05-Objections

I shall consider the objections under two main headings –
pragmatic and scriptural.
Pragmatic objections
‘This is all very well, but the traditional, the institutional, is
ingrained. It is going to be well-nigh impossible to shift’. I
agree. I have said as much. What is more, it takes two to
tango. An individual believer – maybe a stated preacher or
teacher – might be persuaded that change is needed, but it is
hard to set up a meeting for spiritual interaction if nobody
else wants to interact. Nevertheless, if enough believers keep
pressing the point, under God’s Spirit change can come. We
must keep sowing the seed! True it is that 1800 years of
Christendom have to be unlearnt, and that will prove a
mammoth task, but let us do what we can. The widow gave
only two mites, and the lad only his picnic lunch (Matt.
12:42; John 6:9), so let us do what we can, and see what
Christ may make of it.