Divine Endorsement of the Fool’s Errand

By John Smith

One element of faith is trust that God's guidance will result in the best life possible for everyone. Attempts to replace God with a secular source of moral guidance haven't worked because faith is required to stay on the path even when it seems to put us at a disadvantage, and even when it seems obvious that we'll never have universal cooperation. God's call to action is love, and this requires a lot of effort. It's natural that we would seek to work smarter, not harder. However, whenever we question the purpose of our existence, the answer will be love. We should acknowledge that God is the root cause of love and trust that if we stay on His path, everyone will benefit.

• Language: English
• Publisher: John Smith
• Release date: Feb 10, 2022
• ISBN: 9781005725112

John Smith

John was born in Norwich, Norfolk from a merchant family. He made his first dives among the wrecks on the east coast of the North Sea. For few years he worked on British oil rigs and then moved to Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt where he worked as an underwater guide. After he moved to Thailand and then to the Philippines. He now lives in Florida where he is a diver and writes novels. His articles on diving and marine biology have been published in many magazines

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Divine Endorsement of the Fool’s Errand

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Table of Contents

Love as the Call to Action

Paternalism

Imperfect Circumstances

Idol Worship

Abuse of Power

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Love as the Call to Action

For every religion, there's a call to action coupled with a reason for believing and complying. Although there was an emphasis on discipline and obedience in earlier times, the most recent call to action issued to Christians is to love one another. We believe and comply because it's easy to see that the guidance is for our own good. We serve God by loving each other because love builds up an orderly kingdom. Love, forgiveness and peace represent order, whereas selfishness, escalation and conflict represent disorder. Hosea writes I desired mercy, and not sacrifice, and Christ completes this message with the commandment to love each other. However, we can't simply serve others and ignore God. We might consider a scenario where a group of people are living under the assumption that their lives are