Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—2 Timothy 3:10-15
by: Andrew J. Camenga.
Sociologists and economists speak of an income gap in American society. Those who have accumulate more, and those who don't have disperse even what they have. Some see this gap as a significant harbinger of trouble. They think the growing gap is caused by our system. In an effort to call attention to the trend, they have used the slogan, "The rich get richer and the poor get poorer."
Paul almost says, "The bad get badder and the good get gooder." Yet, he does not indicate that this is a natural phenomenon. In fact, he suggests that without work, both the good and the bad will head in the same direction-away from God.