What Men Fear Most

Mark 11:18 KJV

And the scribes and chief priests heard it, and sought how they might destroy him: for they feared him, because all the people was astonished at his doctrine.

They sought to destroy him because they feared him. 

Such is the way of men:

• If a particular animal is dangerous to us our first inclination is to exterminate it
• If a nation of people appears to harm our way of life we want to subdue them 
• If a certain practice we think might be harmful to the environment we want to legislate against it

Modern men pretend to have progressed beyond such thinking. Ours, they say, is an age of tolerance. 

• We venerate the shark, the tiger and the bear we once were so afraid of
• We revel in the re-emergence of cultures such as those of aboriginal peoples
• We extol the virtues of a variety of political ideals we once hated (or at least distrusted)

But our perceived progress is driven to a standstill in the face of Jesus Christ. He is feared still and those who are His truest followers are still considered a threat that must be stopped. The American experiment put up with Christianity for a time but has now once again lifted up its sword against the faith which

• Confesses the true origin of man as being created by God
• Confronts the sin nature of man and
• Condemns the lost man to eternal hell without Christ

Men want to destroy that which they fear. And they fear few things as much as they fear the truth of God's Word.