Keeps you from confessing
Christ
Fear of man.
Grim idol, bloody–mouthed, many souls he has devoured and trampled
down into hell! His eyes are full of hatred to Christ’s disciples.
Scoffs and jeers lurk in his eye. The laugh of the scorner growls in
his throat. Cast down this idol. This keeps some of you from secret
prayer, from worshipping God in your family, from going to lay your
case before ministers, from openly confessing Christ. You that have
felt God’s love and Spirit, dash this idol to pieces. Who art thou,
that thou shouldst be afraid of a man that shall die? Fear not, thou
worm Jacob. What have I to do any more with idols?
A.A. Bonar, Memoirs and Remains of R.M. McCheyne, (Simpsonville, SC:
Christian Classics Foundation) 1997.
