Tag Archives: Galatians
Nevertheless – 1 Kings 15:4
Nevertheless for David’s sake did the LORD his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem – 1 Kings 15:4 Nevertheless. Such a mysterious word. I’d guess that you have not used that word lately. Almost archaic, this word is nevertheless amazing. Used in the […]
Forsaken – Matthew 27:45-50
Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour. And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Some of them that stood there, when they heard [that], […]
Love is the fulfilling of the law – Romans 13:10
Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. -Romans 13:10 Meditation: One of the biggest revelations in the New Testament is the supremacy of love. It would be easy to say that duty or faith are supreme, but according to the living word, Jesus Christ, love of God […]
Living and Walking – Galatians 5:25
If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. – Galatians 5:25 Meditation: Have you ever said one thing and done another? It is hard not to be a hypocrite. Frankly people fail to live up to their own expectations regularly. We over and underestimate our abilities all the time. This […]
A Son of Abraham – Luke 19:9-10
And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house, forsomuch as he also is a son of Abraham. For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost. – Luke 19:9-10 Meditation: There is an old Baptist hymn called “Blessed Be the Tie that Binds” […]
The Bond of Perfectness – Colossians 3:14
Colossians 3:14 – And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness. When asked what was the greatest of the commandments in the Law, Jesus said that first was love of God with all our being, and similarly love of neighbors was a near second. The Savior went on to […]
Stand Fast – Galatians 5:1
Galatians 5:1 – Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. Christians should be the most liberated people in the world. Following the teaching and commandments of Christ makes us free. Furthermore, having cancelled the ultimate penalty for sin and new […]
One In Christ Jesus – Galatians 3:28
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. – Galatians 3:28 In 1655, Charles Emmanuel II, the Duke of Savoy, led troops into a valley of the Piedmont in Northern Italy, where a peaceful people called the […]
God Is Not Mocked – Galatians 6:7
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. – Galatians 6:7 Mockery is a horrible thing. More cowardly than a punch and more humiliating than a rebuke, mockery is only good for tearing down without the means to rebuild. While there is a place in […]
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