(Regarding Galatians 2:11-21) In this part of his letter to the Galatian churches Paul is doing at least two things. First, he continues with the point we looked at last week that this gospel is something that is NOT of human origin, but of divine origin. Because of that, as […]
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Jesus Raises Us from Death to Life
St. Paul’s apostolic office was not a self-chosen pursuit, but a divine call to preach the Son of God “among the Gentiles” (Gal. 1:15–16). What he preached was “not man’s gospel” (Gal. 1:11), but the revelation of Christ Jesus. The Old Testament prophets also preached the same Lord Jesus in […]
Read MoreRescued From This Present Evil Age
This Sunday we begin a series of six lessons from the Epistle of Paul to the Galatians. The Galatian churches were those to whom Paul had brought the saving gospel of Christ during his second missionary journey. These were the cities like Pisidian Antioch, Iconium, Lystra, and Derbe. Paul had […]
Read MoreThe Good Shepherd Cares for His Sheep
Jesus Christ, the Son of God, came from the Father and became flesh among us in order to rescue us, His sheep. He laid down His life for us and took it up again in order to give us eternal life. By the preaching of His Gospel, He calls His […]
Read MoreGod’s Beloved Son Has Redeemed Us
Our life and works apart from Christ, no matter how impressive they may be to the eyes of the world, are ultimately garbage and no righteousness. Rather, it is in the scandalous cross of Jesus that we find our righteousness alone “through faith in Christ” (Phil. 3:9). By such faith, […]
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2 Corinthians 5:14-21 For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again. So from now […]
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