Worldly
people and all false Christians cannot help but attack those who teach a
faith and doctrine different than theirs. These fake Christians regard
those with sound doctrine as "disturbers of the peace"—peace-hating,
quarrelsome, and nasty people. These unfortunate people have no idea of
the blindness that surrounds them. They do not know how gladly the
boldest champions of Christ wish to keep peace with all people, how much
they would prefer to keep silent. These fake Christians do not know
how hard it is for the bold champions to go public and become targets
for the hatred, enmity, slander, scorn, and persecution of people.
However, they cannot help but confess the truth and at the same time
oppose error. Their conscience forces them to do this because such
behavior is required of them by the Word of God.
C.F.W. Walther, Law and Gospel: How to Read and Apply the Bible,
(trans. Christian C. Tiews; St Louis: Concordia, 2010), 293
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