Christ Died Even for Those Who Hated Him

By A. W. Tozer

    Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is
none other name under heaven given among men,
whereby we must be saved.          -- Acts 4:12

    Our Lord Jesus Christ came and demonstrated the
vast difference between being charitable and being
tolerant!  He was so charitable that in His great heart
He took in all the people in the world and was willing
to die -- even for those who hated Him!

    But even with that kind of love and charity crowning
His being, Jesus was completely frank and open when
He taught: "If you are not on my side, you are against
me!" There is no "twilight zone" in the teachings of
Jesus---no place in between.

    So, charity is one thing, but tolerance is quite another
matter.

    Suppose we take the position of compromise that
many want us to take: "Everyone come, and be saved if
you want to.  But if you do not want to be saved, maybe
there is some other way that we can find for you.  We
want you to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ if you will,
but if you do not want to, there may be a possibility that
God will find some other way for you --- because there are
those who say that there are many ways to God."

    To take that position would not be a spirit of tolerance
on our part --- it would be downright cowardice!  We would
be guilty with so many others of a spirit of compromise
that so easily becomes an anti-God attitude.

    Tolerance easily becomes a matter of cowardice if
spiritual principles are involved, if the teachings of
God's Word are ignored and forgotten!

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Yours in Christ,
Paul N. F.