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(Matt. 5:13). Jesus did not serve anyone on

command or demand, nor did He live to

please men or cater to a person’s

expectations of Him, but He was in full

control of His life and answered only to His

Father in Heaven. And although Jesus

forgave repentant sinners, He never

indulged, condoned, or downplayed sin;

rather, He warned of sin’s eternal

consequences (See Luke 13:3-5, Romans

6:23).

Also, Jesus was not naive or gullible.

Naiveté, gullibility, and a passive tolerance

of sin are not godly characteristics, and it’s a

lie of Satan to suggest that Christians should

represent Christ in that way. Jesus never

passively tolerated sin, nor did He tolerate

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