2 Kings 17 [The Message]

What is the root word for protestant?

This chapter states, The children of Israel went along with all the sins that Jeroboam did, never murmured so much as a word of protest. It’s as if God frowned upon His People passively going along with sinful regimes.

Here’s another example of protest: The three Hebrew boys who refused to bow to Nebuchadnezzar’s golden image and were cast into a fiery furnace. They are commended in God’s Word as heroes for protesting the worship of an idol.

The key for us – a gentle but Godly attitude. “And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,” [2 Tim. 2:24]

A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger. The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright. [Pr. 15]