1 Corinthians 11:32 KJV
But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.
I focus this morning on those words, "...condemned with the world."
This world is a condemned place. It has been judged with the sin of Adam. It has been deteriorating ever since. It is running out of energy, water, air, trees, and farmland. More and more men have to inject this world with man-made chemicals to keep it able to bring up the crops and protein sources we need to survive.
This world is condemned with thorns on the roses.
This world is condemned with violence on the most basic of levels; men are not the only creature on this planet that kills for the pleasure of it.
On the human level, this world is equally condemned.
One out of every one hundred Americans has spent time in jail
Islam and other non-Christian groups seem to be on the rise
America is obsessed with the occult and cult themes
Immorality is the norm rather than the exception
And God's Word says that He has condemned this planet and all that belongs to it to the fire.
Why would anyone want to befriend this world?
So we should count it a great joy when God promises us that "...when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world." God mercifully uses judgment and chastening to separate us from this world and the condemnation it faces.
But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.
I focus this morning on those words, "...condemned with the world."
This world is a condemned place. It has been judged with the sin of Adam. It has been deteriorating ever since. It is running out of energy, water, air, trees, and farmland. More and more men have to inject this world with man-made chemicals to keep it able to bring up the crops and protein sources we need to survive.
This world is condemned with thorns on the roses.
This world is condemned with violence on the most basic of levels; men are not the only creature on this planet that kills for the pleasure of it.
On the human level, this world is equally condemned.
One out of every one hundred Americans has spent time in jail
Islam and other non-Christian groups seem to be on the rise
America is obsessed with the occult and cult themes
Immorality is the norm rather than the exception
And God's Word says that He has condemned this planet and all that belongs to it to the fire.
Why would anyone want to befriend this world?
So we should count it a great joy when God promises us that "...when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world." God mercifully uses judgment and chastening to separate us from this world and the condemnation it faces.
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