Galatians 6:3-4, "For if anyone thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself....
Galatians
Bear One Another’s Burdens
Galatians 6:2, “Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.” Introduction The...
Gentle Restoration
Galatians 6:1, “Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should...
The Fruit of the Spirit Is, Part Two
Galatians 5:22-23, “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control; against such things there is no law.” My roommate and I decorated our college dormitory hallway with pictures of fruit using...
The Fruit of the Spirit Is, Part One
As a parent with young children, it’s no easy feat to get to church on time. This is especially true when it’s also your son’s birthday; you’re trying to keep the house clean for friends coming over later in the day; your spouse has already left for a meeting before...
O Sweetest Exchange in Christ Alone
Galatians 5:2-4,“Look: I, Paul, say to you that if you accept circumcision, Christ will be of no advantage to you. I testify again to every man who accepts circumcision that he is obligated to keep the whole law. You are severed from Christ, you who would be justified...
The Yoke that Gives Us Freedom
Galatians 5:1, “For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.” Freedom is certainly a relevant word in our time. It evokes images of armed soldiers fighting with valor and a flag. Or perhaps of people marching...
Cast Out the Slave Master
Galatians 4:28-31, “28 Now you, brothers, like Isaac, are children of promise. 29 But just as at that time he who was born according to the flesh persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, so also it is now. 30 But what does the Scripture say? “Cast out the...
Why Then the Law?
In the middle of his discussion of the relationship between the Abrahamic and Mosaic covenants, Paul poses the question that his readers—and we—were likely thinking about: “Why then the Law?” If the promise, as Paul stated earlier, had come through Abraham, and Christ...