We can be completely unaffected by the attacks of those who do not love our God.
Perhaps even moving into an empathy for them because of their misery and lostness.
There was a day when I was more self focused, I agonized over the ill treatment from others. Now I feel sorry for them that they miss the love of the Lord and the blessing of kindness.
Do you find yourself attempting to appease and impress those who are lost without Christ? Or, do you find yourself desiring to warn them about their lost state to bring them under conviction to choose Christ?
If you are working to make people like you then you have a false gospel.
Luke 15:6-7 “And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost.’ Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.”
Ephesians 2:1-2 “And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience.”
Luke 15:31-32 “And he said to him, ‘Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours. It was fitting to celebrate and be glad, for this your brother was dead, and is alive; he was lost, and is found.’”
Luke 15:4-5 “What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open country, and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it? And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing.”
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