Tuesday, January 12, 2021

"into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ" - Pious Weak Men vs. Worldly Strong Men


Mt. Fuji


Pious Weak Men vs. Worldly Strong Men

It is said that weakness of the God is stronger than human strength.

A faithful man would be lost in any worldly competition against worldly strong men, but eventually it would be revealed that the real winner is the faithful man.

Men with human strength, physical strength, intellectual strength, financial strength, etc. would surely win in this world.  But in the course of life along with the time and history, such a man would lose his advantage and his assets.  None can be a champion forever.  But, a faithful, honest, and righteous man would be appreciated eventually as time goes by and situations change.

It is because the God created this human world based on the principle of love.  And love will not allow a man to defeat others for any material benefits.  Therefore a man with faith and love cannot become a winner in any competition.

So, for a faithful man to be rich, he cannot be allowed to use his human strength, physical strength, intellectual strength, etc.  In this context, he has to be a weak man.  But eventually, he will become a winner as other men who have relied on their human strength would sooner or later lose their merits and advantage as time goes by.  Only a man who relies on God's love should survive over countless ordeals along with time.

So, followers of Christ Jesus must look weak in the worldly sense.  They have no physical strength, intellectual strength, financial advantage, and social merits but have only faith in Christ Jesus and the God.  

No excellent men even with various merits and strengths cannot completely cope with countless situations and changes of phenomena.  But faithful men can be helped by Christ Jesus who could handle every change of conditions in this world.

It is as if worldly strong men had the numbers above a million, a billion, or a trillion but faithful men have only index numbers such as 10, 100, or 1000.  But if Christ Jesus gave a base number, such as 10, for the index numbers those faithful men have, their numbers would be 10 to the Xth power, such as 10^10, 10^100, 10^1000, etc., which would easily surpass a million, a billion, or a trillion.

In this context, those who are weak following the God and Christ Jesus, with only the number of 10, 100, or 1000, are stronger that worldly strong men with the big number of a million, a billion, or a trillion, since the God or Christ Jesus would provide the base number to these faithful men having index numbers.

In this context, pious weak men are stronger than worldly strong men.            

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2 Peter 1  King James Version
11 For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
12 Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth.
13 Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance;
14 Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me.