Why? Because He Tells The Truth – Woe Unto Those Who Withhold the Truth

Truth is more important than anyone’s feelings, and those who withhold it commit a worse sin than those who ignore it.

Withholding the truth gets people killed

Recently, our radio affiliations representative told me a story regarding feedback from him representing “The Sons of Liberty.”  A radio station owner had told him that Bradlee Dean is too direct.  In response, our representative responded with “Why, because he tells the truth?”

Our representative then went on to tell me that he also represents a “doctor so and so” and his radio broadcast. He said that during what was labeled by the mainstream media as the “pandemic” that “doctor so and so’s” radio stations did not like him using the word “jab” and would like him to stop doing so.  Apparently, he obeyed his radio affiliates despite the facts.

Did you know that because he took heed to his radio affiliates in withholding the truth that the state where he was broadcasting from suffered the highest casualty mortality rate in the country?

This is the fruit of those who refuse to tell the truth, regardless if it costs lives.  Beware.

How about when it comes to the truth concerning the souls of men?

Martin Luther on truth and when it hurts

This reminds me of a story told of Desiderius Erasmus contending with the Reformer Martin Luther.

Luther is crossing swords with Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam.  Erasmus is taking the position during this great controversy of the 16th century of the reconciler, of the peacemaker, and he’s pleading with Luther not to be teaching his doctrines openly because they will cause an uproar.  For example, Erasmus said,

Luther you’re teaching on the sovereignty of God, and on the primacy of grace for, and you’re teaching them of the human will, these issues will create all kinds of fury said he, a floodgate of iniquity will be open.

So, he cautions Luther, and pleads with him not to be teaching about these things.  In response, Luther becomes indignant and says,

There cannot possibly ever be the presence of the Word of God in this world without an uproar following it anytime the truth of God is proclaimed. Clearly, no matter how gently, no matter how winsomely, no matter how charitable, when the Word of God is clearly proclaimed, Hell itself rises up in fury and controversy follows.

Luther said to Erasmus,

It’s a terrible burden for him that he hates the controversy that surrounds his teaching … I am not a stone, I’m not a person without feelings, I know that people hate me and say vile things about me, but it is my duty to preach the Word of God.

(Hosea 6:5; John 7:7).

Today, people do not relate to that in this day and age.  The whole philosophy is, “Don’t rock the boat, avoid controversy and fail to bear witness to the truth and avoid preaching the Gospel.”

Here’s where we have to look to Christ, who defined His entire mission in terms of bearing witness to the truth!
Friends, if Jesus was born to bear witness of the truth, then it would be ours to do the same.

We are not called to sacrifice the truth at the altar of peace, for if that were the case, we would settle for that which denies the sacrifice of Christ and only ends in a false peace.