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Oct
12

No Man Can Serve Two Masters

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“Why is it that we see men willing to sacrifice property, the comforts of home, the sweets of the domestic and family relationship, undergo privations and sorrows, suffer hunger, and cold, and nakedness, and want for long and weary years, and freely give up life itself at the bidding of earthly rulers and for the sake of corrupt and perishing human kingdoms, while so few are willing to undergo the slightest inconvenience or suffer the least self-denial for the heavenly and eternal kingdom?

Why is it that we even see men who profess to be members of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ, wiling to suffer the loss of all things, property, children, and their own life’s blood for the earthly kingdom, yet are unwilling to spend a very small portion of time or money for the Kingdom and cause of God. Why is it?”

David Lipscomb, Gospel Advocate 1866.

Norman Horn

Norman is the founder and editor of LibertarianChristians.com. He holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin and a Master of Arts in Theological Studies from the Austin Graduate School of Theology.

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  • Anonymous

    And this is why a Christian should, instead of having a political worldview, have a worldview that is firmly and absolutely against politics altogether.

  • http://theendtimeshoax.blogspot.com/ Steven and Debra

    We think the question Lipscomb asked is just a relevant today as it was in 1866.

    The answer to the question, in our view, is determinant upon which of two basic views of religion or spirituality one embraces. If one holds to the view that they are human beings having a spiritual experience (the institutional model), on this earth, they are predominantly flesh oriented. If one holds to the view that they are spiritual beings having a human experience (the kingdom of God model), on this earth, they are predominantly spirit oriented.

    It is this basic orientation, either to the flesh or to the spirit, that determines where we spend our energies.

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