It has often been noted that evangelicals do not confront what they believe is wrong. The idea is that Jesus was meek and mild the author MacArthur very thoughtfully jumps into the Scriptures to show us that Jesus was the opposite. Jesus was quite confrontational.
Jesus confronted things which were wrong when He was confronted with it. Jesus did not hold back and confronted that which was not right. MacArthur clearly shows that he was still merciful, but definitely pointed out which was wrong. When Jesus encountered sinners He was kind and merciful and living. Jesus was confrontational when He faced those who were “religious”. He simply did not stand for religious leaders doing, saying, or enforcing the wrong things. It was the hypocrisy and false teachings that Jesus did not let stand. Jesus would strongly confront these actions.
I have never been an avid reader of John MacArthur but this book allowed me to see a side of MacArthur that I could agree with. I do not believe in being confrontational just to be confrontational, as I once thought MacArthur believed. Now I can identify with MacArthur and can agree that we must confront certain wrongs and we must stand for that which is right.
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I was provided a complementary copy of this book by Thomas Nelson for review.
