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
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We often make following God harder than it needs to be. We put on the expectation of perfection. We put on the expectation of doing the impossible. We overlook the small tasks to which God calls, thinking only the noteworthy accomplishments matter. That’s on us, though, not God. Paul
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When God calls us, He frequently calls us to take time to grow and develop before He calls us into action. This should make sense. Whenever I feel like doing something new, how can I hope to be successful if I don’t take time to learn and grow? Jesus’
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We are disciples of Jesus. This might feel like a no-brainer, but it doesn’t always play out that way. Am I Lutheran or am I Christian? Am I Baptist or am I Christian? Descriptors like Lutheran or Baptist have a place. They help us understand how a congregation worships
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Salvation is something to be received as a gift from God who loves us. As Martin Luther taught hundreds of years ago, salvation is by grace through the faithfulness of Christ. Salvation is by grace alone. It is through Christ’s faithfulness alone. I cannot save you (or me). You
Galatians
For anyone interested in a very quick synopsis of the background of Galatians, I put up a post but did not have it trigger an email. That post can be found on the DFR website here. Allowing others to sense Jesus within us is one of the greatest gifts we
Galatians
I love the book of Galatians. It's compact, it's deep in its theology, and some people claim it is the catalyst for the Protestant reformation because it is the book that Martin Luther was studying deeply when he began to question how he was being asked