Free gospel grace leads to free men; freed men lead to prosperity; prosperity if unattended, leads to ingratitude, decadence, decline, and the budding of a pure remnant off the cancerous rot. This is the pattern noted by those suspicious of the postmillennial belief – Christians will always reach a critical mass where the prosperity of godly living gets too big for its britches and declines. But here we reach a paradox: God wants to bless his people with good things, and good things lead to the temptation to ingratitude, and ingratitude grows amnesiac. The options seem clear. 1) Accept the critical mass as a law of spiritual physics, and be spurious of abundance, believing Christianity can only get “so big” before we betray God with ingratitude and greed. 2) Accept the abundance and practice being thankful and generous amid prosperity. The tree that doesn’t hoarde its fruit never that fails to build forests.
Running Thoughts #16
Thought Butter 