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
Les Feldick Ministries
30706 W. Lona Valley Rd.
Kinta, OK 74552
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