Tuesday, July 05, 2005
And to go with the politics, a little on hope
By the formal object of hope we understand the motive or motives which lead us to entertain a confident expectation of a happy issue to our efforts in the matter of eternal salvation notwithstanding the difficulties which beset our path.
It seems to me that the key point here is that hope isn't something that you place in some sort of social system, but in salvation. Everyone has, I think, a tendency to place their hope in the false messiahs of political figures, thinking that it's really important that so and so does this or that. After all,
Eph:6:12: For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood; but against principalities and powers, against the rulers of the world of this darkness, against the spirits of wickedness in the high places. (DRV)
Prayer, the conversion of hearts, that seems much more important to me.
It seems to me that the key point here is that hope isn't something that you place in some sort of social system, but in salvation. Everyone has, I think, a tendency to place their hope in the false messiahs of political figures, thinking that it's really important that so and so does this or that. After all,
Eph:6:12: For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood; but against principalities and powers, against the rulers of the world of this darkness, against the spirits of wickedness in the high places. (DRV)
Prayer, the conversion of hearts, that seems much more important to me.
