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teach untruths and then continue to have

fellowship with them and participate in

ministry with them. He surely would boldly

renounce doctrinal error and warn of the

seriousness of perverting the Gospel (Gal.

1:8 & 9). And Jesus would never “apologize”

or back down when the truth that He spoke

was offensive and when those who heard

that truth reacted with animosity, criticism,

and hatred toward Him.

So to be like Christ in these days of watered-

down, lukewarm Christianity will set a

Christian apart from the majority of those

who profess to be Christians.

The cost to relationships

Jesus said in Luke 6:26, “Woe unto you,

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