"Because of the vitality of religious faith in the world,
efforts to suppress it or control it
only make it stronger."
Tim Keller
The Reason For God p.6
Viking 2008
Keller goes on to explain that, after World War II, Chinese Communists forced Western missionaries to leave. While the Chinese thought Christianity would leave with the missionaries, it had quite the opposite effect.
"This move served to make leadership of the Chinese church
more indigenous and
therefore to strengthen it."
P. 6
I see two things:
1. Successful Missionaries: The people they shared the gospel with had been taught to carry on without them.
2. The Wonder of God: God uses what we think is the worst thing possible and turns it into good.
I'm encouraged,
lonnie
God's Word
"So that your faith might not be in
the wisdom of men, but on the power of God.
1 Corinthians 2:5
Continued, Postscript, Whatever but an AHH HA for me.
3. (Romans 8:28) God DOES cause all thing to work together for good. We may not SEE it. The good may be for someone else.
"Our Shepherd is the One who uses it all for good---our good, the good of others, and for His good purposes."
Jennifer Rothschild
Psslm 23 : The Shepherd With Me p. 183
Lifeway 2018
Continued, Postscript, Whatever but an AHH HA for me.
3. (Romans 8:28) God DOES cause all thing to work together for good. We may not SEE it. The good may be for someone else.
"Our Shepherd is the One who uses it all for good---our good, the good of others, and for His good purposes."
Jennifer Rothschild
Psslm 23 : The Shepherd With Me p. 183
Lifeway 2018
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