{"id":1648,"date":"2011-12-10T09:55:30","date_gmt":"2011-12-10T09:55:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=1648"},"modified":"2011-12-10T09:55:30","modified_gmt":"2011-12-10T09:55:30","slug":"the-sword-of-god%e2%80%99s-truth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=1648","title":{"rendered":"The sword of God\u2019s Truth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The sword of God\u2019s Truth<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(Arthur Pink, \u201cFaithfulness\u201d)<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cTheir speech is filled with flattery.\u201d<\/em> Psalm 5:9<\/p>\n<p>This is the identifying mark of the \u201chireling,\u201d the false pastor. He aims at pleasing his hearers, making them feel satisfied with themselves, ever patting them on the back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut he who has My Word\u2014let him speak My Word faithfully\u201d (Jeremiah 23:28), no matter how unpalatable it may be to the flesh, how much of a weariness to those who wish to have their ears tickled with novelties, or how loud the outcry against it is!<\/p>\n<p><em>Ministerial faithfulness <\/em>includes loyalty to his Master, devotion to His interests, steadfast adherence to the preaching of His Word, dispensing the Truth unto those whose souls are committed to Him\u2014not mixing it with his speculations, much less substituting false doctrine. A far higher motive than the\u00a0<em>pleasing of his hearers<\/em> must actuate and regulate ministerial service.\u00a0<em>Faithful preaching<\/em> will render the minister unpopular, and will\u00a0<em>\u2018empty\u2019 <\/em>churches\u2014not<em>\u2018fill\u2019 them!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen you will know the\u00a0<em>Truth<\/em>, and the Truth will set you free.\u201d (John 8:32) Souls are\u00a0<em>caught fast in the meshes of Satan\u2019s lies<\/em>\u2014and nothing but\u00a0<strong>the sword of God\u2019s Truth<\/strong> can cut them free!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA faithful man\u2014who can find?\u201d (Proverbs 20:6).\u00a0<em>Why is this?<\/em> Because it is the part of fallen human nature to take the line of least resistance, and choose the path easiest to the flesh. But remember, my reader, whoever you are, that, \u201cLying lips are abomination to the Lord; but those who deal \u2018faithfully\u2019 are His delight.\u201d (Proverbs 12:22)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The sword of God\u2019s Truth (Arthur Pink, \u201cFaithfulness\u201d) \u201cTheir speech is filled with flattery.\u201d Psalm 5:9 This is the identifying mark of the \u201chireling,\u201d the false pastor. He aims at pleasing his hearers, making them feel satisfied with themselves, ever patting them on the back. \u201cBut he who has My Word\u2014let him speak My Word [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-author-arthur-pink","category-false-religion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1648"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1648\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1649,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1648\/revisions\/1649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}