FANATICS;
EXTREMISTS; AMEN

I think it is ironic that the devil gives the world all of its extremists in every realm—entertainment, politics, society, education, anarchy, intrigue—you name it! Yet it is the same devil that frightens believers about the great danger of becoming “extreme.”

I passed an auditorium recently where one of the young crowd of singing stars was appearing. Police were having great trouble with the crowds and in the erotic fury of that concert, girls began to tear off their clothes; many were weeping and screaming. Those who had fainted were being carried out.

It is the same devil, but he uses different tactics in dealing with Christians. Should a Christian get blessed and say, “Amen,” the devil quickly intervenes and whispers, “Don’t be a fanatic—you ought to stay quiet and stable in the faith!”

Psalm 98:1–6; Psalm 150; Isaiah 44:23

I Talk Back to the Devil, 11, 12.