Right from the Study…
IT IS NEVER EASY to be sure on what issues a Christian dare not compromise, and we may well feel that in general a positive witness is to be preferred to a negative attitude. Yet ultimately both are necessary, as the role of the disciples as both salt and light makes plain (Matt 5:13-16). Should the Church ever become completely indistinguishable from the world, she would no longer be able to function as its servant.
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| — | H.G.M. Williamson. Word Biblical Commentary: Ezra-Nehemiah, p. 402. |
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