Archive for July 2019

Gal. 4:7  Therefore you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ. Paul provides a contrast between slaves/servants and sons, note these characteristics. These aren’t gender exclusive, but apply to both men and women. Slaves/servants: position based on performance, that begins with the basis of…

Gal. 1:6 I marvel that you are turning away so soon from Him who called you in the grace of Christ, to a different gospel, Paul writes to believers in the region of Galatia of a “different gospel” or “another gospel”.  These gospels are devised by and for the immediate benefit of men, not God…

John 8:36  Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed. The cry of humanity echoes throughout history when Mel Gibson’s character William Wallace in the movie Braveheart finals words are “Freedom”.  There’s something in every individual that yearns for true freedom from tyranny and oppression from corrupt governments, crooked businesses, charlatan…

2 Cor. 12: 14 Now for the third time I am ready to come to you. And I will not be burdensome to you; for I do not seek yours, but you. For the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children. A current catch phrase deals with spiritual…

2 Cor. 9: 10, 11 Now may He who supplies seed to the sower, and bread for food, supply and multiply the seed you have sown and increase the fruits of your righteousness, while you are enriched in everything for all liberality, which causes thanksgiving through us to God.. Seeds, like faith, are sown in fertile soils with…

2 Cor. 6: 1 We then, as workers together with Him also plead with you not to receive the grace of God in vain. There is much being stated about grace and all the benefits available by receiving it.  With some the implication is that once received it can never be lost. What is Paul referring to receiving…