Opening The Box From The Wrong End

Delivered by Pastor Brad Smith 9/05/25.

The human race greatly needs simple instructions. When we open a 'do it yourself' box (our life choices), we need to open it the right way up and look for the instructions... humanity tends to do the opposite.

People make the mistake of believing that God is the cause wars and many afflictions that have sprung up through human history. That is not the case. It is humanity who rejects and defies God and change all creative principles that work and bring blessing. God has given us the freedom to make our own choices, but with that freedom comes the consequences.

God tells us that we have a purpose and a way to fulfil it. All that we call human history -- money, poverty, ambition, war, crime, murder, lies, prostitution, cultures, classes, empires, slavery -- is the long and terrible story of man trying to find something, other than God, which will make him happy.

As failings pile up and things get worse, people lash out at one another and need someone to blame... even though they made their own choices. The need to blame everyone else, is the name of the game today. Everyone wants freedom, but nobody want to be accountable. The opposite to what God offers.

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