2 John 1:10-11 If there come any to you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed:… The man who comes to undermine men's faith in Christ is on an evil errand. His work is an "evil work." Let no false motives of courtesy or toleration lead you to give any assistance or encouragement to such. Let not your tolerance to men have for its other side indifference to Christ. A tremendous responsibility rests upon us to-day. Christ is the sole remaining hope of the world. For the sake of our own souls, and all the souls around us, and for all that are coming to be born into this world, let us be faithful. , said Dr. Duncan, would have stood a bad chance in an examination by John Owen; but he was a famous man to burn. He was offered his life if he would just say, "Caesar is Lord," and fling a few grains of incense on the altar. No; life at that price was too dear. He could not afford to live at such a cost. Would he swear, then? Revile Christ by a word? No. "Eighty and six years," said the old man, "have I served Him, and He hath done me no wrong. How, then, can I speak evil of my King?" And then they put him in the fire. He was but a simple, commonplace, pious old man. But he burned well. He has left no system of theology. That was his theology — to burn for Christ, to be faithful unto death. God give us to be equally faithful under different and less arduous circumstances, that at the last we too may "receive the crown of life." (J. M. Gibbon.) Parallel Verses KJV: If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed: |
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