Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your
feet, you also should wash one another's feet. John 13:14
The
Lordship of Jesus is not quite forgotten among Christians, but it has been
relegated to our hymn book, where all responsibility toward it may be
comfortably discharged in a glow of pleasant religious emotion. The idea that
the Man Christ Jesus has absolute and final authority over all its members in
every detail of their lives is simply not accepted as true by the rank and file
of evangelical Christians. To avoid the necessity of either obeying or
rejecting the plain instruction of our Lord in the New Testament, we take
refuge in a liberal interpretation of them. We find ways to avoid the sharp
point of obedience, comfort carnality and make the words of Christ of none
effect. And the essence of it all is that "Christ simply could not have
meant what He said." Dare we admit that His teachings are accepted even
theoretically only after they have been weakened by "interpretation"?
Dare we confess that even in our public worship, the influence of the Lord is
very small? We sing of Him and preach about Him, but He must not interfere!
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