How are you doing in this race? Has your course been blocked? Maybe you decided to take a different turn or “short cut”. It could be that you have just stopped.
Tag Archives: salvation
Loss of salvation? | Galatians 5:5-6
“You have fallen away grace.” Does it mean loss of salvation? If so, that would mean getting circumcision is the unforgivable sin. Or is it more like this…
Paradise lost? | Galatians 5:1-4
Have they lost their salvation? This actually is one of those “warning passages” pointed to by those who reject the doctrine of the eternal security.
Children of promise | Galatians 4:28-31
We were under the law before the promise of the gospel was made clear in Jesus. But now there is nothing to do but to cast out the bondwoman and her son.
Plot twist | Galatians 4:24-27
Salvation is a free gift, received by faith in God’s fulfilled promise of Christ. It’s not based on works. Have you been set free from the law of good works?
Qualified substitute | Galatians 4:4-5
To be a substitute, He must be like the one to be punished- of equal value. What has equal value to a human? How do you even measure the value of a human life?
Bondage to Elementary | Galatians 4:1-3
What did these pagan religions and traditions teach them about eternity and freedom from a guilty conscience? Same thing all religions teach – good works.
Complementary, not contrary | Galatians 3:19-22
Finally Paul argues that the law is not opposed to God’s promise but complementary. The law leads people to Christ for salvation since it cannot forgive sin.
Blessed like Abraham | Galatians 3:10-14
The blessing in v14 is righteousness through Christ. Remember from yesterday, God worked through Abraham’s faith and credited it to him as righteousness.
Switching horses | Galatians 3:6-9
But Paul switches horses from physical to spiritual. It was by grace that God called Abraham. He believed and was declared righteous, not by works of the law.