Sin Dare Not Dare

What harm can Satan do to heaven's child,
That the two-edged sword of truth not belay*?
Can the Father of Lies spin tales so wild,
That the word of God cannot swiftly stay?
Who fears the lure of sin's falsely-decked turn,
If first it clears scripture's holy adjure**?
No chaff*** survives the fire of cleansing stern,
Imposed by Writ, to which the saved inure!
All sin's guile, no matter its form or face,
How wrongly protrayed, or hidden clever,
God's word expose, His sword of truth disgrace!
How foolish the saved, to face evil bare
God's precious word, the sword sin dare not dare!

*belay = halt; **adjure = admonitions; ***chaff = impurities

"For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joint and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart." (Hebrews 4:12)

The word of God is the Bible. His Son Jesus is sometimes called the Word (John 1:1), which is a bit confusing. God revealed Himself to man in two ways: In the Bible, His written word, which He caused to be written by more than 40 people over 1500 years, and inspired by the Holy Spirit. This is called His "special" revelation. He also revealed Himself in creation through the wonders of nature; this is called His "general" revelation. A person who never saw a Bible can be saved through viewing nature and coming to worship its Creator(Romans 1:18).

The Bible is completely true; it is ultimate truth. There was a time when most of the world recognized this. Webster's dictionary of 1828 even defined truth as that which agreed with the Bible. The founders of our country recognized it, even those who were not Christian. No longer is that the case. In this day of postmodernism, absolute truth is frowned upon and not accepted by most. The predominant philosophy today is, there is no dogmatic single truth about anything. Diversity is the catch word of today---there are multiple truths for any one proposition. To be a Christian, you must accept the absolute truth of the Bible; thus Christians are being looked upon as, at the least, out of touch; at the worst, they are subject to persecution. Even our national leaders are inching away from the constitution and the philosophy under which we were founded; this is accomplished mostly by court rulings.

The Bible is called a two-edged sword, because its truths demolish all lies and deceptions that the purveyors of evil can devise to deceive mankind. Postmodernism itself is a great delusion, fostered and spread by evil forces; it is refuted by the Bible. There are not enough committed believers in the nation or world to stop its momentum in society; however, an individual need not be swept along by the majority. God calls for individual people to stand firm on the truth of the Bible.