Monthly Archives: October 2012

So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature.  For the sinful nature desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the sinful nature. They … Continue reading →

You, my brothers, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the sinful nature; rather, serve one another in love.  The entire law is summed up in a single command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”  … Continue reading →

Brothers, if I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been abolished. As for those agitators, I wish they would go the whole way and emasculate themselves! (Galatians 5:11-12 NIV) … Continue reading →

You were running a good race. Who cut in on you and kept you from obeying the truth? 8 That kind of persuasion does not come from the one who calls you.  “A little yeast works through the whole batch … Continue reading →

It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. Mark my words! I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, … Continue reading →

Tell me, you who want to be under the law, are you not aware of what the law says? For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman.  … Continue reading →

My dear children, for whom I am again in the pains of childbirth until Christ is formed in you, how I wish I could be with you now and change my tone, because I am perplexed about you! (Galatians 4:19-20 NIV) I … Continue reading →

Have I now become your enemy by telling you the truth? Those people are zealous to win you over, but for no good. What they want is to alienate you from us, so that you may be zealous for them. … Continue reading →

I plead with you, brothers, become like me, for I became like you. You have done me no wrong.   As you know, it was because of an illness that I first preached the gospel to you.  Even though my illness … Continue reading →

I fear for you, that somehow I have wasted my efforts on you. (Galatians 4:11) “Where have we failed?” When the people we have invested our lives in ignore the basic principles we hold dear, we wonder what went wrong.  How … Continue reading →