Test in a Crisis
Stephen Whitney
Judges 13:19-23
John Wesley (d. 1791) prior to becoming a Christian, knew a lot about religion. While crossing the Atlantic, a terrible storm came up which he thought would result in all of them dying. He was afraid to die because he didn't have any assurance of salvation.
What struck him was the contrast with the Moravian Brethren, from Germany, who were on the same ship. They were, in comparison with Wesley, ignorant men, but their religion meant something real and vital to them. It held them in the storm and gave them peace and calmness and even joy in the face of death.
Wesley's faith in God appeared to be good as he gave all his goods to the poor, he preached in prisons, and he was going to preach to the pagan Indians in Georgia. He was a man with great knowledge of religion, but it proved to be worthless in a crisis.
Martyn Lloyd-Jones (d. 1981), was pastor of Westminster Chapel in London for 30 years and a wonderful expositor of the Scriptures. He wrote, ''A time of crisis and of difficulty tests and demonstrates clearly what we really believe, and the nature of our religious faith.
There is nothing which is quite so sad and so tragic in the life and experience of a minister as to find people whose religion does not seem to give them anything, or to be the slightest value to them face to face with the greatest needs and crises of life such as illness, bereavement, and sorrow, disaster or threatened calamity.
They seemed in times of normality to be the ideal type of religious person. And yet, when their religion was put to the test and needed most of all, it suddenly seemed to mean nothing.''
In a crisis our faith is tested to see if it is real or fake. When we are under great pressure our truth faith is revealed. Manoah and his wife from the tribe of Dan faced such a crisis when they were told they would have a son named Samson.
BIRTH ANNOUNCED :2-3 Manoah and his wife did not have any children. Go ...
Stephen Whitney
Judges 13:19-23
John Wesley (d. 1791) prior to becoming a Christian, knew a lot about religion. While crossing the Atlantic, a terrible storm came up which he thought would result in all of them dying. He was afraid to die because he didn't have any assurance of salvation.
What struck him was the contrast with the Moravian Brethren, from Germany, who were on the same ship. They were, in comparison with Wesley, ignorant men, but their religion meant something real and vital to them. It held them in the storm and gave them peace and calmness and even joy in the face of death.
Wesley's faith in God appeared to be good as he gave all his goods to the poor, he preached in prisons, and he was going to preach to the pagan Indians in Georgia. He was a man with great knowledge of religion, but it proved to be worthless in a crisis.
Martyn Lloyd-Jones (d. 1981), was pastor of Westminster Chapel in London for 30 years and a wonderful expositor of the Scriptures. He wrote, ''A time of crisis and of difficulty tests and demonstrates clearly what we really believe, and the nature of our religious faith.
There is nothing which is quite so sad and so tragic in the life and experience of a minister as to find people whose religion does not seem to give them anything, or to be the slightest value to them face to face with the greatest needs and crises of life such as illness, bereavement, and sorrow, disaster or threatened calamity.
They seemed in times of normality to be the ideal type of religious person. And yet, when their religion was put to the test and needed most of all, it suddenly seemed to mean nothing.''
In a crisis our faith is tested to see if it is real or fake. When we are under great pressure our truth faith is revealed. Manoah and his wife from the tribe of Dan faced such a crisis when they were told they would have a son named Samson.
BIRTH ANNOUNCED :2-3 Manoah and his wife did not have any children. Go ...
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