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The Spirit of the World Versus the Spirit of God

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Oct 15, 1908

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 85, No. 42.

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The Spirit of the World Versus the Spirit of God

By S. H. CARNAHAN

S. H. CARNAHAN
It is interesting to notice some of the words which show the spirit of the world in its working in contrast with those that indicate Christ’s methods of doing.
In the schools of to-day it is cram; in business it is push; in political and social circles it is compete for advantage or supremacy. The multitudes on the streets crowd. It is all hurry, and the idea is enforce, compel, in short, rule or ruin.
Some say it is only competition. Satan strove to compete with the God of heaven—even to setting up a kingdom of his own. And this as well as the ways of the world is on the rush to destruction.
The Lord’s ways are the opposite of this. He took six days to make the world and the things that are therein, and rested the seventh day. His work will stand through all eternity. His methods are not to drive and force; but to attract, draw, lead. Christ says, “No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him.” It is the goodness of God that leadeth to repentance.
Greed, love of money, of fame, or of fortune now drive men mad, and incite them to do desperate things.
The apostle Paul by inspiration of God says, “This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.” It is the spirit of the world that is making these times perilous, and it is only the Spirit of God that can enable us to pass through such times unscathed.
San Cristobal, Cuba.