5/11/2015: Humankind’s Mission on Earth 2
S: 10:38pm – 11:25pm
This afternoon, I went to HOP
(House of Peace or House of Prayer) from Ignite Movement Church. Today’s short sermon at my home fellowship coincidentally
applies to this topic of humankind’s mission on earth. I would like to add a second installment.
On the
Fourth of July, America celebrates one of its most famous holidays. It celebrates its independence from Great Britain
with great fanfare. However, no nation
nor person is truly independent.
The spirit
of independence in a person is contradictory to God’s plan for us. By choosing to be independent, we declare to
God that we are in control and not God; that we know better than God. This spirit originates from Satan. Why did Satan rebel? Because he wanted independence rather than
dependence on God and he swayed a third of the angels with him. When we are independent, we are no different
than Satan.
Man is a
dependent being. He needs food, air,
water, and so forth. By nature, he is
not independent. Rather, God provides
for humanity. Everything must be asked
from God. We need to depend on God because
we are not God.
Ironically,
true freedom is obtained when we are dependent and enslaved to God, for it is
in Christ that we are free (Gal. 5:1). If
we don’t choose God than we will be slaved by Satan, by the world, and by our
flesh. Slavery tends to have a bad
rap. It earned a bad reputation because
the slaves on earth are controlled by human masters, who are prone to sin. However, God is a master that is all-loving
and good.
An example
of a slave (in a good term) is Jesus.
Jesus, when he came down to Earth, was totally dependent on God. He would not do anything his Father had not
done. Jesus depended so much on God that
he knew his life isn’t even his. He is
the biggest slave to God.
So where
does the spirit of independence come from?
It comes from the Garden of Eden, when Adam and Eve chose to eat from
the tree of knowledge. They think they
know better. They think they will be
like God. Before, God provided everything
directly, but now, human beings have to work from the sweat of their brow to
survive. From then on came science, came
technology. They make life easier for
human beings but, in a way, science can be seen as man’s attempt to be like
God. Look at the tower of Babel, it was
an engineering feat. Look at the
castles, the walls, the strongholds, the iron chariots made by man. Mankind try to use technology to be like
God.
However, this is where I am
stuck. I know that science and
technology came after the Fall, i.e. the fall of man. However, many great Christians are scientists,
such as Mendel, Newton, and Copernicus. Thus,
science can be God’s revelation to man.
This is, after all, my Father’s world.
So, it depends on the intention.
If a person chooses to be a scientist because he or she is inspired by
God’s creation, than that is right.
However, if that same person choose the profession to be like God; to
defeat Him, than it is wrong. However,
since humankind is generally evil, these multipliers will do more harm than
good.
The bottom line is this: Life doesn’t
have to be so complicated. If humankind,
if America, were to submit to God, to have total dependence on Him, God will
heal the person and this country.
