Rebuking without Fear or Favor
April 14, 2021•120 words
[Luke 11:45–54]
The passage before us is an example of our Lord Jesus Christ’s faithful dealing with the souls of men. We see Him without fear or favor rebuking the sins of the Jewish expounders of God’s law. That false love which calls it “unkind” to say that anyone is in error finds no encouragement in the language used by our Lord. He calls things by their right names. He knew that acute diseases need severe remedies. He would have us know that the truest friend to our souls is not the man who is always “speaking smooth things” and agreeing with everything we say, but the man who tells us the most truth.
—J.C. Ryle, ‘Expository Thoughts on Luke’