I do not believe man can make a just good society. His advancement has been in technology and knowledge. The Gospel message in not to change the world but to receive Christ in our life and prepare for eternal life.
To me we have very little advancement. I will vote and fight greed by universal Christian ideals but in no way do I believe that we can over come the devil in this dispensation. The reality is we are heading toward war. “If those days were not shortened no flesh would be saved.” Matt 28: 21
My Christian humanism is certainly an embrace of personalism and a belief in free will but it is not a projection of idealism that overlaps politically into a totally free society, because of Christianity causing us to work for justice. God will bring eschatological change not movements of men inspired by Christianity. With that being said we still must try to help people, Gandhi said “people who are religious and know nothing of politics know nothing of religion”. I like this! I believe helping people is important on all levels. The balance is the key. I need to put the ever-lasting kingdom of God first, while doing good while I am here.
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