Dear Friends of �Dial Daily Bread�:
Just returned from a hurried trip half way across the continent to attend a conference on the "message of Christ's righteousness." Am deeply impressed that amid the turmoil of the modern news, civil society functions as smoothly and safely as it does. Highways are jammed with cars and trucks that almost always obey the rules and travel safely, planes crisscross the skies and meet tight schedules almost perfectly. As Edward Fudge noted recently in his daily devotional message, life for most of
us is very pleasant. And one constantly meets strangers who are courteous and helpful. All that confronts us that is good is related to the gift of the Holy Spirit of God, "sent" to us by Christ and given to the world (John 14:16; 6:33).
But I am also impressed with how few seem to realize the true Source of the happiness and prosperity and security they take for granted. Of ten lepers whom the Lord Jesus healed, only one came back to tell Him "Thank you!" (Luke 17:12ff). Every civil and economic benefit we enjoy is as surely a miraculous handout from Christ as was that healing from leprosy to those "ten." Is mankind in general today as ungrateful as they were? For sure, many are unaware of what they owe and to whom they owe.
According to Scripture, a tiny minority of people in the world who understand the truth are saving their fellows from disaster as surely as that tiny handful in ancient Sodom and Gomorrah who truly reverenced the Lord saved their cities. (When the angels hurried that remnant out of the doomed cities, the fire fell--an illustration of what goes on now behind the scenes.) The world owes those few thanks. But the time must come when that gracious Holy Spirit has to be withdrawn; then what? The
"time of trouble" and "the seven last plagues" (16:1-17). Let's be thoughtful and appreciative--NOW.
Be sure to check your e-mail for "Dial Daily Bread" again tomorrow.
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