Space-Filling Thoughts

  Last Sunday, William reminded us that this world is like a building on fire.  It’s not something to love; it is something to flee. I would like to begin this morning by modifying that metaphor just a bit.  Think of this world as a condemned building.  There are indications in the structure itself that it is a dangerous place to live.  There are also signs that have been put up telling you that the building is condemned and that on an appointed day charges will be set, and the entire structure will be destroyed and collapse as it is blown up.  That hasn’t happened yet, but the signs are everywhere that it will happen.  So wouldn’t it be strange to see a family with a moving van showing up and starting to unload their belongings and to take them into the building?  Wouldn’t you think that is not only strange but really crazy and dangerous? When Lot and his wife and two daughters left Sodom and Gomorrah, God hadn’t started raining fire down upon those cities yet.  I wonder if this is on