Circumcision
12Those who want to make a good impression outwardly are trying to compel you to be circumcised. The only reason they do this is to avoid being persecuted for the cross of Christ.13Not even those who are circumcised obey the law, yet they want you to be circumcised that they may boast about your flesh.
14May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
15Neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything; what counts is a new creation.
16Peace and mercy to all who follow this rule, even to the Israel of God. Gal 6:12-16
So, as I'm reading this passage, I'm thinking about the push the church is making in recent years into more socially aware territory.
Is someone looked down upon because he refuses to be pressured into meeting a performance standard for missions?
If you did not participate in a service project this month, is your salvation in question? And I mean merely for the sake of meeting a performance standard, not because it is something one really is led to do.
I see a dangerous thing here. Where one feels almost able to respond quickly with an "area of service" in the church. A defense mechanism in a way. Get out of jail free?
What should our emphasis be? Shouldn't it be to live a holy life? It ought to be to read the gospels and obey them.
*sigh*
posted by Marcian @ 8:50 PM
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