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NASB | Proverbs 3:13 ¶ How blessed is the man who finds wisdom And the man who gains understanding. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Proverbs 3:13 ¶ Happy [blessed, considered fortunate, to be admired] is the man who finds [skillful and godly] wisdom, And the man who gains understanding and insight [learning from God's word and life's experiences], |
Subject: Is civil disobedience OK when... |
Bible Note: Aw Steve you open such interesting thoughts. I see these two phrases being antagonistic of each other. The first, “Once again, I'll flirt with what some folks will consider blasphemy - I don't find the Bible to be a very practical guide to life.” and the other, “The Bible and Holy Spirit help me to abide by Paul's admonition: "Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is – his good, pleasing and perfect will." (Romans 12:2)” In third paragraph you ask is it a sin to drive a SUV, send a daughter to secular college, eat a pricey restaurant, be middle class etc? The answer to these is no unless your doing it to conform to the patterns of this world. As a society we have left the things we own, where we educate our children, where and what we eat and our social status become the defining factor of what we are. Things like honesty, integrity, love, peacefulness, gentleness, faithfulness, compassion, patience, and such while looked upon as nice to have just aren’t used to define us. That is the problem, when a society stops building character and tries to legislate morality it soon declines. Character will not and does not tolerate racism, laws may drive it into the shadows but without character being present, it still exists. What did Rosa Parks and Dr. King do? They awakened our conscience showing us our lack of character. However instead of developing character we tried to fix it by legislating what is right. I submit the problem is still there just driven into the shadows. Activism did not solve the problem, the problem can only be solved by spiritual renewal. What brings spiritual renewal? Lip service? No! What brings spiritual renewal and the building of character is prayer! Prayer will also reveal our intent behind owning an SUV, sending our daughter to secular college, eating as pricey restaurants, being middle class. As a father of two daughters is beseech you my brother make sure where ever your daughter goes she is not exposed to the dangers of coed dorms. :-) EdB |