Bragging is something good Christians just don't do. We are supposed to be humble, like Christ. We are supposed to let our actions speak rather than run our mouths. Plus, no one really likes someone who is boastful and arrogant and can't stop telling you how great they/their job/their family/or their favorite team is.
But how does that saying go? "There's an exception to every rule." And there is an exception to this one. Paul tells us in Galatians 6:14 that we can brag "in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ". We are given leeway to brag about what God has done in our life, through the Cross.
Obviously this is a different kind of bragging. This is not self-centered or self-magnifying. This is Jesus-centered and God-glorifying. The transforming power of the Cross makes us "a new creation" (6:15) and imparts to us peace, mercy, and grace (6:16-18).
So go ahead, brag all you want. As long as it's Cross-centered, it's perfectly acceptable.
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