Called Counterfeit

There will be times when the eyes of suspicion will be upon us, because, with people’s hearts as they are, they cannot conceive of anyone wanting to live selflessly. Unbelievers will say we have “something up our sleeve,” that we have a motive in being so righteous, that it is all a game, that it is sheer hypocrisy. The cry of “counterfeit!” follows the Christian’s sincere efforts.

Still another reason for persecution is that there is a war in progress. The world of God indicates this! The bible says: “Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life” (1-Timothy 6:12). Again: “No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier” (2 Timothy 2:4).