August 4
One of the surest ways to incur the disfavor of the unbelievers around you is to invoke the name of Jesus. That name, which is above all names, the only name ‘given under heaven whereby men might be saved’ (Acts 4:12) has a polarizing ability that virtually nothing else has.
Today, in our land, which was founded on Biblical principles and the great preponderance of whose fathers were dedicated Christians, it is against the law to speak the name of Jesus in even a perfunctory prayer at graduation ceremonies or in the public arena.
We are caught in the dilemma that faced the early disciples of Jesus who were confronted by the authorities of their day when they preached salvation through the shed blood of Jesus Christ. When they were confronted and threatened with imprisonment for proselyting, they stood boldly in the truth!
Like them, we must say as they did in Acts 4:19 when confronted by unbelievers, “Whether it is right in the sight of God for us to listen to you rather than to God, you decide.” They would not deny Christ, even if failure to do so meant prison and death. Neither must we, for life is brief and eternity is forever.
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