How much tolerance should we have? How much should we allow Satan to lead people into Hell? Should we give people a sugar-coated gospel and tolerate sinful behavior as long as the sinful person just keeps it to himself and doesn’t hurt anybody and we all live in peace? Should we not even speak out against the evil in the world so as not to offend?
Jesus came to destroy the works of the devil. (I John 3:8) He came not to bring peace, but a sword. (Matthew 10:34) How can you have an attitude of tolerance when there is a battle to be fought with spiritual weapons? (Ephesians 6:12) We are to use these weapons to demolish strongholds of Satan, not just hope that they will come down on their own. (II Corinthians 10:4) Jesus overturned the tables of the moneychangers and called them thieves. (Matthew 21:12, 13) He called the Pharisees and the teachers of the law children of the devil (John 8:44) and a brood of vipers (Matthew 3:7, 12:34, 23:33). He said that they travel great distances to make a single convert and then make them twice as much a child of the devil as they were. (Matthew 23:15) Maybe Jesus could have benefited from taking a course on human relations. Not!
“Arise, O Lord; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.” Psalm 3:7
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