“Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man”
(Matt. 25:24)
If you’ll read the context of our text it is apparent, like so many professing Christians today, that this man knew nothing of his Lord, although he thought he did. Hardhearted saints believe their Saviour to be so. This false notion of Christ comes, we are told, from “...wicked servants.”
The pseudo, spiritually soft syrupy saints of our age, would never admit to calling Christ hard. But they give themselves away in referring to His followers who emulate Him, as such. Sin-hating, sin-condemning saints are not considered compassionate or loving. They’re thought of as, “Hard.”
What would they say of me if I were to tell a new convert awful things await them if they return to their previous ways? Would they not say, “You’re discouraging them, even before they get started.” Would they say the same thing of Christ? I trow (think) not!
Consider the paralytic at the pool of Bethesda, in John chapter five. Immediately after getting the man on his feet we’re told in verse fourteen, “Afterward Jesus findeth him...and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.”
“A one-sided Christ produces a two-faced saint.”
(rds)
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