A Commentary on Galatians 3 (Part 4)
Introduction I would summarize this section of Galatians 3 as His promises to us. According to Webster, a promise ‘as a legally binding declaration that gives the person to whom…
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Introduction I would summarize this section of Galatians 3 as His promises to us. According to Webster, a promise ‘as a legally binding declaration that gives the person to whom…
Introduction The law is might be the most misunderstood part of God’s word. What is its purpose? Did God change the purpose of His law? Can the law bring about…
Introduction In this blog we are covering Galatians 3:6-9 which is (Part 2) in my series on Galatians three. Today we are dealing with only one topic, which is faith.…
Introduction This blog is one individual’s point of view to understand what Paul is talking about in Galatians 3. I read and hear so much junk about Galatians, that is…
Introduction The structure of marriage In our previous blog, we discussed the foundation of any good marriage. We said that it should be about God – only in Him, can…
Introduction In my last blog I talked about the blessings of this life that God lines up for us when we walk before Him in His Covenant. It is the…
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Some of us believe we are saved and there is nothing new to discover or discuss. We attend church and tithe and transact within corporate Christianity as the surety of our once-saved-always-saved salvation. We may feel that re-examining our own spiritual condition is unnecessary. We may avoid the challenge of thinking for ourselves. However, there are some of us who are asking questions and searching for scriptural answers and taking our spiritual temperature to see if it’s lukewarm. In today’s changing and confusing world of sin-lies and choice, some Christians are asking if what they know about salvation is completely wrong. Could it be that corporate Christianity is now a cold religion of doctrines and mission statements, stale route and routine? For many, a personal relationship with Jesus is really a personal relationship with a pastor or priest or church members. Where is that burning relationship with God that will change the heart, change the mind, and change the entire direction of one’s life? This little book explores God’s ancient ways still contemporaneous for solving today’s problems and bringing us to salvation.
God wants us to be recognizable so we can remember to follow His ways and so we can be His witnesses to the world. It is the idea behind the Tzitzits in Numbers 15:37-41 “…to look at and remember all the commandments of the Lord, so as to do them and not follow after your own heart and your own eyes….” The more recognizable we are the more we will remember who we represent.
God wants us to be recognizable so we can remember to follow His ways and so we can be His witnesses to the world. It is the idea behind the Tzitzits in Numbers 15:37-41 “…to look at and remember all the commandments of the Lord, so as to do them and not follow after your own heart and your own eyes….” The more recognizable we are the more we will remember who we represent.
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Ephesians 6:18 – 19
“With all prayer and petition pray at all times in the Spirit, and with this in view, be on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints, and pray on my behalf, that utterance may be given to me in the opening of my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel….”