‣ if we worship God the way we should
‣ if we do what He commands of us
‣ if we witness to the world about the Great Salvation that can be had by giving one ’ s life to Christ
‣ there will always be some people who will laugh at us for this reason and this reason alone !
But let us never allow the judgment of the world to stop us from dancing before God !!!
Let us never allow anyone to take away the joy of our salvation !
May we never be persuaded not to witness , not to praise God in the sight of others , not to tell the world about Jesus simply because some people will cut us down because of it .
In Paul ’ s letter to the church in Galatia he writes : “ I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel ( anything and everything but God ) — which is really no gospel at all .”
Paul goes on to say : “ Am I now trying to win the approval of humanity , or of God ? Or am I trying to please humanity ? If I were still trying to please people , I would not be a servant of Christ .”
Whose approval are we trying to win ?
I ’ ve heard it said so often that in many places the Gospel of Christ is no longer being preached … instead … people are preaching hate , intolerance , lies , division .
… well , to this , Paul says : “ If anyone is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted , let him be eternally condemned !”
Those are some very heavy words !
We are called to be the stewards of God ’ s Word … of God ’ s truth which is love , joy , grace , peace , compassion , mercy …
Who are we trying to please ?
Are we declaring God ’ s truth … no matter what others might think or say about us ?
Just imagine what a difference we could make in this world … if everyone who is of faith … would do what God has called us to do
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