Sorrowful System
“ Most assuredly, I say to you that you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice; and you will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into joy .” John 16:20 NKJV In human governance and economy, everyone understands the difference between an unstable or developing system and a fully developed system. It is always preferable for anyone to have a sorrowful state in a stable system than enjoying a sweet state in a stumbling system. Likewise in God’s economy, the world system is a stumbling system; but the redeemed of the Lord are encouraged to accommodate its sorrowful state for the joy of their translations into a stable system. When Jesus told the sorrowful disciples “ Most assuredly….your sorrow will be turned into joy ”, He accommodates our sorrowful state in His stable system. Unfortunately, believers are often tempted to play along the stumbling system of the world with the card of dishonesty and deception in order to escape persecution and diverse unfavo...