“15For neither circumcision counts for anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation…17From now on let no one cause me trouble, for I bear on my body the marks of Jesus.” – Galatians 6:15 & 17 (ESV)
Worldly appearances are of no good to us if the heart is not in the right space. As Christians, we have be made new from the inside. We are no longer held to the law of the outside. We are to act in accordance with the marks of a true Christians as noted in Romans chapter 12.
Paul makes it clear to the Galatians that he is no longer under the rule of the Jewish law. Remember that Paul spent many years in prison with his only crime being that he was preaching the gospel. The thing that we find difficult to understand was that he was content to sit there in prison and write letters of encouragement for his fellow believers.
Paul was clear that his burden was for Christ and he fully embraced living for Jesus and not the law.
Would that we live for Christ? Will you work to glorify God each and every day and be content with your actions? Will you bear the marks of Jesus?
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