Scripture: Galatians 2:1-3
Then after fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus along with me. I went up in response to a revelation. Then I laid before them (though only in a private meeting with the acknowledged leaders) the gospel that I proclaim among the Gentiles, in order to make sure that I was not running, or had not run, in vain. But even Titus, who was with me, was not compelled to be circumcised, though he was a Greek.
Thought for the Day: The proof is in the pudding, which most language historians believe is shorthand for the proof of the pudding is in the eating. Either way, the success of Paul’s understanding of the Gospel message is demonstrated in Titus and reinforced by Barnabas. Titus was a Gentile who had come to the faith without being circumcised, and Barnabas had seen the transformation of Gentiles who followed the ways of Jesus without first becoming Jews. This was a great point of tension between Paul and the Jerusalem church, and so Paul does not go before his opponents alone. He brings with him some pudding.
Prayer: Lord, assist me as I bring the transformative message of the Gospel to people who seek to be transformed. Amen.
