People sometimes accuse me of being too negative. They certainly have a case for declaring me as negative, but too negative is a matter of opinion. The Apostle Paul was negative. Christ was negative. The fact is, the word of God is both positive and negative. There are positives in the Gospel, but it requires that one turn from one’s sinfulness, believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and surrender to God.
The truth is positive and negative because it presents life and exposes the falsehoods that lead to death. The negatives of truth are more applicable the greater its positives are rejected. Please consider that in God’s word we can see the pattern of increasing negatives as apostasy increased in Israel. When the prophets arrived, they spoke mostly negatively. The only positives were in their proclamation of the benefits of repentance. Which of the prophets spoke an abundance of pleasant and positive things during Israel’s apostasy? Continue reading
