Luke 12:51-53<\/a><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
The fruit of the Gospel is peace. \u00a0But the simple fact is that encounters\u00a0between Zion and Babylon are often accompanied by friction \u2014 and that, unless and until\u00a0one or the other surrenders, this is likely to continue.\u00a0 And Zion won\u2019t surrender.<\/p>\n
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That said, we must do all that we can do, consistent with the principles of the Gospel and the commandments of God, to reduce friction, to proclaim peace, and to act in love.<\/p>\n
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And we have to remember that Babylon isn\u2019t only \u201cout there.\u201d<\/p>\n
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I return to a favorite quotation from Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn\u2019s 1973 Gulag Archipelago<\/em>:<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
We must be sure, in the conflict between Babylon and Zion, and in our effort to build the Kingdom, that there\u2019s no trace of Babylon within us<\/em>.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u00a0 \u00a0 Matthew 10:17-25 Compare Mark 13:9-13; Luke 6:40; 12:11-12; 21:12-19; John 13:16; 14:26; 15:20; 16:2 \u00a0 What is notably absent from the litany of oppression and persecution given in these passages is any promise of this-worldly success. \u00a0There\u2019s nothing along the lines of \u201cJust hold on, and your efforts will be crowned by success! […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1019,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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