The Expectation to Remain Silent to Keep the Peace by Dr. Rod Mattoon

About this sermon

In this message, we continue to examine expectations that are unloaded upon us. We take a look first of all at the expectation to fix what you did not break. Secondly, we look at the expectation to earn love through performance. True love is not based upon performance. It is given freely. Love that is earned is never secure. The last expectation is the expectation to remain silent to keep the peace. We spend some time on this one. There are times to keep quiet, but then there are times the righteous must speak up. While restraint can be virtuous, habitual silence in the face of wrongdoing, confusion, injustice, or violation of moral boundaries slowly erodes integrity and breeds inward unrest. Sin flourishes where righteousness is silent. Evil gains confidence when godly voices grow quiet. While believers cannot force repentance, God does call them to speak truth in love, warn faithfully, and refuse to let silence become a partner with sin. * Charles Haddon Spurgeon- "Peace purchased at the expense of truth is no peace at all." * A. W. Tozer- "The fear of conflict has silenced more truth than persecution ever did." * Martyn Lloyd-Jones- "Unity without truth is merely agreement in error." * Vance Havner- "Too often we call it peace when it is only quiet compromise." The aim of the believer is not to satisfy every voice, but to please the One who called us, the Lord Jesus Christ. Life is all about Him. God does not ask you to become a better imitation of another man or woman; He asks you to be a faithful servant of Christ where He has placed you, with what He has given you. When it comes to Jesus, we are to speak up and point others to Him. This final message of the “Expectation” series was preached on Wednesday night, July 8, 2026, at Lincoln Land Baptist Church.

Topics

• Peace