"We have somehow got hold of the idea that error is only that which is outrageously wrong; and we do not seem to understand that the most dangerous person of all is the one who does not emphasize the right things." - Martyn Lloyd-Jones
The most dangerous heretic is not the one publishing books promoting unorthodox belief, it is the one refusing to publish books promoting orthodox belief. It is the heretic hiding under the banner of creeds and doctrinal statements signed years ago who has ceased to speak them boldly now. Failing to emphasize what is right and true is an error far more dangerous than emphasizing falsehood. Those heretics show themselves for what they are while the others conceal the fact that they have drifted away from their confession. This is observed in their reluctance to confess it openly. It takes longer to note the data points of omission than it does to note one dramatic point of commission.
In other words, emphasis is inescapable. If someone is not openly emphasizing anything, they are secretly emphasizing something unspeakable. This does not mean that all silence is violence. Not speaking is not necessarily speaking. I am referring to those who have spoken before, signalling their allegiance to the creeds, but now seem shy in associating with what they say they believe.
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