Posted by
ValiantForTruth on Monday, September 07, 2009 6:11:28 AM
‘The public sector -- government -- was just a sandbox for Senator Kennedy to play in to seek personal power and glory.’ –Star Parker
Re: http://townhall.com/columnists/StarParker/2009/09/07/our_tragedy_of_the_commons
No doubt that senator Kennedy was seeking the approval of men, and modern liberalism thrives on class warfare and perpetual dependency making it the easiest way to salve a conscience and justify the use of public funds.
The senator may also have been working his way to heaven. Like all men under the covenant of works, he kept a ledger of his sins on one side and what he perceived as his good works on the other. The thinking is that if my works out weigh my sins, then that is my ticket to heaven. After all God is merciful; He will overlook my sins in the face of all my works.
This is the broad way that leads to death, and those that teach it are storing up wrath against the day of wrath.
The halls of political power and religiosity have forsaken the good news of grace and the forgiveness of sins in exchange for a social gospel that contradicts the words of Christ and denies His power to build His church and clothe her with His righteousness…
“Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness…” [Matthew 6]
The social justice movement seeks a kingdom of this world built on civil rights where righteousness is defined as fairness. This is a poor substitute for the real thing. Rather than transforming men from slaves of sin to slaves of righteousness, it is content to make them more comfortable in their sin.