What do you do when you've made a mess of things? Where do you go when you've blown it badly?
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How does the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ empower us to combat things like hypocrisy, pride, people-pleasing, and apostasy? Paul's letter to the Galatians tells us what we need to know in these situations as he teaches us how to rely upon costly grace. In this fresh and engaging commentary, pastor Todd Wilson invites us to look beneath the surface of controversy in Galatia to the even more fundamental issue at stake: Combining scholarly depth with practical wisdom, he offers us a soulful commentary based on years of ministry experience and biblical reflection.
Read Galatians anew with this exegetically engaged, theologically informed, and pastorally minded resource Part of the Preaching the Word series. January 2, in Bible Software Tags: I happened to attend his paper on Galatians at the ETS meeting in Providence and found it very stimulating, so I am looking forward to this commentary.
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There are some doozy passages in Galatians, especially on the Law, and Wilson provides a plain explanation and then shows readers how these texts relate to modern Christian living. A wonderful synergy of homiletical energy and honest exegesis. The wisdom of Proverbs loses none of its practical value, but rather is given its ultimate fulfillment as an expression of the wisdom of Christ.
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There are several ways to get chances to win this collection, visit the Logos Free Book of the Month for details. The free books and almost free books are only available through January Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Comments feed for this article. Lukus Counterman - The main emphasis of the second half of Galatians is that in Christ, life is liberty. We were in bondage under the curse or condemnation of the law, but Christ has set us free from it.
Yet each time Paul writes of liberty he adds a warning that it can very easily be lost.
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Some relapse from liberty into bondage Gal. He has emphasized that true Christian liberty expresses itself in self-control, loving service, and obedience to God. The question now is, how are these things possible? And the answer is, by the Holy Spirit. He alone can keep us truly free. Use Freedom by the Spirit.
Lukus Counterman - The false teachers in the Galatian churches were saying that Christian converts had to be circumcised. You might think that it was a trivial matter, but Paul indicates that there were doctrinal implications associated with it. Circumcision was not merely a physical operation or a ceremonial rite.
It was a theological symbol of self-effort in conflict with the grace meted out through the cross.
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Salvation has never been by good works or law keeping. It has always been by grace through faith in Christ.
Paul asserts in Galatians 5: If you add anything to Christ, you lose Christ. And so Paul calls believers to liberty in the grace of Christ. Not legalism, not license, but liberty directed and empowered by the Holy Spirit. The Old Testament law was a comprehensive unit; one part could not be enforced in isolation from the rest of the law. So if the Galatians really wanted to go down this path they would have to follow not just the Ten Commandments, but more than other laws that were handed down by Moses.
In Galatians 5, Paul exhorts the churches of Galatia to take hold of the freedom that has been given to them in Christ. Lukus Counterman - Paul had taught the Galatian Christians that they were fully children of Abraham the moment they believed in Christ.