Dear Friends of "Dial Daily Bread":
The news is plastered all over the media: the jury has found Ken Lay guilty on all six counts of conspiracy and fraud when he was head of the giant Enron Corporation.
I think I have never read such vilification of anyone in the media. One columnist: “Normally I am a ‘bleeding heart’ when it comes to long prison terms, but an appropriate sentence for the Enron boys might be six trillion years.” I don’t remember anyone has postulated that much even for Osama.
We wouldn’t comment except that our readers will be interested: Ken Lay has been studying our special series of 33 “Glad Tidings Bible Study Guides” and has been writing personal letters of appreciation to one of our Dial Daily Bread readers. (I am glad that this personal contact has been made. Of course I must make clear: Ken Lay’s study of our gospel lessons has been subsequent to the events for which he has been condemned.)
No question, terrific wrong happened in the Enron crimes.
But the question comes up: Is it possible that someone who has been legally condemned for crime can sense a hunger for God’s forgiveness that can lead to salvation in God’s kingdom? All that was stolen must be returned—of course; the amount was “$6 trillion overall,” the editorial says. (But Lay’s sitting in jail six trillion years wouldn’t reimburse those who lost.)
The editorial says there are many “corporate titans and financial con men who got away.” Yes, many such: “Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you!” James 5:1 also refers to “Elijah the prophet” whom the Lord is sending with a message of healing and reconciliation for alienated hearts (cf. vss. 1, 17; Mal. 4:5, 6). If we already see a spectacular case of judgment being executed on the “rich,” can we expect the blessed salvation message from “Elijah” also to come soon?
“Elijah” will “lift up” “Christ and Him crucified” for sinners, clearly and powerfully, beyond anything in all past history (John 12:32, 33; 1 Cor. 2:1-3).
Be sure to check your e-mail for "Dial Daily Bread" again tomorrow.
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