Take a stand!

Matthew 5: 11

"Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me.”

Over the course of history, the religious Jews slaughtered the prophets, and then they were systematic in killing Jesus.

Religionists killed off all the Christian reformers, and they also forced men like John Wesley, from the very pulpit he was preaching in.

Make no mistake about it, for the sake of religion, the largest crowds are always wrong.

Throughout history, only a few people were able to see clearly, and the rest were completely blinded.

To stand up for the truth of God’s Word, has been historically unpopular.

To take a stand for righteousness, is always a downright dangerous play.

Today the Christian church does everything in its power to become popular.

Ever since it adapted that trend, the church has been in a steady decline.

For every Noah there has ever been, there have been many more who thought it would never rain.

I’m thinking about that tonight as I write this, as it rains cats and dogs at 10:35pm, 10/13/2014.

                                                                       

Every time the church tries to act like the world, that grieves the Holy Spirit greatly.

Anyone worth his salt who is willing to take a stand for truth, will be insulted and persecuted, mostly by false speaking people.

Most people never ever find out what that’s really like.

Maybe it’s because they’ve never really taken a stand before…