How shortsighted and how uncultured, then, are the efforts of believers in Christ when they seek for snatches of worldly culture for themselves by placing themselves, as they think, on common ground with those who are not believers in Christ. How dishonoring to their Christ if they allow that any culture endures unless it be because of the power of his resurrection in the world. If you have been taken out of the miry clay, do you jump back into it because of some glistening objects that you see in it? Do you run back into the house now almost burned to the ground in order to save your silverware? It is only those who are believers in Christ that will inherit the earth and all the fulness thereof. Cornelius Van Til
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If you have been taken out of the miry clay , do you jump back into it because of some glistening objects that you see in it? Do you run back into the house now almost burned to the ground in order to save your silverware? It is only those who are believers in Christ that will inherit the earth and all the fulness thereof. If we were to look at the culture we live in, we would think it is a wonderful place to live. We would think that everyone should be living like our lives are perfect and nothing needs fixing to make things better. But, if we compare our lives to others, we notice that they suffer.

They struggle to make ends meet and often do not have enough food to satisfy their hunger. The rich and famous in our world suffer and struggle just like everyone else in this world. The difference in their suffering is that they can afford to buy themselves comforts and luxuries while the poor struggle just to put food on their family’s table.

Our culture's glistening objects are only found in the pockets of the rich and famous while they cost nothing for others.

Source: Essays On Christian Education

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