ADVENT AND THE AFFECTION OF GOD (4 OF 5)
by Drew Hunter
Scripture: Hosea 10, Hosea 11
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Advent and the Affection of God (4 of 5)
Series: Hosea: The Holiness and Heart of God
Drew Hunter
Hosea 10-11
William Wilberforce was a member of parliament in Britain in the late 1700s and early 1800s.
He dedicated his life to politics and the world was changed because of him.
At this time in Britain slavery was widespread and the slave trade was in full force. The culture was corrupt in many ways. In his first few years in parliament, he said he didn't accomplish much of anything useful.
?But then he became a Christian. And when he became a Christian, everything changed for him. He dedicated his life to eradicating the slave trade and slavery from Britain. He wrote, ''The grand object of my parliamentary existence... may I be the instrument of stopping such a course of wickedness and cruelty as never before disgraced a Christian country.'' It took decades to happen, and he was ridiculed and mocked along the way. But it happened. Wilberforce's impact on the overall morality of the British culture was widespread.
But here is what is important to note.
Wilberforce wasn't just a man committed to wise politics. He was transformed. When he was 25, he became a Christian and his whole outlook on the world changed.
Cultures can be marked by pride and greed. Materialism and Consumerism are marks of our own culture today as theirs was.
But Wilberforce found the one thing that can truly change a culture. He learned that what changes people are what he called the ''peculiar doctrines'' of Christianity. And he learned that as we embrace the central doctrines of Christianity, our hearts change - our affections change - what we love changes - and this changes our lives and culture.
He said, ''If a principle of true religion (that is his way of referring to changed affections of the heart that come from Christian doctrine)... if a principle of true religion should... gain ground, there is no estimating the effects on public morals, and the cons ...
Series: Hosea: The Holiness and Heart of God
Drew Hunter
Hosea 10-11
William Wilberforce was a member of parliament in Britain in the late 1700s and early 1800s.
He dedicated his life to politics and the world was changed because of him.
At this time in Britain slavery was widespread and the slave trade was in full force. The culture was corrupt in many ways. In his first few years in parliament, he said he didn't accomplish much of anything useful.
?But then he became a Christian. And when he became a Christian, everything changed for him. He dedicated his life to eradicating the slave trade and slavery from Britain. He wrote, ''The grand object of my parliamentary existence... may I be the instrument of stopping such a course of wickedness and cruelty as never before disgraced a Christian country.'' It took decades to happen, and he was ridiculed and mocked along the way. But it happened. Wilberforce's impact on the overall morality of the British culture was widespread.
But here is what is important to note.
Wilberforce wasn't just a man committed to wise politics. He was transformed. When he was 25, he became a Christian and his whole outlook on the world changed.
Cultures can be marked by pride and greed. Materialism and Consumerism are marks of our own culture today as theirs was.
But Wilberforce found the one thing that can truly change a culture. He learned that what changes people are what he called the ''peculiar doctrines'' of Christianity. And he learned that as we embrace the central doctrines of Christianity, our hearts change - our affections change - what we love changes - and this changes our lives and culture.
He said, ''If a principle of true religion (that is his way of referring to changed affections of the heart that come from Christian doctrine)... if a principle of true religion should... gain ground, there is no estimating the effects on public morals, and the cons ...
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