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Want to Ensure Your Place in the Kingdom of Heaven?
(Galatians 4:16-17) Are you being shut out of the kingdom of heaven without really knowing it? How would you know if you are or are not? Paul answers that question in part in the first of these two verses today. Paul was preaching the truth. Those who stood against him who were influencing the Galatians…
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How God Makes A Silk Purse Out Of A Sows Ear
(Galatians 4:12-15) You’ve heard all the old sayings like this one, I’m sure. You can’t make a silk purse out of a sows ear. And it’s quite true! YOU can’t. But God can! He does it all the time. The underlying principle here is that something wonderful and good cannot come from something common, bad…
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You Can’t Turn Back
(Galatians 4:8-11) When we are called to come to Jesus Christ, there is only one way that we can go. Forward! You can’t go back, nor should you want to go back. If we seek to go back or even if we mistakenly think about our past and wish we could be “back in the…
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What is the Work of the Holy Spirit
(Galatians 4:6-7) In these verses we see the Holy Spirit mentioned, showing one of the works of the Spirit. This particular work is as an intercessory between ourselves and God on our behalf for the scripture here says, And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying,…
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Do You Recognise the 3 Freedoms God Offers You?
(Galatians 4:1-5) This section of Galatians 4 speaks about how Christians are being adopted as the sons and daughters of God. It looks at people as if they are initially children or even slaves who have not come to maturity and thus cannot fully receive the promises offered. But when a child is adopted as…
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The Secret of Freedom From Law
(Galatians 3:23-29) Psst! Wanna know a secret? And not just any secret but one that is going to make your life as a Christian so much better you won’t ever want to look back? Well…it’s all about the laws of Moses and where they really fit with regards to your walk in Christ. We all…
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The Law Is Good, Faith Is Better
(Galatians 3:20-22) If you have read any of my posts concerning the law, that is, the laws of Moses, you might think that I am opposed to the law. But nothing could be further from the truth. The same could be said about many of the writings in the New Testament, especially the writings of…
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Why The Law?
(Galatians 3:19) We know as Christians that God promised to Abraham that he and His offspring would inherit the world. This covenant, based on the righteousness by faith that Abraham had, was the covenant that we hope to attain today. In fact, that covenant to Abraham forms and underpins what we know as the New…
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Ratifying the New Covenant
(Galatians 3:15-18) A covenant is the same thing as a will. It is put in place to define what will happen after a certain condition or situation occurs. To ratify something is to bring it into effect. In the case of a will, the condition that ratifies the will is the death of the individual…
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Redeemed From The Curse of the Law
(Galatians 3:13-14) We read in the book of Romans chapter 7 that Paul says, “So the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and just and good.” (Romans 7:12) And then we see also that Jesus says, 17 “Think not that I have come to abolish the law and the prophets; I have come…
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Righteous By Faith
(Galatians 3:11-12) In the time before the coming of Christ, the Israelites were God’s chosen people. He gave them the law to follow for the purpose of understanding His will and to rein in the tendencies of man towards sin and sinfulness. But man failed. Man could not keep the law, and so their righteousness…
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Curse Of The Law
(Galatians 3:10) If ever there was a verse in the Bible that should lead us to seek the freedom from law that is offered through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, it is this verse. It reads as follows. For all who rely on works of the law are under a curse; for it…