For the professing Church the day of theological controversy has
passed. Ecumenism is now the word on every tongue. Church leaders
appear to have become convinced that the stifling confusion in the
Church can be overcome only by all of us getting together, minimizing
our differences and emphasizing those doctrines on which we all
agree. As a result some of the most important doctrines of Scripture
are neither denied nor affirmed; they are ignored. But little matter,
for the objective now is not to be true to the written Word of God,
but to see to it that the Church is “strong” and commands the
world’s respect.
Ecumenism, sad to say, has made significant inroads among
evangelical believers too. All too seldom do men of God stand up to
defend by the Scriptures the truths they believe and proclaim.
Theological debate has given place to the dialogue, in which two
individuals or groups sit down together to discuss their differences
and see if there is not some basis for agreement. This appears
generous and objective but too often convictions are compromised and
the truth watered down by such undertakings, with the result that the
Spirit’s power is sacrificed for numerical strength.
No man of God can speak in the power of the Spirit when he places
anything before the Word and Will of God. Nor can the Church ever be
truly united and strong unless she puts God’s Word and Will first
and takes her place in the world as Christ’s embassy on alien
territory (See II Cor. 5:20).
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