Galatians 5:11
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Galatians 5:11. And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? then is the offence of the cross ceased.
"The offence of the Cross" is that it sets up faith as the infinite merit of Christ’s atonement, and knocks down all confidence in outward ritual and ceremonies. Paul says that, if he had preached the flesh-pleasing doctrines of men, he would not have been persecuted; but the fact that he was persecuted was a proof that he was standing fast in the liberty wherewith Christ had made him free.