There are many professed Christians who, if they should express their real feelings, would say, What need is there of speaking so plainly? They might as well ask, Why need John the Baptist have said to the Pharisees, "O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to 141 come?" Luke 3:7. Why need he have provoked the anger of Herodias by telling Herod that it was unlawful for him to live with his brother's wife? The forerunner of Christ lost his life by his plain speaking. Why could he not have moved along without incurring the displeasure of those who were living in sin?


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En streng tilrettevisning

Hvis de mennesker, der bekender sig til at være kristne, skulle give udtryk for deres virkelige følelser, ville mange af dem sige: "Hvorfor sige tingene rent ud?" De kunne lige så godt spørge: "Hvorfor var det nødvendigt, at Johannes Døber sagde til farisæerne: "I øgleunger, hvem gav jer den tanke at fly fra den kommende vrede?" Hvorfor var det nødvendigt, at han vakte Herodias vrede ved at sige til Herodes, at det ikke var ham tilladt at leve sammen med sin broders hustru? Kristi forløber mistede livet, fordi han sagde tingene rent ud. Hvorfor kunne han ikke have gjort sin gerning uden at lægge sig for had hos dem, der levede i synd?

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