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COMING: LACK OF INTEREST IN; CHRISTIANS: OTHER-WORLDLY; WORLD: CONTENTMENT WITH

It is safe to say that the pleasurable anticipation of the better things to come has almost died out in the church of Christ. It is a great temptation to take the shallow view that we do not need any heaven promised for tomorrow because we are so well situated here and now.

This is the emphasis of our day: “We don’t need to hope—we have it now!”

But the modern emphasis is wretched and it is wrong. When we do talk about the future we talk about eschatology instead of heaven. When I find any Christian who can live and work and serve here and snuggle down into the world like your hand fits into an old and familiar glove, I worry about him. I must wonder if he has ever truly been born again.

Brethren, we are still living in a wicked and adulterous generation and I must confess that the Christians I meet who really amount to something for the Saviour are very much out of key and out of tune with their generation.

Matthew 6:19–21; Hebrews 11:13–16; 1 Peter 1:3–5

I Call It Heresy!, 37.