No cowards allowed

“A culture that does not aspire to the divine becomes obsessed with the fascination of evil, reveling in the frivolous, the depraved, and the bestial.” George Gilder’s review of The Devil’s Delusion. National Review. May 5, 2008.

The wicked freely strut about when what is vile is honored among men. Psalms 12:8 NIV

A wise man attacks the city of the mighty and pulls down the stronghold in which they trust. Proverbs 21:22

When the communists entered Romania a gathering of all of the church leaders was called. One after another each got up and praised the communist take over and pledged their church’s support for the new regime; they exalted the communists as high power. One woman leaned over to her pastor husband, as his time to speak approached, and whispered to him “You must do something about this husband. They are dishonoring the name of our Lord”. Her husband turned to her and replied “If I do, you will loose your husband for ever.” She replied. “I would rather loose my husband than be married to a coward”. So Richard Wurmbrand stood and admonished his fellow clerics that only Christ was the Lord of the universe, not the communist party. Mrs. Wurmbrand did, for many purposes, loose her man that day as he predicted, for from that day forth he became a wanted man. Sabina Wurmbrand lost her husband but the world gained a hero. How many women in today’s western churches would spur on their man to such an act of courage? How many men would swallow their fear and obey to the utmost of their will?
Finally, consider this; Richard Wurmbrand’s statement, was it political? Absolutely, it was loaded with political meaning and power. After all the word politics comes from the Greek root word polis, which means rule of the city. Richard was only speaking the truth about who truly had the rule of Romania. Was his statement evangelical? Without a doubt! It extolled the glory of Christ and pointed those men who so easily succumbed to fear of pain, back to the one they were supposed to actually serve. It lifted the Christ to all in the room who did not know him. One cannot separate religion and politics. Where ever the truth of Christ may found is His rule, His kingdom.
Let us see the wicked freely strutting about in America and come together with courage to pull down their strongholds in any and every area of the kingdom of God.