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All right, welcome back. Day four of our deep dive into Galatians

chapter one. We're just going to do one verse. Again, Paul has, he's been hounded his entire ministry

that all kinds of accusations, all kinds of accusations, that he's not a real apostle for these

reasons because of his past

or because he has stepped away from the group of the Pharisees. And in Galatians 110, he has this

verse, for am I now seeking the approval of man or of God? Or am I trying to please man?

If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a servant of Christ.

Guys, I have one verse on my desk, and this is the verse that I have on my desk.

And let me tell you why I have this one and only verse on my desk.

There are very, very many, many, many important verses.

There's no doubt about that.

But when I'm sitting in my desk and I'm putting my sermon together and I'm wrapping things up on a Thursday night

before 722 starts, and I'm looking at the hard text in the scriptures, I have to ask myself,

before I get up and teach this word, am I now seeking the approval of man or of God?

You see, I know everybody thinks they're tough, but we all can be tempted to seek the approval of man.

We can all be driven by this really silly, like middle school kind of question, do people like me?

Well, the reality is, is that one day we will

stand before God and we will give an account for how we handled our life. The book of Hebrews says

that I will stand before the Lord one day and give an account on how I led this church and how I

handled his word. Let me tell you something that helps me when I am tempted to do

something or say something that is not in line with Christ, but is in line with pleasing people.

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