“And I, brethren, if I still preach circumcision,
why do I still suffer persecution?
Then the offense of the Cross has ceased.”
Galatians 5:11

What Paul is saying here is that if he were to preach the Judaic law, he wouldn’t have persecution. Paul could easily escape persecution by simply following the status quo. He could preach any religious practice or virtue and be honored for it – EXCEPT preaching the Cross.

And so it is today. As long as you preach or teach commonly-held tenets of good works, love, charity, or how to better yourself, you’ll be honored. Aren’t you wonderful for all the good things you do! But if you bring in the Cross of Jesus Christ with all that that means including its exclusivity, you WILL be rejected, you WILL be persecuted, because the Gospel IS an offense to all other religions.

So why not just go along and follow the status quo, being careful not to offend anyone?

Because the Cross of Christ is God’s one and only provision for the salvation of mankind. There is no other way. It is exclusive, and that’s where the offense lies.

Jesus said that there is NO OTHER WAY:

“I am the way, the truth, and the life.
NO ONE comes to the Father EXCEPT through me.”
John 14:6

Choose ye this day whom you will serve: either let your message be tolerance and “uplifting” platitudes and be accepted by the masses, or bring the narrow and exclusive way of the only true God. Your eternity depends on this choice. Don’t think this is too hard, too narrow, too exclusive. It is the truth.

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