It is a fearful thing to fall
into the hands of the living God. Hebrews 10:31
The present refusal of so many religious
teachers to accept the doctrine of the wrath of God is part of a larger pattern
of unbelief that begins with doubt concerning the veracity of the Christian
Scriptures.
Let a man question the inspiration of the
Scriptures and a curious, even monstrous, inversion takes place: thereafter he
judges the Word instead of letting the Word judge him; he determines what the
Word should teach instead of permitting it to determine what he should believe;
he edits, amends, strikes out, adds at his pleasure; but always he sits above
the Word and makes it amenable to him instead of kneeling before God and
becoming amenable to the Word!
The tender-minded interpreter who seeks to
shield God from the implications of His own Word is engaged in an officious
effort that cannot but be completely wasted.
Why such a man still clings to the tattered
relics of religion it is hard to say. The manly thing would be to walk out on
the Christian faith and put it behind him along with other outgrown toys and
discredited beliefs of childhood, but this he rarely does. He kills the tree
but still hovers pensively about the orchard hoping for fruit that never comes!
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