanity loses by sin: to survive death to live again? In short, The question IS: can any effort we make to survive in this world
Absolute NOT in either case! For it’s only by Christ’s Grace that his forgiven people inherit God’s favor, whatever their sins. Read Romans 8:28-39 and Revelation 3:21-22 for God’s promise how we can overcome the world…and we’ll find it has nothing to do with our effort but ALL with the Christ, his suffering and his victory over death! Fini
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