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Fragment: Ridicule

From: The Christian Shepherd: 2004

By: John Nelson Darby

“What will this babbler say?” (Acts 17:18¹⁸Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection. (Acts 17:18)).

Ridicule is often a means in the hands of the enemy to turn away souls from the truth, because men are afraid to identify themselves with what others despise. Conscience and moral courage are the very last things to be found in the heart of man; grace awakens conscience and gives strength to follow it.

J. N. Darby (Gems From My Reading)

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