PROTECT THE TRUTH

 

PROTECT THE TRUTH

Ezek. 13:1-3 Then this message came to me from the LORD: “Son of man, speak against the false prophets of Israel who are inventing their own prophecies. Tell them to listen to the word of the LORD. This is what the Sovereign LORD says. ˜Destruction is certain for the false prophets who are following their own imaginations and have seen nothing at all!’” NLT

This is a timeless message for all who would be leaders in the Church. There are false preachers, teachers and representatives of Christ everywhere. The Church is full of people who are not telling the truth or are using the truth for their own purposes and gain. It will not bode well for them on Judgment Day. We dare not ignore what they are doing.

Instead of standing up against them, we so often look the other way. We tolerate their teachings or for the sake of unity try to meet on common ground. We tend to talk about them behind their backs, but not to their faces. We need to speak out against them and their teachings. We need to proclaim truth to them that perhaps they may repent. If they don’t heed the Word, perhaps some of those who follow them will.

God declares that destruction is certain for those false teachers. There is no hope for eternal life in Christ for those who are not proclaiming the truthfulness of God’s Word. They follow their own delusional thinking. They will be held responsible for their false teachings.

Let us be diligent protectors of the truth. Let us not grow weary in our proclamation and defense of God’s Word. Let us not turn away from those who are proclaiming untruth and pretend that it doesn’t matter. The very soul of man is at stake! We must be vigilant defenders of the Word of God. There are those who are undermining and seeking to destroy the Word. If we aren’t defending the truth, by our actions we are agreeing with those who say that God and the Word are no longer relevant to us. We will answer to God for it.

How can we say we love the Lord and people when we don’t do what we can to protect and proclaim the Word of God? How can we justify letting people be led into hell by those who are preaching another Gospel? Do we really want to stand before the Lord on Judgment Day knowing that we stood silently by while souls were being led into hell?