CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY APRIL 29, 2020
EACH NIGHT BEFORE GOING TO BED I READ FROM THAT DAY’S CALENDAR PROVIDED BY THE BILLY GRAHAM ORGANIZATION. MONDAY’S WAS SO PROFOUND I WANTED TO SHARE IT WITH YOU:
“IN A SOCIETY OF UNREDEEMED PEOPLE, DEMOCRACY IS THE ONLY FAIR AND EQUITABLE SYSTEM. BUT NO DEMOCRACY CAN EVER BE BETTER THAN THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE IT UP. WHEN CITIZENS ARE SEFLISHLY MOTIVATED, THE GOVERNMENT WILL BE THE SAME. WHEN EVERYONE WANTS HIS OWN WAY, SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET HURT. BUT IN GOD’S KINGDOM, CHRIST IS KING. HE IS COMPASSIONATE, FAIR, MERCIFUL, AND JUST. WHEN HE IS SOVERIGN IN MEN’S HEARTS, ANGUISH TURNS TO PEACE, HATRED IS TRANSFORMED INTO LOVE, AND MISUNDERSTANDING INTO HARMONY. IS CHRIST KING OF YOUR MOTIVES AND YOUR ATTITUDES?”
ISN’T THAT MARVELOUS? LISTEN AGAIN: IN A SOCIETY OF UNREDEEMED PEOPLE, DEMOCRACY IS THE ONLY FAIR AND EQUITABLE SYSTEM. BUT NO DEMOCRACY CAN BE BETTER THAN THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE IT UP. THIS IS WHY JESUS MAKES THE DIFFERENCE IN INDIVIDUALS AND NATIONS. IT IS WHY GOD HAS BUILT FUTILITY INTO HIS CREATION, WRITES PAUL, IN HOPE THAT THE CREATION WILL TURN TO HIM. I’M CAL THOMAS.
