A Heart Compelled by Christ

11Since, then, we know what it is to fear the Lord, we try to persuade men. What we are is plain to God, and I hope it is also plain to your conscience. 12We are not trying to commend ourselves to you again, but are giving you an opportunity to take pride in us, so that you can answer those who take pride in what is seen rather than in what is in the heart.

It is the compelled heart that draws a man to his Godly purpose. It has no reflection on what others say or do or think. It is the love of Christ in him that insists on his being that he do whatever to spread the Gospel.

So, it isn’t for the commendation of others that we live, but for the advancement of the Kingdom. It isn’t for producing what others will see, but for producing what causes others to see Christ.