

Now the real test of the Christian life, you see, is not on the arena backed by applause. It’s not before the crowd in the coliseum. There were five million martyrs who bear testimony to the truth of the gospel in the first three centuries. They laid down their lives for Christ, but did you know that there were many more million than that who bear witness by the faithful lives they live each day? Nothing spectacular; nothing sensational. Nothing outstanding. They’re just living for God. They have a purpose, they have a direction, and they have a thrilling experience.

Now meekness does not necessarily mean weakness. Now Moses was considered a meek man, but you remember when he got up and talked to the children of Israel, he didn’t sound like a meek man according to our notion of meekness. He spoke right out. And you remember, the Lord Jesus was “meek and lowly,” but He went in and cleansed the temple. Nobody else speaks along these lines today as far as I know. And the thing that’s hurting our churches; somebody should speak out today and say, “Look, brothers, sit down. You’re spoiling things. You ought not to be trying to love the preeminence all the time. You should learn to be meek and let others speak out.
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