[BobCNY]

I am really tired of hearing the Bishops or religious always invoke the "change the world" comment. The world is NOT our home, although we are saved by Jesus we still struggle and are fallen in nature. How could a fallen creature change the world to be a paradise because this is what they are truly saying with this type of comment.

The world will only be changed at the Second Coming of Christ and only through the Hand of God will it be done, NOT the hand of man who with pride and arrogance assumes they can.

This does not mean I do not believe we can make the world a better place (as we have seen through the actions of many Saints like St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta), but we will NOT be able to transform it.

[GirlShortstop]

BUMP for later read.

Hi Bob!

[Convert from ECUSA]

I hear you! I wonder if somewhere along the line the focus has become more and more earthly centered instead of heavenly centered. The ECUSA, where I came from a year ago, is riddled with this "change the world" earthly centered mindset, to the very serious detriment of its stand on heavenly things - look at the infamous "vote" of the majority of ECUSA "bishops" in August 2003 as one example. Yes, like Mother Teresa and the saints in history, we can work to make world a better place, but "changing the world" in the sense of the article is something we who redeemed, still struggling daily to overcome sin and temptation, cannot do. You are correct, only by the Second Coming of Christ and through the Hand of God will the world truly be changed.