James Hamilton, Scottish Presbyterian minster, comments on Ecclesiastes 4:3. The world is full of injustice and cruelty. We’d be tempted to praise the dead if we could see all that God does.
We see each other’s causes as injustices, and vice versa.
How can you see how your opponents would view some things that you support as part of the world’s “scenes of injustice and cruelty”?
David James Burrell, Reformed Dutch pastor, talks of money in light of Cain. A coin that shrivels your soul upon touching is one gotten by sharp bargaining against the needs of another person.
Today, would we instead celebrate the sharp dealer? Would we instead warn about the “shriveling of souls” to the person who would criticize “wealth creators” (see Lausanne’s recent statement).
How can you practice honesty and charity in transactions?
Greg Johnson