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I wish I could say the whole sordid mess ended and everyone fell on each other's necks sobbing and asking for forgiveness. Unfortunately, many dozens of lives were impacted for the worse. Many of Fisher’s former students came away with their faith in God destroyed. Only the All-Knowing knows whether Fisher is to blame or his opponents in each individual case. The ugliness and lack of Christian charity shown by some of Fisher’s opponents soured many of the people in close proximity to the situation in that hubris-fueled struggle. My old friend Sabby’s observation in another post in this thread regarding the toxicity of the atmosphere of those times has a lot of truth to it. I know that only a tiny handful of Fisher’s former students still attend UPCI churches. I wish it had never happened. It unleashed forces that are still in play today to the detriment of the God’s kingdom.
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I wasn't around when all of this happened, haven't read the book by Fudge, and don't really know much about any of it. However, in reading the above quote I am reminded of how easy it is, for whatever inescapable reason, to forget how much the Accuser of the Brethren is constantly looking for an in to disrupt and ruin the plans and intentions of God for His people.
Vigilance against the flesh and works of the devil must be maintained at all times. Imagine if everyone involved would have seen this for what it was, stopped themselves, and fasted their flesh into submission, and prayed against the evil influence of wickedness in high places.
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