Practice is the Worst Habit in the World
This is not the first time Paul had spoken to the Galatians about the danger of surrendering to the influence of the me-in-me.
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Just As God In Christ
There’s nothing spiritual about anybody meeting anybody half way. Meeting us half-way never crossed God’s mind. Forgiveness requires going all the way, and that is precisely what Jesus did.
Keep Your Eyes on the Fox
If Paul had been born and bred in Georgia, verse 12 might read something like this: These boys who are making such a fuss about a trim job ought to go ahead and cut the whole thing off! If they think God is impressed with minor surgery, then surely, He would be overwhelmed…
Behold The Power!
One of the characteristics of the movement initiated by Christ is found is the word power. In like fashion, an essential characteristic of the movement today is power. That has not changed, and it will not change. Do you have it? Can you get it? Can you keep it?
Behold The Church!
God offered salvation first to the Jews. The opportunity to partner with God as a light to the nations came first to the Jews. Via the Jews God would present Himself to the nations. If so, why does He need us? Perhaps, we have been wasting our time for 2,000 years. Maybe the moment has come to stop the work of the church.