Saturday, December 13, 2014

Utopian Society?

There is an unspoken view in the Church, that a true Church is meant to be a Utopian Society. Nothing should disturb the gentle surface of the waters. Yes, God's elect will always be growing in glory by the Spirit (2 Cor 3:18), and that gives one hope and optimism for ministry always. Nothing stops the Lord, who has promised by His grace both to create and shape His people. However, there will always be "awkward sheep", and there will be the goats. Jesus, Paul, Peter, and others all tempered the notion of a so-called Utopian Society by speaking of wolves, bad leaven, false prophets, and so on -- and of spiritual warfare and demonic attack. One needs to fully reckon with the same.

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