The more we stand firm unwavering in our resolve to follow Christ the stronger we get. Soon it becomes more distasteful to depart from this to be liked by men than it is to be rejected by them.
John 12:43 "For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God."
The more we give into the pressure of men to lighten up in our determination to follow Christ the more we will be like the world, lifeless and useless for the kingdom, and even worse than that, perhaps unsaved without realizing it.
John 5:39-47 "39 You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; it is these that testify about Me;
40 and you are unwilling to come to Me so that you may have life.
41 I do not receive glory from men;
42 but I know you, that you do not have the love of God in yourselves.
43 I have come in My Father’s name, and you do not receive Me; if another comes in his own name, you will receive him.
44 How can you believe, when you receive glory from one another and you do not seek the glory that is from the one and only God?
45 Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father; the one who accuses you is Moses, in whom you have set your hope.
46 For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me, for he wrote about Me.
47 But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe My words?”
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