Pilgrim’s Progress Stage 4: A Voice of Encouragement (4:8)
Christian was not alone. And though you may feel alone in your struggles, neither are you.
Christian was not alone. And though you may feel alone in your struggles, neither are you.
He had not the wisdom either to stop his ears, or to know from whence those wicked words came.
The ditch on the right represents the spiritual blindness that leads to doctrinal heresy.
The mire on the other side is sin that leads to despair.
Servants of God like this should not be rebuked or scorned. They should be honored for “going as far as they dared.”
How do we respond to the victories in our lives?
Each time he took another wound, he grew weaker. Every time we fall to sin, it becomes harder to resist the next temptation.
The accuser’s favorite tactic is a selective presentation of the evidence, stripped of the most important fact in the universe.
Whether or not Apollyon is Satan in this allegory, he still fights like Satan. And the way we defeat our adversary, whoever that may be, is still the same.
Just like Christian, we need mountaintop experiences to help us keep perspective in our spiritual walk.
A battle is coming, and Christian needs to be ready.