As we see people stumble and fall and even stop running in the race of the Christian life, what makes us confident that they can get back up and start to run on the right path and make it to the end-- Paul shows us how our confidence is not in ourselves, but in the Lord. The He is the one who will get his people home. We can be confident that he will judge those who are leading others astray and that as we run for Christ, our lives will be offensive to the world around us. But let us make sure its the cross that is offensive, because that leads people to meet the Savior-