Hope of the Godly Person
The comfort in these things, which will be explained in later chapters is this: If you genuinely desire to do the will of God and you are ashamed of sin (even if at times you lapse into it) then you are to be saved. If you were raised in tyranny and taught evil but wish to learn the love of God for no other reason than he commanded it and believe his warnings, then you are a child of God and can be saved by God’s Son. The difference is as clear as the difference between Jacob and Esau. Just as certain animals cannot understand the nature of man, those born of the devil cannot understand love or mercy or repentance. Even when they try to understand the secrets of God they fail in doing so because they lack the master …show more content…
Unfortunately for most the matters of truth are needlessly hidden from people beneath a veil of worldly religion. The traditions of man have obscured these things which even the ancients understood better than us. The judgment is not a time to be feared by those who are God 's children, but rather hoped for. Even still, it may be possible to entering into God 's rest now. The matter is simply one of belief and obedience to your True Father.
One thing I would state that people of our generation have wrong concerning what they call “the last days” is that God is not concerned so much with the politics of our generations (after all, how many generations from Christ had naively misapplied prophesies to their own interests?). God did not give his Son for the governments of our world or the denominations which call themselves churches. He gave his firstborn as a ransom for us, you and I. The beauty of existing in the image of God – even in our current state – is far greater than any government or worldly idea that existed up until now. With this in mind we must always remember that the creator is much greater than the creation, and he pays no mind to the creation of his creations – that is, the strange things of this world that were not a part of the original
The comfort in these things, which will be explained in later chapters is this: If you genuinely desire to do the will of God and you are ashamed of sin (even if at times you lapse into it) then you are to be saved. If you were raised in tyranny and taught evil but wish to learn the love of God for no other reason than he commanded it and believe his warnings, then you are a child of God and can be saved by God’s Son. The difference is as clear as the difference between Jacob and Esau. Just as certain animals cannot understand the nature of man, those born of the devil cannot understand love or mercy or repentance. Even when they try to understand the secrets of God they fail in doing so because they lack the master …show more content…
Unfortunately for most the matters of truth are needlessly hidden from people beneath a veil of worldly religion. The traditions of man have obscured these things which even the ancients understood better than us. The judgment is not a time to be feared by those who are God 's children, but rather hoped for. Even still, it may be possible to entering into God 's rest now. The matter is simply one of belief and obedience to your True Father.
One thing I would state that people of our generation have wrong concerning what they call “the last days” is that God is not concerned so much with the politics of our generations (after all, how many generations from Christ had naively misapplied prophesies to their own interests?). God did not give his Son for the governments of our world or the denominations which call themselves churches. He gave his firstborn as a ransom for us, you and I. The beauty of existing in the image of God – even in our current state – is far greater than any government or worldly idea that existed up until now. With this in mind we must always remember that the creator is much greater than the creation, and he pays no mind to the creation of his creations – that is, the strange things of this world that were not a part of the original