I have a friend who, when talking about the state of the world, ALWAYS ends up at “well, maybe Christ will return soon and put an end to it.” My gut feeling is that is the easy way out. I believe the Lord would expect us to do our best to overcome evil. He wants us to be victorious. It would be easy for our Creator to just scrap it and start over (or not), but that would be letting Satan win. It must be shown that God’s creation is ultimately mightier than Satan.
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“I have a friend who, when talking about the state of the world, ALWAYS ends up at “well, maybe Christ will return soon and put an end to it.” My gut feeling is that is the easy way out.”
Well, Jesus did tell us he would return soon and put an end to it, and taught us to pray for that (”thy Kingdom come, on earth as it is in heaven”). Are you complaining that you would like God to make things harder for you instead?
“I believe the Lord would expect us to do our best to overcome evil. He wants us to be victorious.”
We are nothing outside of Christ. Any victory we would have would only be through him any way. The true victory for us, though, is to be reconciled to God, not to crush some external enemy on His behalf.
“It would be easy for our Creator to just scrap it and start over (or not), but that would be letting Satan win. It must be shown that God’s creation is ultimately mightier than Satan.”
Everything is easy for the Creator, and the Creator doesn’t have to show anyone anything. He is sovereign. He’s already told us what He will do. Take Him at His word and just trust in His plan.