Topical Studies
What the Bible says about First Law of the Universe
(From Forerunner Commentary)
Everybody has a natural inclination to avoid suffering and pain, and this is not necessarily wrong. There is a drive within all of us to preserve our lives and to extend them. Self-preservation, it is said, is the first law of the universe, and so we desire to ensure that we do not suffer any pain.
On the other hand, Jesus seems to be counseling us that, somehow, this drive for self-preservation, for self-satisfaction, for comfort, has to be be pushed from the forefront of our lives and into a secondary place.
John W. Ritenbaugh
A Place of Safety? (Part 5)Related Topics: Comfort | Place of Safety | Self Denial | Self Interest | Self Sacrifice | Self Satisfaction
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