Wise words from John in 1 John 2:26-27, NLT. The promise of eternal life is for us all as we follow Jesus. Keep your faith in Him.
“I am writing these things to warn you about those who want to lead you astray. But you have received the Holy Spirit, and he lives within you, so you don’t need anyone to teach you what is true. For the Spirit teaches you everything you need to know, and what he teaches is true—it is not a lie. So just as he has taught you, remain in fellowship with Christ.”
There was an interesting article in the Weekend Australian last Saturday, July 2nd, that speaks about the state of our nation and its views on Christianity. Thanks Julia for pointing this out to us. “Restoring faith in our national heritage” was written by Paul Kelly, Editor at Large. Here are 3 quotes. Can we pray for revival as is hinted in the first quote.
“Taking the wider view, Christianity was unchallenged a century ago with 96 percent of the people identifying as Christian in 1911 – but in recent decades the decline has been steady with the figure in 2011 being 61 per cent (and 43.9 last year). There is a generational factor at work with Christianity distinctly weaker among millennials. But caution is needed. The long historical view suggests the great religions possess immense recuperative power and Christianity has an underestimated institutional influence in Australia with the potential for revival.”
“The backdrop to the demise of Christian religion in the census is no surprise. Every moral axiom on which our shared culture rested is dismantled, disputed or lost – we cannot agree on freedom of speech, on how we should live, on how we should die, on how children should be raised, on what is a woman, on what is a man, on the meaning of marriage, on what our schools should teach, on our nation’s history, on the limits of privacy, on whether religion should be allowed in the public square and, ultimately, on what is virtue.”
“In his study of the origins of the political order Fukuyama said: “The rule of law in Europe was rooted in Christianity.” It was church law that initially broke down tribal norms by recognising the claims of the soul. This was the revolutionary event. It reveals the universalism of the Christian concept while also revealing its focus on the individual – as distinct from tribe or clan. Christianity asserted the fundamental relationship was between the individual and God.”