Part 9. Galatians 4 contrasts two types of people: the slave and the free.
Tag: Grace
Sons and Heirs
Part 8. If we accept Jesus, we are welcomed and adopted into God’s family as sons and daughters. We become heirs with an incredible inheritance. Why then would we go back and give our lives to the worthless things of … Continue reading “Sons and Heirs”
Church For Everyone
Part 7. Being in Christ is now our primary identity, not our gender, race or class. This is good news for both the individual and the entire world: every division has been done away with.
Knowing God
Part 6. It’s only through faith in Jesus that we can know God. Placing confidence in anything else will fail and obscure us from him.
Justification by Faith
Part 5. Salvation come through faith alone. We need to be on our guard against any kind of legalism, any kind of discriminatory views that create divisions amongst us. We need to embrace all people — and not just at arms … Continue reading “Justification by Faith”
The Truth of the Gospel
Part 4. The phrase “fallen from grace” comes from the book of Galatians. In Paul’s letter, it means you act as if the free gift of God has been given on the basis of merit — as if the gospel … Continue reading “The Truth of the Gospel”
Grace Transforms Lives
Part 3. Transformation occurs in all of us. Sometimes it’s an immediate and overnight change, and at other times it’s much more gradual.
Overview of Galatians
Part 1. Galatians is the reason why Christianity has become a global, multicentred, multiethnic, multicultural movement in a way that other religions have not.
The Lion of Judah
Judah behaves like a scoundrel toward is daughter in law and yet is shown incredible favour by his father and blessed by God. Why and on what basis?