0723. DO NOTHING RASHLY

DO NOTHING RASHLY

"Ye men of Ephesus, seeing that these things cannot be spoken against, ye ought to be quiet and do nothing rashly" (Act_19:36).

It was a wholesome advice the town clerk gave the uproarious multitude who crowded the theatre at Ephesus, and who had been yelling for two hours, "Great is Diana of the Ephesians!" He seemingly had great faith in the image which fell down from Jupiter, and so had no fear of men damaging the character of the divine goddess. Might Christians not now be the better of the town clerk’s counsel amidst this uproar about the methods of so-called "Higher" and rationalistic critics of the Holy Scriptures? We believe the truth revealed in the Bible has come down from Heaven, and cannot be successfully spoken against. Therefore let us be quiet and do nothing rashly.

Autor: James Smith