The World's Operation vs. Our Own, Part 2 (TMF:2105)

Friday, June 02, 2023
Peace to Live By: The World's Operation vs. Our Own, Part 2 (TMF:2105) - Daniel Litton
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       Yes, I would say the main channel by which the world operates is off of working hard to achieve what one wants. Psychologists commonly call this the ‘Protestant Work Ethic’ or ‘Protestant Ethic Virtues.’ The problem is that even though this is the way that a lot of our society is set up, and even though a lot of people follow this path of working hard, it’s not the way God works. It’s being a friend of the world’s self-righteous system. The higher we are on the levels of consciousness, the higher God’s power flows in our lives, and good things naturally occur. Life flows with ease and comfort. As I stated at the beginning of our study, this is because we are no longer going against the current of the river but with the current. God’s grace toward us depends on how we view him. Certainly, there are all kinds of ‘external’ ways we can be a friend of the world and then find ourselves an enemy of God. We can have bad thoughts toward our brothers or sisters, be angry with them, be jealous of them, compare ourselves incessantly with them on Facebook.