APATHY;
CURRENT CONDITIONS: APATHY

The compelling message of John 3:17 is more than a statement of God’s intention towards the human race, for in actuality it constitutes a “proclamation extraordinary!”…

Why is there a blank kind of indifference and why is there an incredible apathy to such an extraordinary proclamation of God’s best intentions for us?…

Upon our eyes there seems to have fallen a strange dimness.

Within our ears there seems to have fallen a strange dullness.

In our minds there is a stupor, and in our hearts, I am afraid, there is a great callousness.

It is a wonder, and a terrible responsibility, that we should have this message from the heart of God in our possession and be so little stirred up about it!…

Some think that we are spiritual people and that we belong to spiritual churches. In all frankness, I think many would change their minds if they knew how little response there is, how little sensitivity to the Spirit, how little urgency of the heart in spiritual matters.…

I believe that our attitudes must be a great grief to God himself, as He tries to move us to praise and delight and devotion.

John 3:17; Romans 11:33–36; Ephesians 3:20–21; 1 Timothy 1:17

Christ the Eternal Son, 92, 93, 94, 97.