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Sovereign Grace
Doctrines
Concerning 'THE GOSPEL' - JESUS CHRIST
DUNGHILLS ARE NOT MADE FOR COMFORT
Ken Wimer, PASTOR
Many who profess to know Christ and believe on Him, spend their time and effort trying to make this world "a better place." They carry the banner of reform and legislation, hoping to make this world a more comfortable place to live. There is no question that we are to be responsible citizens, and lead our lives in a way that glorifies Christ in all things. However, this world will not change, 1 John 5:19. The only thing keeping it from being as evil as it could be is the restraining hand of God, 2 Thess. 2:7. God is not trying to change the world. He has judged it and everything in it because of sin, Romans 8:20. The only reason He has not yet destroyed it is because He has sinners whom He has chosen, and Christ has redeemed, whom He must yet call to Himself, by His Spirit, Rev. 6:10,11.
As believers then, what is to be our attitude and lifestyle? Consider Hannah's prayer to God. "He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory..." 1 Samuel 2:8. Consider carefully the commentary of Philip Mauro on this particular verse. "Let it then be noted that God's purpose, as revealed to Hannah, is not to make the lot of the beggar more comfortable on the dunghill, but to lift him off from it altogether. God might have set Himself the task of improving the world, and ameliorating the unhappy lot of the denizens. But He has purposed something radically different, and those who have apprehended His purpose count themselves as no longer possessing any status in the world, or any affiliations with those who, by choice, have their portion in this life. They reckon themselves as already "partakers of Christ," having died with Him and been raised up together with Him, and as being even now seated together in the heavenlies in Christ. Because He, the Head is there, they, the members of His body, are likewise there, Ephesians 2."
Shreveport Grace Church
P.O. Box 5028
Shreveport, LA 71135
Ken Wimer, Pastor
(318) 869-0860
