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November 16, 2006
THE LITTLE FOXES THAT SPOIL THE VINES
by Cornelius R. Stam
Many Christian people entertain the notion that apostasy from the truth
begins with a denial of one or more of the fundamentals of the faith,
such as the infallibility of the Bible, the deity of Christ, or the
efficacy of His redemptive work. The moral aspect of apostasy, they
suppose, comes about in much the same way.
This view is not wholly correct, for apostasy generally begins, not with
holding, but with condoning spiritual or moral error.
Eve fell into sin, not by denying what God had said but by listening to
Satan.
In the Song of Solomon, the Shulamite damsel, doubtless quoting the
words of Solomon, her beloved bridegroom, notes that the vineyards are
in full blossom. Soon the grapes will be ripe for the marriage feast.
But a danger threatens the harvest: "the foxes, the little foxes that
spoil the vines." These must without fail be "taken," or caught (Song of
Solomon 2:15).
What a striking lesson we have here! How often God's people have stood
at the threshold of great blessing, the refre****ng odor of an abundant
spiritual harvest in the air when, alas, all has been lost -- not
through a frontal attack by the adversary, but by those wily little
foxes that had been permitted to spoil the vines. Some doctrine or
practice clearly unscriptural and subversive of spiritual blessing, had
been condoned when, like the little foxes of Solomon's song, they should
have been caught and disposed of.
To the Reader:
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explanation in the Preface:
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We hope that you'll agree that while some of the references in these
articles are dated, the spiritual truths taught therein are timeless.
Maranatha Doc Tom !!!
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