Formerly, when you did not know God, you were enslaved to those that by nature are not gods. But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how can you turn back again to the weak and worthless elementary principles of the world, whose slaves you want to be once more? You observe days and months…
for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s offspring, heirs according to promise.…
I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.Galatians 2:20 The most important thing is the gospel of Jesus…
Paul spent three years – solitary time with God – studying and reflecting. We live in a time that puts too much emphasis on activity and accomplishment and not enough on reflection and contemplation. Paul then went to Jerusalem not for instruction but for accountability and unity. In today’s passage, Paul shows us that we…
I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel. Galatians 1:6 Recently, there has been a proliferation of “new gospels” in our world. Some are rooted in eastern mysticism, while others are based more on pop-psychology than they are on the gospel.…
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:6-7 Worry is a matter of perspective. If anyone had a reason to worry—it was Paul as…
Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward…
Part Two in not letting our love grow cold in the faith
An expository sermon on 1 Corinthians 13
Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes…