Galatians 6:11-18 "Strength in Weakness" 4/21/2024

Paul admonishes the teachers of the Word that they should practice what they preach.
The deeper meaning behind what Paul is saying for us as believers is that all that we do…good and bad…reflects on God.
Our name may be beseeched as believers…when we “blow” our witness…
But we do far more damage to the name of God by our actions than we do to our own.
And listen…because we still operate in these bodies' flesh…we are far from perfect…we still live in a fallen world…
So, we do “blow” our witness from time to time.
One way can we rectify that is to apologize immediately and confess that we sinned against them and God…
And ask for their forgiveness.
There was an old movie that had a famous line, “Love means never having to say you're sorry.”
I would disagree…it is an act of love to say that you are sorry.
But getting back to the cross…the Judizers were afraid the cross would bring persecution to them.
Paul understood that Jesus endured persecution on the cross for us.
The Judizers believed salvation came through works, not the cross.
Paul understood that redemption and salvation came only through the cross.