WRONG CHOICES MAY IMPERIL OUR FREEDOM
“Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus” (2 TIMOTHY 2:1)
There is always danger that a free nation may imperil its freedom by a series of small choices destructive of that freedom.
In the realm of religion right choices are even more critically important!
The casual indifference with which millions of Protestants view their God-blessed religious liberty is ominous. Being let go, they go on weekends to the lakes and mountains and beaches to play shuffleboard, fish and sunbathe. They go where their heart is and come back to the praying company only when the bad weather drives them in. Let this continue long enough and evangelical Protestantism will be ripe for a takeover by Rome!
The Christian gospel is a message of freedom through grace and we must stand fast in the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free. But what shall we do with our freedom?
I think it might be well for us to check our spiritual condition occasionally by the simple test of compatibility. When we are free to go, where do we go? In what company do we feel most at home? Where do our thoughts turn when they are free to turn where they will? When the pressure of work or business or school has temporarily lifted and we are able to think of what we will instead of what we must, what do we think of then?
Are we willing to face up to the answers to these questions, which may tell us more than we can comfortably accept?
- W. Tozer
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