Can a Christian fall from grace? "Fallen from grace" carries many connotations today. Here is its originally intended meaning: To trust anything but the grace of God to save you. "For by grace you have been saved, through faith, [and [even] that...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
So, you want to be under Moses. Listen to Moses awhile, what he really said, from Genesis on. Notice Paul calls the entire Pentateuch "the Law" because it was written by the great lawgiver, Moses (4:21). This is well-known history to a Jew and to...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Is our sonship sure? Note the order of events. First you are made an adopted son. Then the Spirit of God comes into your heart and says "Abba" Father through you in prayer. Automatically the word comes out. You just know so much that you are a...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Through the ages, or through the first years of our lives, man/mankind has been slowly led to see his wretched condition by comparing his life to the requirements of the law. Honest men will see eventually that there is no way they can be saved by...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Why was Christ cursed? Another passage is brought in to bolster Paul’s case in verse 13 (galatians 3), namely Deuteronomy 21:23. Obviously the Israelites would have been clueless of the ultimate destiny of the words they were hearing . Moses...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
In 1987 and 2002, I took a trip to (first) Communist (then) free Romania, ministering the Word and material goods to believers there. My latest book is a reprint of the journals I kept on those trips, as I truly "fell in love" with a nation,...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
In Galatians 3:2-5, Paul appeals to the manifestations the Galatians had received, and how they had received them. By way of review, here is some of the record of what happened in Galatia when Paul first visited: (Acts 13:52) The true disciples...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Do Paul and James agree in their writings? We're studying Galatians, but... We really must visit another passage of Scripture here. It usually enters the conversation when faith alone is praised as the way to salvation. It is of course, Brother...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
First, says Paul (2:4), the false brothers made their case. They did not belong there, but had found a way in. They confronted Paul openly. But Paul did not cower. He openly fought these deceivers and ably defended himself and the gospel in this...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Historically councils called by the church do not create or expose some new revelation. Revelations come to individuals, and those were the founding apostles. The church is built on this revelation, as the foundation stones of the New Jerusalem...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
