Don't Pay Attention To Stories
by Pastor Cornelius R. Stam
“Neither give heed to fables…” (1 Timothy 1:4)
As the present-day English reader comes upon the
word “fables” in the Authorized Version, he is apt to think of Aesop’s Fables,
but these were illustrations, while the original word muthois means simply
stories, including stories of imagined incidents or events.
There are two types of stories that have exerted an
amazing influence upon twentieth century Christendom. One is the novel, the
other the promotional story. In considering the above passage, this writer
examined the contents of the popular Christian periodicals coming to his desk
and was astonished to find how many of them were largely filled with fiction
and with stories written to promote projects or viewpoints. The Apostle says
about such stories that they raise questions but do not answer them, for
stories really prove nothing. This is also true of many Christian films.
Many Christian novels have indeed exerted a savory
influence upon their readers — when they have been founded upon Scriptural
truths and principles. Obviously, however, an author can make his novel “prove”
exactly what he wishes to prove, for the novel involves us in a world of
make-believe. Thus a novel can be dangerous to Christian faith and practice.
The promotional story holds, perhaps, an even more
prominent place in our popular Christian magazines. No one can object to
factual reports of what God has wrought, but too many of these stories are
nothing more than promotional efforts. Many of these “success stories” are so
successful that thoughtful readers question their validity and are apt to lay
them aside without even finishing them. Less discerning readers, however, are
often deeply moved by them.
We are well aware that our objections are not
popular, but we are not trying to be popular; we are trying to help sincere
Christians find their way back, step by step, to renewed spiritual power. This
power has been too long frittered away by substituting the will of man for the
Word of God.
How God Saves Men
Believing Christ DIED, that’s HISTORY.
Believing Christ DIED for YOU SINS and Rose again that’s SALVATION.
Read Romans 1:16, Romans 10:9-10 and 1. Corinthians 15:1-4
Believing Christ DIED, that’s HISTORY.
Believing Christ DIED for YOU SINS and Rose again that’s SALVATION.
Read Romans 1:16, Romans 10:9-10 and 1. Corinthians 15:1-4
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