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Galatians 6:1-10, Practicing Life in the Spirit
Paul has defended his gospel and challenged his readers to not defect from it, but to embrace it and the freedom it affords, freedom from the burden of keeping the law perfectly. He has warned against
Continue reading...Galatians 5:13-18, The Freedom and Responsibility of the Spirit
Paul’s call for the Galatians to choose the freedom that Christ set them free for, is not without recognition that the false teachers claim that pulling out from serving the Law leads one to unlawful
Continue reading...Galatians 5:1-12, Don’t Submit to Circumcision
“Paul has already reached two important goals in his appeal to the Galatians. He has defended his apostleship, including a defense of his right to preach the Gospel with or without the support of
Continue reading...Galatians 4:21-31, The Analogy From Hagar and Sarah
When Sarah failed to have a child by Abraham, she cajoled him into taking her slave girl, Hagar, as wife, and the child born to her, Ishmael, belonged to Sarah and Abraham, according to the custom of that
Continue reading...Galatians 4:8-20, Paul’s Genuine Concern
Paul’s defense of his gospel against the false teachers has been the testimony that he received his gospel by revelation from Christ, that he had little contact with the Jerusalem apostles but that
Continue reading...Galatians 4:1-7, Sonship in Christ Means No Longer Slaves
People are often asked whether they would relive their lives again if they could, knowing what they know now. But even if we were able to go back while retaining the knowledge we have gained, would we
Continue reading...Galatians 3:19-29, The Purpose of the Law
Paul has used the Scriptures to explain that everyone who is keeping the law in order to be justified (declared righteous before God) is under a curse, because no one can keep the law perfectly. The Law
Continue reading...Galatians 3:15-18, Promise, Not Law
If I promised you in a contract that I would cover all your mortgage payments every month, but then later established rules for how you treated your home and refused to pay when you didn’t keep the
Continue reading...Galatians 3:10-14, Christ a Curse in Our Place
Deuteronomy 21:22,23 says: 22 If someone guilty of a capital offense is put to death and their body is exposed on a pole, 23 you must not leave the body hanging on the pole overnight. Be sure to bury it
Continue reading...Galatians 3:1-9, Foolish Galatians
Grove and Grotto, a marketer of “enchantment” items, shares how to know if someone is using witchcraft on you. “Here are some tell-tale signs that you may indeed be crossed, jinxed, hexed,
Continue reading...Galatians 2:15-21, The Truth of the Gospel
Paul has been defending to the Galatian churches how he got the truth of the gospel, that it was not of human origin: He received the gospel directly from Jesus (1:11,12) Only God’s commission could
Continue reading...Galatians 2:11-14, Peter’s Hypocrisy
Is it surprising to us that a trusted spiritual leader could experience a deep failing? We’ve seen it many times, have we not. But could an Apostle, particularly the Apostle Peter, mess up royally?
Continue reading...Galatians 2:1-10, Paul’s Gospel Approved
PsychCentral.com says unhealthy approval seeking behavior can stem from several causes, such as low self-esteem or bad childhood experiences, and such behavior may include difficulty making decisions,
Continue reading...Galatians 1:11-24, Gospel from Revelation
I recently read the story of a woman, Olive Oatman, whose Mormon family left Illinois for Oregon on the strength of a revelation to their leader that God was going to give this land to them and prosper
Continue reading...Galatians 1:6-10, No Other Gospel
I’ve been trying out the new AI powered Bing search engine. I asked it what the true Coke (Coca Cola) was, and it responded, “Coca-Cola Classic is the original flavor formula for Coca-Cola
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