I've seen this image before and it's very thought-provoking. Just this Sunday I preached on 1 Cor 9 regarding how Paul willingly laid aside his rights for the sake of the gospel. Of note is that Paul didn't deny the rights that were available to him, only that his rights were not as important to him as the gospel such that he would refrain from exercising them if such would interfere with the proclamation of the gospel. In this image, by contrast, the neighbor on the left apparently denies a constitutional right where the neighbor on the right has expressly decided to refrain from exercising that same right in the defense of his neighbor.
I've seen this image before and it's very thought-provoking. Just this Sunday I preached on 1 Cor 9 regarding how Paul willingly laid aside his rights for the sake of the gospel. Of note is that Paul didn't deny the rights that were available to him, only that his rights were not as important to him as the gospel such that he would refrain from exercising them if such would interfere with the proclamation of the gospel. In this image, by contrast, the neighbor on the left apparently denies a constitutional right where the neighbor on the right has expressly decided to refrain from exercising that same right in the defense of his neighbor.
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