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Sunday, June 6, 2010

1 Juan 5:3 1 John 5:3


Domingo 6 de junio
Esto es lo que el amor de Dios significa: que observemos sus mandamientos; y, sin embargo, sus mandamientos no son gravosos (1 Juan 5:3).
Hoy día, la idea de someterse a la autoridad de otra persona no goza de popularidad. No es raro escuchar a alguien decir: “Yo soy muy independiente, a mí nadie me dice lo que tengo que hacer”. Pero ¿de verdad son tan independientes quienes tienen esa actitud? No. La mayoría simplemente se deja llevar por lo que hacen los demás y se “amold[an] a este sistema de cosas” (Rom. 12:2). Lejos de ser independientes, son, en palabras del apóstol Pedro, “esclavos de la corrupción” (2 Ped. 2:19). Andan “conforme al sistema de cosas de este mundo, conforme al gobernante de la autoridad del aire”, es decir, Satanás (Efe. 2:2). Es lamentable que en una época en la que tanto se necesita recibir guía, la mayoría de la gente sea reacia a aceptarla.

Sunday, June 6
This is what the love of God means, that we observe his commandments; and yet his commandments are not burdensome.—1 John 5:3.
“Authority” is not a popular word today. Many would consider distasteful the idea of submitting to the will of another person. “No one tells me what to do” expresses the attitude of those who claim to be nonconformists. Yet, are these people truly independent? Hardly! Most merely conform to the standards of countless others who are “fashioned after this system of things.” (Rom. 12:2) Far from being independent, they are “slaves of corruption,” to use the words of the Christian apostle Peter. (2 Pet. 2:19) They walk “according to the system of things of this world, according to the ruler of the authority of the air,” Satan the Devil. (Eph. 2:2) It is tragic that at a time when humans so sorely need guidance, most are less inclined than ever to accept it

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