Life under Heaven

In our often-shortsighted perspective, we are constantly tempted to live by the values of this world. Today, R.C. Sproul calls Christians to live by a higher standard in service to God.

How would you sum up the difference between life under the sun and life under heaven? We are much more conscious of the visible world under the sun. And life under heaven seems at times remote and foreign as the impulses of the moment press against us and seduce us to accept the values of this world, or else we will not be “with it.” But to be “with it” with the world is to be “out of it” with God. And I would rather be “with it” under heaven than to be “with it” under the sun.