C. FOR SOME, IT IS A LACK OF COURAGE...

1. There is a fear of being:

a. Rejected by loved ones

b. Ridiculed by friends and strangers

c. Reviled by enemies of Christ

1. Yet there is no need to fear such things

a. People are not rejecting us, but Christ

b. If reviled for the name of Christ, we are blessed - Mt 5: 11-12; 1Pe 4:14-16

c. If we are servants of Christ, we seek to please God, not men - Ga 1:10--

Are we willing to overcome our fears, to save those who are lost?