posted Sep 16, 2016, 10:19 AM by Grant Garber
- There is a criticism leveled at the Gospel – even in a nominally Christian land.
- There is a social isolation which Christians sometimes suffer.
- Sometimes a believer suffers in their career because they identify with the Christian faith.
- Sometimes Christians are actually made a butt of jokes because they have chosen to be a disciple of Jesus.
- Don’t increase this criticism needlessly.
- Don’t cultivate peculiarity.
- Don’t be overcritical.
- Never sever fellowship with other people if you can avoid it.
- What happens if they still exclude us “from the camp” and treat us almost as if we’re exiles? What then?
- Say to yourself, “This is not my disgrace. It is His! And rejoice that you are allowed to bear a bit of His shame!
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