Principle Not to Be Sacrificed for Peace

[Thompson, Darryl]

Principle Not to Be Sacrificed for Peace

     Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you; not as the world
giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it
be afraid. John 14:27  

     There always have been and always will be two classes on the earth
to the end of time--the believers in Jesus, and those who reject Him.
Sinners, however wicked, abominable, and corrupt, by faith in Him will
be purified, made clean, through the doing of His word. . . . Those who
reject Christ and refuse to believe the truth will be filled with
bitterness against those who accept Jesus as a personal Saviour. But
those who receive Christ are melted and subdued by the manifestation of
His love and His humiliation, suffering, and death in their behalf. . .
.  

     The peace that Christ gave to His disciples, and for which we pray,
is the peace that is born of truth, a peace that is not to be quenched
because of division. Without may be wars and fightings, jealousies,
envies, hatred, strife; but the peace of Christ is not that which the
world giveth or taketh away. It could endure amid the hunting of spies
and the fiercest opposition of His enemies. . . . Christ did not for an
instant seek to purchase peace by a betrayal of sacred trusts. Peace
could not be made by a compromise of principles. . . . It is a grave
mistake on the part of those who are children of God to seek to bridge
the gulf that separates the children of light from the children of
darkness by yielding principle, by compromising the truth. It would be
surrendering the peace of Christ in order to make peace or fraternize
with the world. The sacrifice is too costly to be made by the children
of God to make peace with the world by giving up the principles of
truth. . . . Then let the followers of Christ settle it in their minds
that they will never compromise truth, never yield one iota of principle
for the favor of the world. Let them hold to the peace of Christ.

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