Facades - Galatians 6

Those 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. Galatians 6:12

This makes perfect sense…but I haven’t seen this verse before. As long as people could keep new believers tied to the Old Law, they didn’t have to reconcile the fact that they were themselves dying….from decay on the inside….while creating a façade of piousness. Their insides are rotting from failure after failure under the law…..you know the saying…misery loves company.

I equate this to modern day “legalists”. Folks who are so bogged down in their own extra-biblical beliefs, they want to saddle you with them as well.

Don’t get me wrong here guys…..we need to constantly be modeling Christ….we need to be constantly striving to live more HOLY….and that’s a big word….but we need to constantly be asking God to uncover in us, the sin in our lives and remove those desires from our lives.