A.W. TOZER
"Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever!" 1 John 2:15,17
Any appeal to the public in the name of Christ that rises no higher than an invitation to tranquillity must be recognized as mere humanism with a few words of Jesus thrown in to make it appear Christian.
Christ calls men to carry a cross;
we call them to have fun in His name.
Christ calls them to forsake the world;
we assure them that if they but accept Jesus, the world is their playground.
Christ calls them to suffer;
we call them to enjoy all the bourgeois comforts modern civilization affords.
Christ calls them to holiness;
we call them to a cheap and tawdry happiness.
We can afford to suffer now; we'll have a long eternity to enjoy ourselves. And our enjoyment will be valid and pure, for it will come in the right way at the right time.
Any appeal to the public in the name of Christ that rises no higher than an invitation to tranquillity must be recognized as mere humanism with a few words of Jesus thrown in to make it appear Christian.
Christ calls men to carry a cross;
we call them to have fun in His name.
Christ calls them to forsake the world;
we assure them that if they but accept Jesus, the world is their playground.
Christ calls them to suffer;
we call them to enjoy all the bourgeois comforts modern civilization affords.
Christ calls them to holiness;
we call them to a cheap and tawdry happiness.
We can afford to suffer now; we'll have a long eternity to enjoy ourselves. And our enjoyment will be valid and pure, for it will come in the right way at the right time.
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