http://faithforfaith.org/2009/08/27/awake-american-christian-behold-your-god/ Dedicated to the Righteousness that comes from God alone Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:14:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://faithforfaith.org/2009/08/27/awake-american-christian-behold-your-god/comment-page-1/#comment-500 FaithforFaith.org » The Problem with Christians Having Nice Things Thu, 10 Sep 2009 03:53:34 +0000 http://faithforfaith.org/?p=2408#comment-500 [...] And yet, the greatness of our Inheritance is not without a witness. As I wrote elsewhere: It is for this reason that the prosperous father of our Faith, Abraham, lived in tents rather than in a palace, for his hope was vested in the City whose designer and builder is God (cf. Heb. 11:10). It is for this reason that the faithful Macedonians forsook what little material goods they possessed and gave to the aid of the saints out of their poverty in an abundance of Joy (cf. 2Cor. 8:1-7). And it is for this reason that our Lord Jesus Christ forsook his rights as God and humbled himself to such an extent that he was born in innkeeper’s barn, labored as a carpenter, lived as a homeless man, preached the truth of God so that all despised him, and endured the shame and the agony of the Cross. All these lived thus because of the Promised Joy that was set before them–a joy to which no riches or sufferings in this world can compare (cf. Rm. 8:18)(Source [...] [...] And yet, the greatness of our Inheritance is not without a witness. As I wrote elsewhere: It is for this reason that the prosperous father of our Faith, Abraham, lived in tents rather than in a palace, for his hope was vested in the City whose designer and builder is God (cf. Heb. 11:10). It is for this reason that the faithful Macedonians forsook what little material goods they possessed and gave to the aid of the saints out of their poverty in an abundance of Joy (cf. 2Cor. 8:1-7). And it is for this reason that our Lord Jesus Christ forsook his rights as God and humbled himself to such an extent that he was born in innkeeper’s barn, labored as a carpenter, lived as a homeless man, preached the truth of God so that all despised him, and endured the shame and the agony of the Cross. All these lived thus because of the Promised Joy that was set before them–a joy to which no riches or sufferings in this world can compare (cf. Rm. 8:18)(Source [...]

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