Romans 10: 1 Brothers, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for them
is that they may be saved. 2 For I bear them witness that they have a
zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. 3 For, being ignorant of
the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own, they did
not submit to God’s righteousness. 4 For Christ is the end of the law
for righteousness to everyone who believes.
In reading through his commentary on these verses, Dr. James
Montgomery Boice used a number of illustrations, one of which
particularly caught my attention:
“…
a platoon of American soldiers is captured by soldiers from the north
during the Vietnam War and put in a prisoner of war camp. The American
soldiers have no money and have to barter for whatever one soldier has
and another soldier wants, which is not a very satisfactory arrangement.
But one day a CARE package arrives, and in it is a game of Monopoly.
The soldiers are delighted, not because of the game but because of the
money. They divide it up, each man getting an equal number of white,
pink, green, blue, beige, and gold bills (except for the sergeant, who
gets an extra $500). Now, whenever one soldier has an extra cigarette
and a second soldier wants it, the first can sell it to him for $100, or
whatever. The money is very useful. Keep Reading >>>
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