For 2000 years God has appeared to be silent. It is true that during this time He has been at work in the lives of multitudes, bringing them back to Himself through the Lord Jesus Christ, regenerating them by the power of the Holy Spirit, and giving them new experiences, desires, hopes and ambitions. But His operations have been largely hidden. For nearly twenty centuries God has not given this world any outward manifestation of His presence, such as men’s senses can get hold of. He has, as it were, withdrawn Himself.
And why is God silent now? Because His every attribute has been proved and fully shown in Christ. In giving His Son He did all that could be done for the salvation of men, and now He is waiting to see how we treat His message of pardon. In the gospel He has spoken His last word of mercy, and the day of His wrath has not come. He, who is to come as Judge, is now sitting on the throne as Savior. The great amnesty is still in force. The day of mercy still runs its course.
But there is a day coming when the world will have to answer as to how it treated the Son of God. And you, too, will have to answer the question: “What have you done with Christ?”
It is no use for you to say, “I’ll be neutral,” for the Lord Jesus Christ says, “He that is not with Me is against Me.” There is no middle ground.
Christ or the world-WHICH?