Thy Will Be Done

“It is one of the great ironies of these modern times in which we live that Christians can pray ‘They will be done on earth as it is in heaven’ and not actually mean anything by it. Indeed, it is a stunning paradox that we can live as if such a prayer could not be answered. Even worse, we can live as if such a prayer should not be answered."

“Thomas Chalmers, the great nineteenth-century pastor, reformer, and educator, asserted that ‘pessimism about the real, palpable, and demonstrable transforming power of the Gospel in history ultimately engenders doubt in the whole of the culture. It is a doubt that has its naissance in over-spiritualizing the church but that has its renaissance in under-spiritualizing the society."

“Thus, if we Christians have come to believe—contrary to all our creeds, confessions, and prayers—that the will of God is irrelevant to our culture, is it any wonder then that our culture has accepted that proposition with all the zeal of new converts? Is it possible that our recalcitrance has led to their irreverence; that our passivity has led to their lasciviousness; that our subjective approach to obedience has led to their objective approach to disobedience; that our pessimism has led to their atheism?”

These lines come from one of the great Full Bible preachers of our time, Dr. George Grant.

If you find these insights stir something in your heart, come by and visit the Old Town Church. You will find a gathering of people doing something about the problem. Manassas has a full Bible Church.

Visit the Reformed Presbyterian Church on the Internet. Listen to Pastor Elliott right now: 2007-11-21 PM Think Victory.mp3.