When the enemy shall come in like a flood

‘When the enemy shall come in like a flood’

These words are taken from Isa59:19 and reveal enemy activity with respect to the fellowship of God’s redeemed people. Down through the ages the Reformed Faith in general and evangelical Protestantism in particular, has been subjected to much trial and testing; in some instances there have been times when the blood of martyrs has flowed. In recent times the foundations of the Reformed Faith have been exposed to enemy attack; every device imaginable has been hurled against the Foundational teachings of God’s Word, in order to frustrate and discredit its authority.

Now the forces of darkness are launching a two pronged attack against Biblical Christianity, with the intent of destroying the testimony of evangelical Protestantism in an evil pincer movement. The enemy has selected northern Europe as the theatre of operation with GB as the primary target. The English language, being the globally accepted means of communication, is the main medium of the evil ploy. It is ironical that GB, a Christian nation, a nation that spread the Word of God worldwide, has been the chosen battle field upon which the forces of darkness engage God’s redeemed people.

This land, where Godly men and women died in defence of their faith; this land that sacrificed so much for the civil and religious liberty of many in a worldwide context; this land that once honoured God through the preaching of the Gospel of free and sovereign grace; this land that has enjoyed the many and manifold blessings of God, is now on the verge of total evangelical Protestant collapse as the enemy launch this deadly two pronged attack.

The two pronged attack against evangelical Protestantism, comes from Atheism and Secular Humanism. Atheism has been developing the weapon of evolution for some considerable time; it is being displayed in schools, colleges, museums, on the radio, in the press and on global TV; now it is aggressively deploying this devastating weapon at the whole spectrum of life and declaring that there is no room for God anywhere. Atheism has declared war against Biblical Christianity in general and evangelical Protestantism in particular by bringing in a flood of evolutionary speculation.

The other part of the enemy pincer movement against evangelical Protestantism is manifest in the Secular Humanist movement. This aggressive and abrasive secular movement is the fuel that the political and press establishments run on; secular humanism opposes faith schools, resists religious education, insists on the implementation of equality legislation which ignores Christian values, champions human rights above the right of believing Christians, gives biased support to homosexual groups, supports civil partnerships and pluralism.

Secular Humanism, in step with atheism are contributing to the breakdown of British society at an alarming rate; family values are disappearing, they are no longer built upon God’s Word; law and order collapsing under amoral pressure; suicides rising as people are encouraged to look to self as opposed to God; the whole moral fabric of society is being pulled from the foundation of God’s Word and being built upon mere human values. It is sadly the case that GB has become the power house of the global secularist movement.

In the light of such an enemy attack upon the Reformed Faith, is there anything that can be done to stop the enemy? The only defence that God’s people have in a time of crisis is ‘The Lord of Hosts’, the God of battles; ‘If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land’ (2Chron7:14) Pray that God will raise up a standard against the forces of evil today. ‘When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him.’


Rev Mervyn Cotton (Heb13:6)