The Futility of Revolt Against Divine Truth

We can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth. The world has perpetually revolted against two great truths of Elohim's government.

First, the moral truth: there exists a living, righteous God who rewards righteousness and punishes evil. This belief shapes the noblest nations and periods of history. Deny it, and the world becomes what Carlyle termed "a mill without a miller"—wheels turning endlessly through the ages without purpose or result. Such revolt is madness.

Second, the spiritual truth: God governs through Jesus Christ, who stands before humanity as embodied holiness. His law is the means by which human holiness is attained. Against this Divine Presence, the world has perpetually rebelled. Calvary marks the past sign of that revolt; present selfishness and un-Christliness mark its continuation. Yet Christ ascended the steep stairs of sacrifice into universal supremacy. The Pharisees feared Him dead; they sealed His tomb with Pilate's words: "Make it as sure as ye can." How secure was that seal? Eighteen centuries confirm Paul's declaration: "We can do nothing against the truth."

Error carries the seeds of its own death. Truth abides eternally. History proves this slow but certain conquest: when civilization slumbers, one man perceives new light in the firmament, rises, announces his discovery, and calls men to belief. Though persecuted, time vindicates him. Truth's permanence is itself its proof.