"It is reported that you intended in the rebuilding of the wall to make yourself King. and to have it proclaimed that there is a king in Jerusalem, and you are appointing prophets to preach of you."
Nehemiah 6:6-7
When the enemy tries that line it is something very disconcerting. It is a horrible suggestion. 'You are trying to make a name for yourself, to get a position for yourself; all this afterall is only a secret motive of yours to get notoriety, to be something and to do something that will make the world take note of you.' If you have any meekness at all that shaft is a very dangerous, cruel one-God only knows what it costs. The enemy tries to impute a false motive to all your labours. 'After all, you only have your own ends in view, trying to do something, to make a name.'
Yes, the enemy will stop at nothing-lies or slander. The answer is, 'What is the truth about this? is it true?' After all let us stand back from these lies of the enemy and say, 'Is it true?' Have I anything to set over against that?' Nehemiah's reply was: 'There are no such things done as thou sayist, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart'. Our answer is, 'These imputations are not true! If I had been seeking my own ends, I would have taken a very different course than this. If I had wanted to do something grand and great, that everybody would accept and recognize and acknowledge as a great piece of work, I should have not taken this course.' We can reply with Nehemiah: "There are no such things."--it is lies and slander.
The Recovering of the Lord's Testimony in Fullness
T. Austin Sparks
Chapter: The Warfare
Page 97 subtitle: Misrepresentation
Nehemiah 6:6-7
When the enemy tries that line it is something very disconcerting. It is a horrible suggestion. 'You are trying to make a name for yourself, to get a position for yourself; all this afterall is only a secret motive of yours to get notoriety, to be something and to do something that will make the world take note of you.' If you have any meekness at all that shaft is a very dangerous, cruel one-God only knows what it costs. The enemy tries to impute a false motive to all your labours. 'After all, you only have your own ends in view, trying to do something, to make a name.'
Yes, the enemy will stop at nothing-lies or slander. The answer is, 'What is the truth about this? is it true?' After all let us stand back from these lies of the enemy and say, 'Is it true?' Have I anything to set over against that?' Nehemiah's reply was: 'There are no such things done as thou sayist, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart'. Our answer is, 'These imputations are not true! If I had been seeking my own ends, I would have taken a very different course than this. If I had wanted to do something grand and great, that everybody would accept and recognize and acknowledge as a great piece of work, I should have not taken this course.' We can reply with Nehemiah: "There are no such things."--it is lies and slander.
The Recovering of the Lord's Testimony in Fullness
T. Austin Sparks
Chapter: The Warfare
Page 97 subtitle: Misrepresentation
Thank You, Thank You, Thank You...In all your marvelous ways in so many ways, you have intervened and encouraged my heart these last few weeks. We put no confidence in any flesh, but we trust in the Name of the Lord Our God.
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