This is the fruits of the spirit passage. For those of you who are not reading along this passage lists what is in our lives should be a reflection of Christs love and our signs that we are following him. These things are love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. This is [...]
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Here Paul goes with the circumcision thing again. Man, Paul talks about this a lot. Now I know that is was a huge deal that the Jews were circumcised cuz that was the sign that they were the chosen people of God, but seriously, that is a part of my life that I’m glad I [...]
“You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed, [...]
This passage is about God’s saving grace, and about how legalism is bad. He isn’t knocking the Old testament, but he says that the law was showing us how to live until Gods full grace and love was expressed through Jesus. Q: What blessing is promised to us as Christians (vs. 14)? Take time now [...]
What a great passage. Very anti-legalistic. It reminds me that salvation doesn’t come from knowing the most scripture, or having the right side of a theological debate, but it comes from Christ dying for my sins, and the grace of God for providing his son as a sacrifice for me. Ok, now for questions. The [...]
So, before I answer the question I would like to say that I really love this passage. It is really cool because we see Paul coming back to Jerusalem to share with people the message he has been spreading to the Gentiles. I like that part because they say that some people try to tell [...]
So my church is doing this sermon/small group/devotional series called “Doin’ the Stuff.” And Lauren, James, and I decided that our small group will do the study that goes with the sermon series. Also they pass out a devotional with passages to go through and questions to think about. I decided that personally I would [...]
