And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come. (Matthew 24:14 ESV)
Victory
Is the glass half empty? Or is the glass half full? Popular philosophers assign the label of pessimist to the half empty glass folk, and call the half full glass folk optimists.
But they miss the point.
Today, looking at American church attendance, declining ethics, and common messages of hopelessness, we might conclude that Christ’s Kingdom is declining. We look at those numbers and we begin to despair.
But Jesus promises something different. He says here that His kingdom will expand, the church will grow, the faithful increase, and things actually get better and better!
Perhaps it helps to learn that while American society seems to be declining, Christianity throughout the world is not. For instance, the number of Bibles printed continues to rise each year. The number of non-Christians who know one or more Christians increases each year. World-wide growth of Christianity far outweighs the decline in America.
Look wider, and see the victory of Christ’s Kingdom.
We are peculiar, Christ gives victory.