Why do you think among today’s believers there is so much emphasis on this present evil world, and not that one which is to come? Why all the hullabaloo about here rather than here-after? Why the concern with the nasty-now-and-now, to the neglect of the sweet-by-and-by? We who name the name of Christ should realize our next major stop is Heaven. This present world, as we know it, is headed for a baptism of fire, only to leave all the things we cherish and cling to in ashes.
Here are some reasons that anchor us to this present evil world: exposure to science, falsely called, with its atheistic influence and bias; emphasis on the material in our secular culture; erroneous teaching of Eastern religions with the New Age philosophy; and being engulfed in social and political issues. As a tragic consequence of these, the Church has paid a dear price, substituting the Here for the Here-after.
As the song goes, “This world is not my home; I’m only passing through.” We are sojourners, not permanent residents. There is a whole New Earth coming. The best we can do with this present condemned one is to put a temporary band-aid on it. Dr. J.H. Jowett wrote: “I discovered that no man works less eagerly for the slums because now and then he has a vision of the city of God.”
“Pleasure, profit, preferment are the worldling’s trinity.” (John Trapp-Puritan)
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