Boldness Today
by
Pastor Cornelius R. Stam
Some
may suppose that it would require little boldness today to proclaim grace in
all its purity. Who is ever persecuted now, at least in free, enlightened
lands, for preaching God’s grace? Ah, but do not be deceived. Satan was no less
active in his opposition to the truth when Constantine exalted the professing
Church to prominence than when his predecessors persecuted the Church and sent
its members to death by fire and sword. Indeed, the devil was doubtless more
successful in Constantine’s day than he had been when persecution raged.
Does
any believer in the Word of God suppose that Satan has relented in his
opposition to the truth today, just because men, at least in this land, are not
burned at the stake or thrown to the lions? Do not be misled. Satan’s enmity
against God and against His Word continues undiminished. His hatred of “the
gospel of the grace of God,” is as bitter, and his opposition to it as
determined as it ever was. But well does he know that the constant
discouragements connected with being in the minority often succeed in silencing
those who would stand against physical persecution.
Today
Satan uses the new evangelicalism with its highly- organized, highly-financed
campaigns — and its woeful lack of doctrinal and dispensational teaching of the
Word — to neutralize the saints. Multitudes are attracted to these
neo-evangelical extravaganzas, at which the participants are for the most part
performers, and those who stand for the truth often feel very small as compared
to the vast unthinking majority. But let us never forget that God uses “things
that are not” to accomplish His work (See I Corinthians 1: 26-29).
Let
us, who know and love the truth, then, determine by God’s grace that nothing
shall make us unfaithful to our glorious commission; that, whatever the cost,
we shall faithfully and boldly proclaim to others the unadulterated gospel of
the grace of God, “the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation
The Key to Understanding the
Scriptures
Paul M. Sadler
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