According to Jesus in John 8:32 it is the truth that shall make you free. Tolerance has its place but many believe tolerance means that you no longer state when something is wrong or immoral and that is simply not true.
Can you really help someone by not being truthful to them regarding a practice or lifestyle that they are leading that is dangerous?
No, of course not yet the church today plays around with liberal concepts and even questions the authority of the Word of God in many aspects, while the world outside our doors is running all out into sin.
The truth can be painful at times yet when embraced, those wounds will lead to a permanent healing.
William Butler Yeats wrote in his poem, "The Second Coming," "The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity."
That is an accurate summary of the times in which we are living today: the worst have their passionate intensity, while the best lack all conviction, it should be the other way around, right?
So, when will we wake up?
When are we going to get out there and get the gospel to the world in truth? The world is chasing after wickedness like never before.
It is amazing how some people who believe in wicked, vile things will dedicate their entire lives to the promotion of those concepts. Meanwhile, there are so many Christians who know the Bible more than adequately, but won't even lift a finger to get the message of Christ out to someone who lives right next to them.
What is it going to take? We need to wake up to the urgency of the hour.A survey among evangelical Christians revealed that 95 percent of those polled had never led another person to Christ.
Yet Jesus gave us His marching orders. He said, "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you . . . " (Matthew 28:19-20).
This is an order from our commander-in-chief, and it isn't merely addressed to pastors or missionaries. It's addressed to every man or woman who names the name of Christ.
Be tolerant as you speak the Truth, compelled by Love.
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