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STANDING FOR THE TRUTH (II)
LORD’S DAY, MARCH 29
2 Corinthians 13:8
Jude 3
 
“For we can do nothing against
the truth, but for the truth.”
 
STANDING FOR THE TRUTH (II)
 
Paul was a man whose conscience was bound by the truth. Thus, his ministry was also one of truth in contrast with those of his accusers who engaged in falsehood and slanders.
 
This same spirit was also found in the reformer Martin Luther. When asked to deny his writings and teachings on the truth of the Holy Scriptures in the Diet of Worms, he replied: “Unless I am convinced by the testimony of the Scriptures or by clear reason (for I do not trust either in the pope or in councils alone, since it is well known that they have often erred and contradicted themselves), I am bound by the Scriptures I have quoted and my conscience is captive to the Word of God. I cannot and will not recant anything, since it is neither safe nor right to go against conscience. May God help me. Amen.” This, indeed, is another man who “can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.” Alas, the spirit found in many a church today is that of compromise. Situational ethics is applied whereby truth can be disregarded if it is thought to be disadvantageous. Thus, churches become weak and powerless in their testimony for Christ.
 
As we approach the end of the last days, there will be a great falling away (apostasia, 2 Thess 2:3). There will be a proliferation of false teachers, false prophets and false doctrines. Iniquity will abound and the love of many will also grow cold (Matt 24:12). We see this in the world today where many false movements abound: Modernism (a denial of the fundamentals of the Christian faith), Neo-evangelicalism (a spirit of compromise and denial of biblical separation), Charismatism (a promotion of experience as the arbiter of truth) and Ecumenism (the coming together to form a one-world religion). In such a climate, are you ready to stand in the line of Paul and the reformers to earnestly contend for the faith (Jude 3)?
 
For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.
 
THOUGHT: Christians must not practise situational ethics.
PRAYER: Father, grant me holy courage to hold on to the truth.

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