#178 “FALLING INTO BONDAGE” (GALATIANS 5:2-6)
Aren’t you grateful for the people God has placed in your life who protect you? As the Galatians contemplated whether or not to turn to false teaching, it was Paul who gently, yet firmly, [...]
5 Steps to Living a Joy Filled Life
In a recent conversation with a Christian friend, he shared how several unexpected killjoys had sprung up in his life and dragged him down to a dark place. Since then, my friend has struggled to [...]
#177 “STANDING FIRM IN GRACE” (GALATIANS 5:1)
For freedom, Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. As Paul transitions into his third section, the practical and fruitful application [...]
#176 “PAUL’S APPEAL USING THE TORAH” (GALATIANS 4:21-31)
The Historical Example (vs. 21-23) 21 Tell me, you who desire to be under the law, do you not listen to the law? Paul confronts the Galatians for not knowing the very Law they want to be under. [...]
#175 “AN APOSTLE’S PERSONAL PLEA” (GALATIANS 4:8-20)
In Galatians 4:8-20, we see Paul revealing personal aspects of his life like never before. A true picture of a great shepherd who loved and cared for the people he taught. An Appeal Not to [...]
#174 “WE ARE HEIRS OF CHRIST” (GALATIANS 4:1-7)
WE ARE HEIRS OF CHRIST (4:1-7) I. Before Coming to Christ (vs. 1-3): I mean that the heir, as long as he is a child (nēpios, an immature toddler who is helpless), is no different from a slave, [...]
#173 “THE POSITION OF THE CHRISTIAN” (GALATIANS 3:26-29)
26 for in Christ Jesus you are all sons (huios, full-grown children) of God, through faith. In 3:23-25, Paul has been addressing the nation of Israel (first-person plural, “we”) being under the [...]
#172 “THE PURPOSE OF THE LAW” (GALATIANS 3:19-25)
19 Why then the law? It was added because of transgressions, until the offspring should come to whom the promise had been made, and it was put in place through angels by an intermediary. Paul [...]
#171 “THE NEED FOR FAITH” (GALATIANS 3:15-18)
15 To give a human example, brothers: even with a man-made covenant (last will or testament), no one annuls it or adds to it once it has been ratified.16 Now the promises were made to Abraham and [...]
#170 “THE RIGHTEOUS SHALL LIVE BY FAITH” (GALATIANS 3:10-14)
Those who live by the Law are required to obey each command to perfection. That, of course, is impossible for anyone to do. It’s not DOING the Law (fulfilling it) that saves a person. [...]
