Tag: Galatians
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Galatians: Gospels in Conflict: Living the Gospel in the Church part 13a
Living the Gospel in the Church Galatians 6:1-10 Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ Galatians 6:2 Let us not grow weary in well-doing. . . . As we have opportunity, let us do good to all men, and especially to those who are of the household of faith. Galatians 6:9,…
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Galatians: Gospels in Conflict, The Fruit of the Spirit part 12c
The Fruit of the Spirit Galatians 5:22-26 One of the first things that we should note as we compare the fruit of the Spirit and the works of the flesh is that fruit is singular while works is plural. Paul uses singular fruit rather than plural because the latter would suggest a number of variegated…
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Galatians: Gospels in Conflict, The Works of the Flesh part 12b
The Works of the Flesh Galatians 5:19-21 While Paul’s focus in Galatians 5:16-18 is on the necessity of the Holy Spirit for victorious Christian living, in verses 19-21 his emphasis shifts to the works of the flesh. We saw in our discussion of verses 1-15 that in the context of Galatians we must define flesh…
Pastor Lester Bentley 