It is better to take refuge in the Lord
than to trust in humans.
It is better to take refuge in the Lord
than to trust in humans.
It is better to take refuge in the Lord
than to trust in princes.
(Psalm 118:8-9)
Some people insist that God loves everyone. They’re right,
of course. He does love everyone. They’re also wrong because they think that “loving”
everyone means not judging anyone, accepting everyone and everything about
everyone (except those judgmental Christians. He doesn’t accept them or their
judgmentalism, but everyone else is fine with God.)
We are told that we should trust people to know themselves, and to know for themselves what is best for themselves. Scripture says otherwise. Trusting in humans, or in princes, gets a person in trouble. I know people who trust people, and even more, I know people who trust themselves. I both am and am not one of them. I generally trust that people, including me, will make bad choices if given the opportunity. At the same time, I trust my instincts about things – perhaps too often.
When it comes to morality, it seems to me logical to work on the premise that the way the Creator designed the universe to function is the right way for the universe to function. I grant that Scripture and nature both reveal a brokenness to creation. Things clearly don’t work in the way they optimally should. But where they both show the rightness, and where logic corroborates it, I think what is right is clear. My feelings in the matter, or yours, don’t matter. Peace is submitting to what cannot be changed.
What this boils down to is that it doesn’t matter how I feel about a topic. It doesn’t matter how you feel about a topic. What matters is what God has said in Scripture and in nature about a topic. He designed the universe. He knows better than we do how it functions best.
We are told that we should trust people to know themselves, and to know for themselves what is best for themselves. Scripture says otherwise. Trusting in humans, or in princes, gets a person in trouble. I know people who trust people, and even more, I know people who trust themselves. I both am and am not one of them. I generally trust that people, including me, will make bad choices if given the opportunity. At the same time, I trust my instincts about things – perhaps too often.
When it comes to morality, it seems to me logical to work on the premise that the way the Creator designed the universe to function is the right way for the universe to function. I grant that Scripture and nature both reveal a brokenness to creation. Things clearly don’t work in the way they optimally should. But where they both show the rightness, and where logic corroborates it, I think what is right is clear. My feelings in the matter, or yours, don’t matter. Peace is submitting to what cannot be changed.
What this boils down to is that it doesn’t matter how I feel about a topic. It doesn’t matter how you feel about a topic. What matters is what God has said in Scripture and in nature about a topic. He designed the universe. He knows better than we do how it functions best.
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