Greatest fears...

Greatest fears...

I have found an interesting phenomena; no one wants to face their "greatest fear(s)." [Neither did I] But, having been face-to-face with several of mine, I now realize sometimes God allows those fears to come upon us to show us HE has the strength to bring us through even our "greatest fears." Many run from this type of test, but for the called it is essential to pass the "greatest fear" test. It is necessary to believe God is trustworthy in every situation; even in your darkest. There is no test as affective in deepening your trust in God as this one is. Having passed this test you will be ready and willing to be used by God in any situation to give Him glory! Remember they are our fears not God's!!

Job 3:25 "For (A)what I fear comes upon me,
And what I dread befalls me.

Is Christianity Just for the middle class?

...Bible-believing Christians who stand against the liberal theologian when he would say there are no absolutes in the Bible can make the opposite mistake by adding other elements as though they were equally absolute.  in other words, the absolutes of the Word of God can be destroyed in both directions. That is, the liberal theologian can say, "After all, there is no such thing as an absolute, and specifically the Bible does not give absolutes," or the evangelical can reach over into the middle-class standards and say, "These [middle-class] standards are equal to the absolutes of the Word of God." 

Francis A. Schaeffer -- Two Contents; Two Realities 

Francis Schaeffer pulls the cover away from the prosperity message that has been perverted...it's middle class values made absolute! 

Where no oxen are, the trough is clean

Where no oxen are, the trough is clean; But much increase comes by the strenght of an ox!

Proverbs 14:4

Wow what a truth! Think about those difficult people you have to lead...they get the work done, but you always have to clean up after them! To me the question is value a clean trough (peace) or production...I think the answer lies in the tact and the ability of the leader!

What is the Church?

Is this possible?

...We in L'Abri have had people come to us who have "accepted Christ as Savior" but are not even sure hat God exists. They have never been confronted with the question of the existence God.  the  acceptance of Christ as Savior was a thing abstracted.  In had an insufficient content. In reality, it was just another kind of trip!

 

Francis A. Schaeffer  -- Two Contents, Two Realities 

I have written about this subject before, but the weight of Dr. Schaeffer's comments are explicitly conveyed here. What is the question? Can people come to a saving knowledge of Christ without believing that God exists? The answer seems simple and obvious, but the implications are catastrophic!