This little word has mighty power. Many souls are held in bondage by it. The devil uses it in forms like these: If I avow my faith what will the world say of me? What influence can I have afterwards? If I act on my faith, how I shall be laughed at.—None of these ifs look as if they came from God. They are conferring with flesh and blood.
But there is an if of more tremendous import, which does come from God. "IF any man draw back, MY SOUL SHALL HAVE NO PLEASURE IN HIM." Let us who see light in God's word, beware lest we permit the devil, by any device, to quench it in darkness.