Last week we allowed the Bible to speak into our current social issues regarding race and were reminded that there is only “One Race” the human race. That there are no greater or lesser races, that we all descend from a single human parentage, Adam, and Eve.
We saw that for those of us who are in Christ that we are Heirs to the Kingdom, that is the Kingdom of God, that the heirs of the kingdom come from all walks of life, from every tribe, nation and tongue, regardless of gender (of which Paul only named two, in case you missed it), regardless of socioeconomic status. All who place their faith hope and trust in Christ are welcome and have a place in God’s Kingdom, not merely as servants, but as His children.
This week the Apostle Paul, considering all that he has just laid out, asks this question…WHY GO BACK?
Galatians 13
Why go back?
July 26, 2020 • Pastor Christopher Thompson • Galatians 4:8–20
Galatians 18
September 13, 2020 • Pastor Christopher Thompson • Galatians 6:11–18
Over the past four months, we have walked through the book of Galatians and seen that what these first centuries Christians struggled with was not so different from the struggles of today. We struggle in our world with false teachers twisting the truth to suit their own desires. We see believers enslaved to works of the law rather than living in the freedom purchased by Christ, and we struggled to be known by the Fruit of the Spirit rather than the that of the flesh. This week we close out the book of Galatians as we have reached, the conclusion.
Galatians 16
August 30, 2020 • Pastor Christopher Thompson • Galatians 5:16–26
Paul had just reminded us that with great freedom comes great responsibility. That Jesus did indeed die to set us free from the law of sin and death, but that this freedom was not given that we might spend it on our own pleasures, rather it was given that we might be able to fulfill the greatest commandments of “Loving God and Loving people.” Now, I do not know about you but when I hear such things, I can become concerned, concerned that I do not know enough, that I cannot accomplish such a thing. I mean, what does it even look like to be free in this way? Thankfully, we are not left wonder as Paul now shows us what it is (and is not) to be free as we…Walk in the Spirit