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Will the real Salvationist please stand up
by Commissioner Wesley Harris


IT IS said that if we don’t believe in something we’ll fall for anything and that may be a real danger in contemporary society. As Salvationists we should be defined not only by the name of the movement to which we belong but by the godly life we live. What we believe should be made visible, audible and credible.

Early day Salvationists were notable and noticeable because of their strong convictions. They were a passionate people. They were out to win the world for Jesus. Some would have regarded them as extreme but what they achieved under God was amazing.

T.R.Glover said that Marcus Aurelius didn’t believe enough to be great and his assessment might be debatable. But there is no doubt that to be great and to do a great work Salvationists need to be people of strong convictions ready to stand up and be counted.

St Paul said, “I am not ashamed of the gospel”(Romans 1.16) and like him we should believe that although we may not be able to change human nature God can and will. William Booth said, “We are a salvation people”. That is what salvationism is all about.

Sometimes standing up for we believe will mean being ‘counter cultural’, and swimming against the tide of popular opinion. I recall a time and a situation when I was ‘odd man out ‘and something of a wowser on account of being a non-smoker. Now medical science has proved the rightness of the stand that was taken.

There may well be a similar turn of the tide with respect to alcohol as the problems of binge drinking, violence and road toll linked to strong drink are focussed. But in any case we should stand as witnesses to the fact that ‘dutch courage’ is not necessary in order to cope with life’s challenges. The grace of God is sufficient!

The lines of an old hymn should still challenge us today.
     Stand up, stand up for Jesus,
     Ye soldiers of the Cross…

 

 

 

 

   

 

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