"Engines of
death continually grind out the thoughts of Satan against professing believers
of truth.
We have the truth
at a cheap rate now; but how soon the market may rise we do not know. Truth is
not always available at the same price. We must buy it at any cost but sell it
on no terms.
There has always
been, and always will be to the end of the world, a spirit of persecution in
wicked hearts. And even as Satan researched Job before he laid his hands on
him, persecution is working now in the spirits of the ungodly. Engines of death
continually grind out the thoughts of Satan against professing believers of
truth. They already know exactly what they will do if power and opportunity are
provided for them to carry out their sinister desires.
Satan comes first
with a spirit of error and then of persecution; he poisons men's minds with
error and then fills their hearts with anger against believers. It is impossible
for error to bring any kind of peace; it is a brat of hell that must favor its
father. Whatever comes from below can be neither pure nor peaceable. God has
let this sulfurous spirit of error remain but He has given us a girdle of truth
for protection.
But not everyone
who applauds truth will follow it when it leads him to prison. And not everyone
who preaches it is willing to suffer for it. Arguments are harmless things--
blunt weapons which bring no blood. But when we suffer we are called to fight
with the enemies of truth. And this requires more than a sharp tongue and
logical brain. Where will disputers be then? They will appear like cowardly
soldiers, who, in basic training when no enemy was in sight, seemed to be as
brave as decorated heroes. To be on truth's side then meant only recognition
and reward, not danger and death. But God has chosen the foolish to confound
the wise in this service-- the humble Christian, by his faith, patience, and
love for truth-- to shame men of high standing and no grace.
Quoted material from, ”The Christian in Complete
Armour Daily Readings in Spiritual Warfare” by Gurnall and James S Bell.
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