I was just talking about the false idea that God expects us to become self-sufficient. In reality, Jesus says to "take no thought for the morrow". We work, yes, because we were made to work, and so that, as Paul says, we can give to those in need. But we were never told to work in order to no longer have any needs.
“In the face of no god or a false god, there is, in the end, only the self.
“George Wilson’s illusion — the illusion that faith and tradition will save us — is just as false as Jay Gatsby’s illusion that he can create himself. Failing to realize that both of these are merely substitutes for the true, living God will see all hell break loose. “
I was just talking about the false idea that God expects us to become self-sufficient. In reality, Jesus says to "take no thought for the morrow". We work, yes, because we were made to work, and so that, as Paul says, we can give to those in need. But we were never told to work in order to no longer have any needs.
If it weren’t too late, I would quote you in my new book in the chapter on work! Amen!
“In the face of no god or a false god, there is, in the end, only the self.
“George Wilson’s illusion — the illusion that faith and tradition will save us — is just as false as Jay Gatsby’s illusion that he can create himself. Failing to realize that both of these are merely substitutes for the true, living God will see all hell break loose. “
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