Galatians 1:10 For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ. I. THE SERVANT. 1. He realizes the most perfect ideal of life. Others live for pleasure, wealth, fame; he for Christ. 2. He has the best Master. 3. He yields to the most valid claims — property, protection, redemption. 4. He has the strongest warrants — reason, conscience, love. 5. He is promised and enjoys the noblest reward — his Master's smile, his Sovereign's throne. II. HIS SERVICE. 1. It is dignified in its sphere. 2. Grand in its motive — "pleasing God." 3. Splendid in its instrument — the gospel. 4. Glorious in the freedom of its consecration. 5. Beneficent in the uses which it serves. Parallel Verses KJV: For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ. |
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