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So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.Galatians 3:26-27 What a wonderful blessing to be children of God through faith! Paul writes this to teach us the reality that we are all God’s children, made in His …
Now that this faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian.Galatians 3:25 Paul tells the Galatians that along with the salvation we have received through Christ’s sacrifice for us, we have received responsibility for our faith. That choice was always there, but now with the coming of the Good News, we know that …
Now before faith came, we were imprisoned and guarded under the law until faith would be revealed. Therefore the law was our disciplinarian until Christ came, so that we might be justified by faith. Galatians 3:23-24 Paul continues the theme of justification by faith in his letter to the Galatians. The concept that God asks …
Paul’s Letter to the Romans contains an amazing amount of teaching on a variety of important things. This week we have focused on the opening of Chapter 5, verses 1 through 5, which speak of being made right with God. This is essential for our relationship with Him, and our own well-being. Have you ever …
In Romans 5:1-5 Paul tells us that we have been justified by faith, made right with God by His grace through Christ’s sacrifice for us, and blessed by the coming of the Holy Spirit. Paul is teaching how we are connected to God, but also how the Trinity – God in three persons – is …
Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, …
And hope does not disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us.Romans 5:5 Before we knew God’s love, we had no hope. Then we learned about how much He was willing to do for us, the gifts already here in our lives, …
And endurance produces character, and character produces hope.Romans 5:4 Paul has put together a list of traits and behaviors for Christians that will teach us to follow in Jesus footsteps. He begins with “suffering produces endurance” (Romans 5:3) and continues that character and hope are the next phases. Why do we need to suffer to …
And not only that, but we also boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance.Romans 5:3 Paul writes that we should boast in our suffering. Some people really take that to heart, although not exactly in the way Paul intended. We are not to wallow in suffering or compare our suffering, but to know …
Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand; and we boast in our hope of sharing the glory of God.Romans 5:1 – 2 The apostle Paul writes that we are made right with …