" POPULARITY "

Good morning and thanks for stopping by. This week we will be looking into " POPULARITY."

Doing what is right will not always make you popular. Those who do right will be in the minority. But to obey God is more important than to obey people (Acts 5:29). Don't allow popularity to twist your perception of your own importance. It's comparatively easy to be humble when you're not on center stage, but how will you react to praise and honor?

Don't let your desire for approval, applause, and popularity drive you to immoral actions. Understand that the Christian life is not a popularity contest. After facing much opposition, for His teaching, Jesus was betrayed by Judas, disowned by the Disciples, crucified, and buried. Now, there was a deliberate plot to kill Jesus. Without this plot, there would have been no grounds of popular opinion against Him. In fact, because of Jesus' popularity, the religious leaders were afraid to arrest Him during the Passover. They did not want their actions to incite a riot.

LAST POINT: Christians who faithfully teach God's Word will not win any popularity contests in the world. People don't want to hear their sins denounced. They want to listen to demands that they change their behavior. A false teacher will be well received by non-Christians. Better to be popular in the eye's of God.

Until Next Time...
Jim