The false teacher love approval and focus on externals rather than heart transformation. Paul bears the battle scars the false teachers have avoided. He is a new creation with a…
What does it mean to live by the Spirit? Vs 1-6 to be a Christian is to have burdens and to help others with theirs. Vs 7-10 people reap what…
Paul is very realistic about the struggle between our sinful nature and the Spirit. He gives examples of the works fo the sinful nature and the fruit of the Spirit.…
Indonesia declared independence in 1947, but it took many years for freedom to come. The Galatians had been given freedom in Christ, but people had come telling them they needed…
It may be difficult to remember Gal 5:22f. Our natural selves militate against the fruit of the Spirit. Love is a choice; we can choose to live by the Spirit.…
Our natural instinct is to try to earn righteousness, but the only way is to receive it as a gift from God. The offer is made of complete righteousness in…
Paul's key phrase is "until Christ is formed in you." He wants his readers to return to basics. Let us be bored by the gospel. Rather let us let the…
Imagine if an heir did not believe the promises in a will? We cannot earn God's approval by what we do. We need to trust God's promises. 1. Before Jesus…
Is salvation earned or a free gift? There was a blurry line between Judaism and Christianity. Are Christians bound by the Law? 1. Our relationship with God rests wholly on…
The heart of the gospel is Jesus crucified. The proof is in the story of Abraham hundreds of years before the law was given. Our own efforts to keep God…