Don’t Let Go of What’s Most Important

[509 words] There will always be a pull on Christians to compromise the truth of the gospel for what may be more pleasing to me (or men), for what may seem to be “wise,” or for what may be easy. Paul said in Galatians 1:10, “For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I still pleased men, I would not be a bondservant of Christ.” How important it is to hold onto the only gospel of Jesus! What principles does Paul show from this verse and context? Being a servant of God means I seek to always please God. There was a time in Paul’s life, when he pleased the Jewish “higher-ups” by dragging Christians off to prison and breathing out threats and murders against them (Acts 7:58, 8:1-3; 9:1-2). Yet, after Paul’s meeting with the Lord, he always sought to…