Sunday, January 12, 2014

The Problem

The problem is not immorality, social injustice and poverty, saltless salt, an abnegation of our responsibilities to the Creation, materialism, evil corporations, conviction-less power-hungry leadership, hatred and abuse, conscienceless violence or anything else you want to add to the list. They are all just symptoms of the real disease--the real problem: man has a wicked heart. And all the good intentions in the world cannot change one heart. Hearts must be changed by the power of God. Only faith in Christ can make a man a new creation--begin the transformation process in a human heart. And the foolishness God uses to bring a man to Christ is the teaching of His Word. Do you really care about those symptoms above? Then share the foolishness of the Gospel with those around you. And those whom the Spirit transforms will join you in treating the symptoms of man's wicked heart--beginning with their own. It is only to the degree that God's Word becomes active in His new creations--starting with me--that evil can be defeated in any culture in any tangible, lasting way.

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