There is a great danger in putting our trust in the preacher. No man can help us. Our confidence must be in Jesus alone. We are told we will receive persecution in this life but we expect it to come from those who hate Jesus and all He stands for. It is a shock when it comes from a fellow christian, one who is supposed to be tending the flock and not mistreating them. Always Christians tend to idolize those who teach them but we are not meat to do this, only Jesus is the one we should worship. You may say you respect your minister, but be careful that this is not really worship.
I have written in previous posts about disasters. In the case of Concorde, decisions by people, plus other factors were directly to blame for the event. In the case of the Penlee disaster it may have been avoided if someone had made a better choice in the time beforehand and as a consequence brave men and the ship's crew and the captain and his family died. 9/11 was certainly the result of wicked men committing a terrorist act, but even in this there was heroism notably by another Cornish man, Rick Rescorla who helped many to safety and left it too late to help himself. In situations like this we see what the human spirit is capable of both good and evil. What of disasters that come on people because of the earth restless movement of tectonic plates. Often people live near volcanoes because the land is rich and fertile and they have the chance of a better life there when the volcano is resting. We cannot blame them for that but sometimes people become complacent...
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