Brothers and sisters, if I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? (Galatians 5:11)

Good point.

Paul was fighting against his culture, and it was fighting back.

Nothing much has changed.  Beloved,  if we are men and women of God, we are called to stand against both the depravity of the world and the pseudoreligious legalism of some in the Church.  There will be push-back.  As much as we are called to live at peace with those around us, we cannot and must not “go along to get along.”

Are you prepared to fight, Beloved?  Are you willing to stake your claim on biblical truth, and hold your ground against all comers?  It won’t be pretty…but then neither was the cross.

We aren’t called to pretty.

We’re called to truth.

Stand firm, Beloved.

Happy Friday.