The Aquila Report

Your independent source for news and commentary from and about conservative, orthodox evangelicals in the Reformed and Presbyterian family of churches

Corem Deo Pastor's Conference 2024
  • Biblical
    and Theological
  • Churches
    and Ministries
  • People
    in the News
  • World
    and Life News
  • Lifestyle
    and Reviews
    • Books
    • Movies
    • Music
  • Opinion
    and Commentary
  • General Assembly
    and Synod Reports
    • ARP General Synod
    • EPC General Assembly
    • OPC General Assembly
    • PCA General Assembly
    • PCUSA General Assembly
    • RPCNA Synod
    • URCNA Synod
  • Subscribe
    to Weekly Email
  • Biblical
    and Theological
  • Churches
    and Ministries
  • People
    in the News
  • World
    and Life News
  • Lifestyle
    and Reviews
    • Books
    • Movies
    • Music
  • Opinion
    and Commentary
  • General Assembly
    and Synod Reports
    • ARP General Synod
    • EPC General Assembly
    • OPC General Assembly
    • PCA General Assembly
    • PCUSA General Assembly
    • RPCNA Synod
    • URCNA Synod
  • Subscribe
    to Weekly Email
  • Search
Home/Biblical and Theological/Is That the Worst You can Do?

Is That the Worst You can Do?

This isn’t cockiness, but confidence. Confident in God.

Written by Blake Long | Sunday, July 18, 2021

If somebody cusses you out, shrug it off. If you’re fined for preaching the gospel—keep preaching it! If you’re thrown in prison for disobeying orders, preach the gospel in prison. If they sentence you to death because of your faith, preach the gospel to your executor until your last breath.

 

“The assured Christian may smile with contempt upon all his enemies, and say, ‘Is this the worst that you can do?’” (John Flavel)

Christians are not the popular kids at school anymore. Each day we wake up living in a society that, for the most part, wants nothing more than to see us crumble. This is why we echo the phrase, “Be in the world, but not of the world.”

We live in the world, but as Christians, we shouldn’t act like the world.

And when we faithfully walk that out—when we are practicing what we preach and obeying God—everything hits the fan . . . eventually.

Our enemies in this world—ones whom we are to love!—try to destroy us in every way possible. From cussing at us to throwing us in prison, we are attacked from every angle, whether it’s minimal marginalization or fierce persecution. They can even kill us.

That’s when we say: Is this the worst that you can do?

Read More

Related Posts:

  • Keep Preaching & Expect Different Results
  • Preaching by Faith
  • Joy and Hardship are Not Opposites
  • Expository Preaching Is Necessary, But Not Sufficient
  • The Necessity Laid Upon Pastors

Subscribe, Follow, Listen

  • email-alt
  • facebook
  • twitter
  • apple-podcasts
  • anchor
Cumberland Valley Bible Book Service
Reformation Worship Conference 2023

Archives

Books

Special

God is Holy
  • About
  • Advertise Here
  • Contact Us
  • Donations
  • Email Alerts
  • Leadership
  • Letters to the Editor
  • Principles and Practices
  • Privacy Policy

Important:

Free Subscription

Aquila Report Email Alerts

Special

Letter of Jude
  • About
  • Advertise Here
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy Policy
  • Principles and Practices
  • RSS Feed
  • Subscribe to Weekly Email Alerts
Providence Christian College - visit

DISCLAIMER: The Aquila Report is a news and information resource. We welcome commentary from readers; for more information visit our Letters to the Editor link. All our content, including commentary and opinion, is intended to be information for our readers and does not necessarily indicate an endorsement by The Aquila Report or its governing board. In order to provide this website free of charge to our readers,  Aquila Report uses a combination of donations, advertisements and affiliate marketing links to  pay its operating costs.

Return to top of page

Website design by Five More Talents · Copyright © 2023 The Aquila Report · Log in