The apostles of Satan are not saloon-keepers and white-slave traffickers, but are for the most part ordained ministers. Thousands of those who occupy our modern pulpits are no longer engaged in presenting the fundamentals of the Christian Faith, but have turned aside from the Truth and have given heed unto fables. Instead of magnifying the enormity of sin and setting forth its eternal consequences, they minimize it by declaring that sin is merely ignorance or the absence of good. Instead of warning the hearers to ‘flee from the wrath to come’ they make God a liar by declaring that He is too loving and merciful to send any of His own creatures to eternal torment.
Instead of declaring that ‘without shedding of blood is no remission,’ they merely hold up Christ as the great Exemplar and exhort their hearers to ‘follow in His steps.’ Of them it must be said, ‘For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God’ (Rom. 10:3). Their messages may sound very plausible and their aim appear very praise-worthy, yet we read of them–‘for such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves (imitating) into the apostles of Christ. And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. Therefore, it is no great thing (not to be wondered at) if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness, whose end shall be according to their works’ (2 Cor. 11:13-15).
Instead of declaring that ‘without shedding of blood is no remission,’ they merely hold up Christ as the great Exemplar and exhort their hearers to ‘follow in His steps.’ Of them it must be said, ‘For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God’ (Rom. 10:3). Their messages may sound very plausible and their aim appear very praise-worthy, yet we read of them–‘for such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves (imitating) into the apostles of Christ. And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. Therefore, it is no great thing (not to be wondered at) if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness, whose end shall be according to their works’ (2 Cor. 11:13-15).
- Arthur W. Pink
Another Gospel
Another Gospel
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