Every Life is Valuable
Dear Champions,
The short excerpt is by Tim Keller, and the scripture is Psalm 53:1 The fool says in his heart, "There is no God."
A secular person is one that is saying that as far as he knows this world is an accident, and we are the accidental collocation of molecules. If he thinks out the implications of this, then he is saying that there is no reason for attributing to a man a significance different from that which belongs to a baboon or to a grain of sand. Nothing has any purpose, and everything is an accident. There is no right and wrong, but just power.
They say, "Yes, I agree that as far as I know this world is an accident, but I know that people are valuable. I also know that injustice is wrong, and I know that there is a right and a wrong. Violence is wrong, and people are valuable. I just know it."
These people are getting their peace by refusing to think out the implications of their own view. Right and wrong means that there is a design and that there is a reason for things, and you have to conform to it. The Bible says is that this world was created by a God who wanted our friendship and even though we've turned away from Him, He has come down in the form of His Son to get us back.
If you believe that, think of how valuable every human life is.
Champions, have a great week!-David Vining
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