Galatians
The Law exposes our sin; the faithfulness of Jesus atones and justifies God’s gift of righteousness upon us. The Holy Spirit is a gift. Heaven is a gift. Eternal life is a gift. Relationship with God is a gift. These things only feel like gifts after our sinfulness is
Galatians
Jesus will take us from our worldly focus and bring us in line with God. I love reflecting upon how God has taken me from my passionate, yet rudimentary, understanding in my youth to my deeper and more consistent understanding as an adult. I love seeing the same change occur
Galatians
God’s Spirit comes to us through faith, not obedience to the Law. As an example, consider the Pentecost story. Hardly a few weeks prior to Pentecost, Peter denied knowing Jesus. Yet at Pentecost, the Holy Spirit comes upon Peter and Peter gives an incredibly convicting message. God’s Spirit
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For all who believe, we are credited with righteousness. The words are easy to say, but the concept is still foreign. My employer pays me based on what I do. I only pay for products and services from which I benefit. Almost every part of our life is built on
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Faith comes by hearing, and thanks be to God I have people in my life who are willing to talk about their faith openly! It’s neat to think about tracing my faith back to Jesus. I may not know all the names, but my faith came to me through
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Because we have been crucified in Christ and Christ now lives in us, we should be looking for opportunities to say, “I love how Christ looks in you.” We serve one God; Jesus should unite us. We have all fallen short of God’s glory; the grace of God should
Galatians
Only through the power of God can someone look at me and see God’s love for them instead. For me, that’s the pinnacle of existence. That’s how I know I’m walking with the Lord. When I interact with someone and they feel like they’ve interacted
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Unlike the world, God lifts us out of our sin to help us build a new life. We don’t earn His love, we receive what is freely given. We don’t earn our forgiveness, we receive what is freely given. Paul gives a pair of somewhat confusing verses here.
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Salvation comes to us because Jesus died; what we do after is a response to the gift of salvation He already gave. God loved us because He is God, not because we earned His favor. We love Him and each other as a response to His love, not to get
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It is easy to lose sight of how Jesus should unite us even while the world would divide us. God is love. Love should unify. Those who are in God should be one. In the Gospel of John, Jesus teaches that the world will know we are His disciples by
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When we meet someone whose life is clearly being changed by Jesus, our focus should be celebrating the Jesus we see within. Anytime we meet Jesus in another person, unity should be our focus. Jesus should bring us together in fellowship. Paul continues the story, giving the results of the
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There is nothing more significant than our pursuit of Jesus. Jesus – and His love for me – transforms me into what He wants me to become. God uses people to show me Jesus, but what matters is Christ crucified shining through those people. My relationship with God hinges solely on the