The Truth is Never Arrogant - Lee Dodd

You may be thinking,

"Oh, Brother Lee, the world just thinks

that Christians are arrogant

and intolerant and irrelevant."

Arrogant?

You need to capture this.

Truth is never arrogant.

It doesn't involve arrogance.

Truth is a matter of fact.

Now the delivery of the truth however,

the vessel, the ambassador

can be proud and unloving and arrogant.

That's true.

It's true that our actions
and our methodologies

will either substantiate
the truth we proclaim

or undermine it.

But the truth itself is never
arrogant or proud.

To proclaim an exclusive Gospel

is not the proclamation of a proud man;

it's the proclamation of a
man that has been humbled

by the grace of God that rescued him.

Arrogant? No. Not arrogant.

Intolerant? No. Not intolerant.

Really, Christians should be the
most tolerant people in the earth.

Paul writes, "Love endures all things."

That's pretty tolerant.

But this tolerance,

this love for our neighbor

doesn't dull the edge of the Gospel blade.

It sharpens it.

What we shouldn't be able to tolerate

that we often do - I, myself included -

what we shouldn't be able to tolerate

is the thought of anyone perishing

apart from hearing the
Gospel of Jesus Christ.

That's what we shouldn't tolerate.

We won't embrace the lies of this age.

We won't agree with false religions.

We will stand for an exclusive Gospel

that powerfully rescues men from sin.

We will love our neighbors.

We will serve the needy.

We will minister to the oppressed

and share the Gospel with a dying world

that needs Jesus.

Intolerant? I don't think so.

Irrelevant? God forbid.

The Gospel is the furthest
thing from irrelevant.

It's about as relevant as
anything under heaven -

likely, exceedingly more so.

It's the only cure for sinners.

Of course, the world would not consider

the only cure for cancer to be irrelevant.

That would be especially relevant.

Well, the Gospel then is no less relevant

to the needy sinner.

How will then they call on Him

in whom they have not believed?

And how are they to believe in Him

of whom they have never heard?

And how are they to hear

without someone preaching?

It is relevant, church.

So don't let the world put you

into the mold of being unkind, unloving,

unfair or arrogant.

Is it unloving to share
the Gospel of reconciliation

with one alienated from God?

I don't think so.

Is it unkind to speak
Gospel encouragements

to the broken-hearted?

I don't think so.

Is it arrogant to offer
Christ and eternal life

to the dying sinner?

Of course not.

So preach the Gospel, brethren.

Use words.

Love the souls of men.

Why?

Because salvation is in Christ alone.

The Gospel is exclusive.