Bible Snack #68

They are of the world. Therefore they speak as of the world, and the world hears them (1 John 4:5).
 
There is such an enormous gulf between the world and the Kingdom of God, which is the spiritual world. That gulf is not noticeable to the physical eye; it can only be seen by the spiritual eye. The people in the world have only their reason to live by, whereas people who are right now citizens of heaven, due to their new birth in Christ, have God the Father hovering over them to meet their every need with His riches in glory by Christ Jesus. They have the Holy Spirit giving them counsel and direction, helping them make sound decisions that will benefit them, now and/or later. They have Jesus Christ making intercession for them after having given His blood and His body to redeem them—to pay for their sins, and their sicknesses—as well as giving them Agape love, or the God kind of life.
 
Whatever you do, don’t listen to the world. They will give you bad advice; even what the great sages have to say will never work, unless of course they belong to Jesus.  For instance, the Bible instructs us to pray for our leaders, our presidents, heads of state, etc. However, to listen to the world, who speak constantly about politics, they would eat our leaders for lunch if they could find a restaurant that would serve up human flesh! The only way God can break through to these heads of state is if we pray. Prayer gives God permission to operate in the earthly realm. So if we want changes made in our governments, we’d better get on our knees and pray, and not rip our leaders to shreds with our words. Words work:  good and bad.