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by Sandy Shaw
What a horrendous mess man gets into when he turns away from, and rejects, God’s ways, as revealed in the Word of God.
Nowhere is this more clearly seen in these present days than on the political, economic, and financial front in this crucial area of debt.
One might wonder if anyone in Italy has a Bible, and if so, does anyone read it, and pay attention to its light, guidance, and direction?
Much of the Scripture was written either in Greece or to Greece, but its teaching has been deliberately neglected and ignored, involving suffering for millions of people.
Even in Kenya these were prominent news items.
Our own nation has thought that borrowing money could solve and resolve economic and social issues. Not so, and we have been known as ‘the land of the Book’. Alas, that is no longer true.
At this time of the year, in particular, there is the temptation to buy and buy and incur debt. Some are even saying they will splurge out, and spend, and face the consequences in 2012. That would be most unwise.
Each year around November comes that reminder to write something which might warn people regarding the danger of getting into debt.
God teaches us to owe no man anything except love.
God’s people are told to lend but not borrow, because the wicked borrow and do not repay. Some realise that they cannot repay, and that is painful and humiliating.
Nations, as well as individuals, are discovering the truth that the rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender, and the lender can impose severe restricting conditions.
It costs to follow what Jesus Christ teaches, but it costs immeasurably more to reject what God has revealed.
Sandy Shaw
Nairn Christian Fellowship
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Sandy has a weekly radio talk which can be heard via the Internet on Saturday at 11:40am, New Orleans time, at wsho.com.
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