Sincere Goodness (6 of 9)
Series: Fruit of the Spirit
Stephen Whitney
Mark 6:17-20
Raoul Wallenberg was a Swedish humanitarian who worked in Budapest, Hungary during Word War II to rescue Jews from the Holocaust. Between July and December 1944, he issued protective passports and housed Jews, saving tens of thousands of lives.
One night he invited Adolf Eichman, the man who planned the deportation of the Jews to ghettos and then extermination camps,
to dinner. The two men were on opposite sides of the Nazi beliefs. Wallenberg talked with Eichman about the Nazi movement and the war. He brilliantly picked apart the Nazi doctrine and told him of
their coming total defeat.
Finally, Eichman said to him. ‘‘I admit that you are right. I never believed in Nazism, as such, but it has given me power and wealth.
I know that this pleasant life of mine will soon be over. My planes will no more bring me women and wine from Paris or delicacies from the Orient.
My horses, my dogs, my luxurious quarters her in Budapest will soon be taken over by the Russians and I myself will be shot on the spot. For there will be no escape, but if I obey my orders from Berlin and exercise my power harshly enough I may prolong my
respite for some time.’’
That is living just for the moment without caring about the future.
I will hold on to my position and power no matter what it takes,
even though that means hurting others to get what I want out.
Some people live like the bumper sticker which says:
Evil, Wicked, Mean and Nasty
Galatians 5:19-20 gives us a list of the evil things which people
do to indulge their sinful nature. The acts of the sinful nature are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; idolatry, and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealously, fits of rage, selfish
ambition, dissensions, factions, and envy.
The fruit of the Spirit goodness is the most general of the fruits.
Goodness - Gk. upright heart and life which lives by God’s law.
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Series: Fruit of the Spirit
Stephen Whitney
Mark 6:17-20
Raoul Wallenberg was a Swedish humanitarian who worked in Budapest, Hungary during Word War II to rescue Jews from the Holocaust. Between July and December 1944, he issued protective passports and housed Jews, saving tens of thousands of lives.
One night he invited Adolf Eichman, the man who planned the deportation of the Jews to ghettos and then extermination camps,
to dinner. The two men were on opposite sides of the Nazi beliefs. Wallenberg talked with Eichman about the Nazi movement and the war. He brilliantly picked apart the Nazi doctrine and told him of
their coming total defeat.
Finally, Eichman said to him. ‘‘I admit that you are right. I never believed in Nazism, as such, but it has given me power and wealth.
I know that this pleasant life of mine will soon be over. My planes will no more bring me women and wine from Paris or delicacies from the Orient.
My horses, my dogs, my luxurious quarters her in Budapest will soon be taken over by the Russians and I myself will be shot on the spot. For there will be no escape, but if I obey my orders from Berlin and exercise my power harshly enough I may prolong my
respite for some time.’’
That is living just for the moment without caring about the future.
I will hold on to my position and power no matter what it takes,
even though that means hurting others to get what I want out.
Some people live like the bumper sticker which says:
Evil, Wicked, Mean and Nasty
Galatians 5:19-20 gives us a list of the evil things which people
do to indulge their sinful nature. The acts of the sinful nature are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; idolatry, and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealously, fits of rage, selfish
ambition, dissensions, factions, and envy.
The fruit of the Spirit goodness is the most general of the fruits.
Goodness - Gk. upright heart and life which lives by God’s law.
...
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