The Wayside Pulpit No.5
Divided by Truth
"It
is better to be divided by truth than to be united in error. It is better to
speak the truth that hurts and then heals, than falsehood that comforts and
then kills. Let me tell you something, friend, it is not love and it is not
friendship if we fail to declare the whole counsel of God. It is better to be
hated for telling the truth, than to be loved for telling a lie. It is
impossible to find anyone in the Bible who was a power for God who did not have
enemies and was not hated. It's better to stand alone with the truth, than to
be wrong with a multitude. It is better to ultimately succeed with the truth
than to temporarily succeed with a lie. There is only one Gospel and Paul said,
"If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have
preached unto you, let him be accursed"."
(Excerpts
from Pastor Adrian Rodgers' talk at the National Religious Broadcasters
Convention in 1996)
Jesus said, "I am
the Way, the TRUTH, and the Life."