(Lesson 2081)(08-14-17) Galatians 4:12-20
“Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I am as ye are: ye have not injured me at all. Ye know how through infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel unto you at the first. And my temptation which was in my flesh ye despised not, nor rejected; but received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus. Where is then the blessedness ye spake of? for I bear you record, that, if it had been possible, ye would have plucked out your own eyes, and have given them to me. Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth? They zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they would exclude you, that ye might affect them. But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you. My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you, I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand in doubt of you.”
In today’s quote Paul, again, warned the Galatians of the influence that was being imposed by the infidel outsiders, and he especially warned them about the influence of the Jews as they kept trying to impose the rules of the old Law upon the Church. He even went so far as to express doubt as to the true devotion of the Galatians when he said, “for I stand in doubt of you”.
For those of us who seek the true and pure gospel of Jesus Christ, the lesson herein is to sift through all the extraneous nonsense that is forever being thrown at us, and abide by the simple doctrine that Paul so eloquently provided through his letters to the churches. We should ignore all the heretical pomp and ritual that is being practiced by so many of today’s religious congregations and remember that eternal salvation is by Grace, through faith in our Lord Jesus Christ ONLY. “Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it."~
Monday, August 14, 2017
Sunday, August 13, 2017
Lesson 2080
(Lesson 2080)(08-13-17) Galatians 4:8-11
“Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods. But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage? Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years. I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain.”
In today’s lesson, Paul rebuked both Jews and Gentiles for reverting back to their old habits, the Jews for their attempting to return to the Law from which their oppresion had, and the Gentiles for returning to idol worship.
Most socalled churches today, in some way or another, have defiled the gospel of Jesus Christ, just as those Galatians did in Paul’s day. They have imposed needless rituals and have taken up setting certain days apart form other as, in some way, holier. Roman Catholcism and it’s subsidiaries have turned their socalled worship assemblies into scenes of nothing more than vulgar pomp and ritual.
The lesson that sincere Christians should take from today’s quote is that we should do everything in our power to always observe the Gospel of Jesus Christ pure in the form that Paul and Jesus Himself delivered to us. And, we should keep our fellowship in accordance with the simple rules that is laid out for us in the New Testament text.~
“Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods. But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage? Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years. I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain.”
In today’s lesson, Paul rebuked both Jews and Gentiles for reverting back to their old habits, the Jews for their attempting to return to the Law from which their oppresion had, and the Gentiles for returning to idol worship.
Most socalled churches today, in some way or another, have defiled the gospel of Jesus Christ, just as those Galatians did in Paul’s day. They have imposed needless rituals and have taken up setting certain days apart form other as, in some way, holier. Roman Catholcism and it’s subsidiaries have turned their socalled worship assemblies into scenes of nothing more than vulgar pomp and ritual.
The lesson that sincere Christians should take from today’s quote is that we should do everything in our power to always observe the Gospel of Jesus Christ pure in the form that Paul and Jesus Himself delivered to us. And, we should keep our fellowship in accordance with the simple rules that is laid out for us in the New Testament text.~
Saturday, August 12, 2017
Lesson 2079
(Lesson 2079)(08-12-17) Galatians 4:1-7
“Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all;But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father. Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world: But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.”
In today’s quote, Paul explained how, until the coming of Jesus Christ, the Gentiles were considered by the Jews to be inferior and unclean, and therefore subject to their law as it concerned eternity. But, once Christ came, being born of God by a woman, He delivered both Jews and Gentiles, who would believe in Him, so that they became, as Himself, the sons and daughters of God, and joint heirs of eternal life.
Once again, in this lesson Paul explained that neither being a Jew, nor abiding by their law, was an advantage toward gaining eternal life, nor was it a prerequisite to gaining eteral life. “For by Grace are ye saved, through faith, and that, not of yourselves, it is the gift of God. Not of works lest any man should boast.” (Ephesians 2:8-9)~
“Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all;But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father. Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world: But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.”
In today’s quote, Paul explained how, until the coming of Jesus Christ, the Gentiles were considered by the Jews to be inferior and unclean, and therefore subject to their law as it concerned eternity. But, once Christ came, being born of God by a woman, He delivered both Jews and Gentiles, who would believe in Him, so that they became, as Himself, the sons and daughters of God, and joint heirs of eternal life.
Once again, in this lesson Paul explained that neither being a Jew, nor abiding by their law, was an advantage toward gaining eternal life, nor was it a prerequisite to gaining eteral life. “For by Grace are ye saved, through faith, and that, not of yourselves, it is the gift of God. Not of works lest any man should boast.” (Ephesians 2:8-9)~
Friday, August 11, 2017
Lesson 2078
(Lesson 2078)(08-11-17) Galatians 3:24-29
“Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster. For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as have been baptized (Immersed) into Christ have put on Christ. 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. And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.”
Today’s quote again relates that if a lost soul is made a part of Jesus Christ through faith in Him, that soul has been reborn a child of God. Paul made it very clear that both Jews and Gentiles are made brothers of Jesus Christ, not by the way the live their lives, but by faith in the life, death, burial, resurrection and ascension of that same Jesus Christ.~
NOTE: The term “baptized”, as it is applied in today’s quote, is NOT by any means a reference to traditional Jewish, ritual water cleansinf, or “baptism”.
“Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster. For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as have been baptized (Immersed) into Christ have put on Christ. 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. And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.”
Today’s quote again relates that if a lost soul is made a part of Jesus Christ through faith in Him, that soul has been reborn a child of God. Paul made it very clear that both Jews and Gentiles are made brothers of Jesus Christ, not by the way the live their lives, but by faith in the life, death, burial, resurrection and ascension of that same Jesus Christ.~
NOTE: The term “baptized”, as it is applied in today’s quote, is NOT by any means a reference to traditional Jewish, ritual water cleansinf, or “baptism”.
Thursday, August 10, 2017
Lesson 2077
(Lesson 2077)(08-10-17) Galatians 3:15-23
“Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man's covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto. Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ. And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect. For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise. Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator. Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one. Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law. But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe. But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.”
In today’s quote, Paul made it clear that Jesus was the Promise that God made to Abraham when He covenanted to send a Redeemer. Jesus was never to be a part of the Law, nor was He to come as an affect of the Law. The Law came 430 years after God’s promise to Abraham.
With all the heretical doctrines that are around today, knowing this makes it easier to understand that the “good works” of the Law, as so many today contend, have NOTHING to do with the eternal salvation of those who believe in Jesus Christ.~
Tomorrows lesson will be a continuation of today’s.
“Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man's covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto. Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ. And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect. For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise. Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator. Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one. Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law. But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe. But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.”
In today’s quote, Paul made it clear that Jesus was the Promise that God made to Abraham when He covenanted to send a Redeemer. Jesus was never to be a part of the Law, nor was He to come as an affect of the Law. The Law came 430 years after God’s promise to Abraham.
With all the heretical doctrines that are around today, knowing this makes it easier to understand that the “good works” of the Law, as so many today contend, have NOTHING to do with the eternal salvation of those who believe in Jesus Christ.~
Tomorrows lesson will be a continuation of today’s.
Wednesday, August 9, 2017
Lesson 2076
(Lesson 2076)(08-09-17) Galatians 3:1-14
“O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you? This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh? Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if it be yet in vain. He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness. Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham. And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed. So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham. For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them. But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith. And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them. Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree: That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.”
In this lesson, Paul again chastizes the Galatians for reverting to the rules of the old Law as a part of their distorted gospel teaching. He, again, makes it vividly clear that eternal salvation comes ONLY through faith in Jesus Christ and NOT by the “good” works of the Law. Paul even went so far as to refer to the Law as “a curse”, “For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse”.~
“O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you? This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh? Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if it be yet in vain. He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness. Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham. And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed. So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham. For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them. But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith. And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them. Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree: That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.”
In this lesson, Paul again chastizes the Galatians for reverting to the rules of the old Law as a part of their distorted gospel teaching. He, again, makes it vividly clear that eternal salvation comes ONLY through faith in Jesus Christ and NOT by the “good” works of the Law. Paul even went so far as to refer to the Law as “a curse”, “For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse”.~
Tuesday, August 8, 2017
Lesson 2075
(Lesson 2075)(08-08-17) Galatians 2:17-21
“But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is therefore Christ the minister of sin? God forbid. For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor. For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God. I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.”
I can add nothing to today’s quote that will make in any more clear than Paul made it.
It is blatantly obvious that Paul fought desperately to keep the influence of the old Law from distorting the gospel of Jesus Christ crucified.
As we see today, with the enormous amount of pomp and ritual stemming from the Jewish and Catholic influence on the modern “church”, his efforts only prevailed among those of us who wholly accept the simplicity of salvation by grace through faith in Jesus Christ crucified, resurrected and ascended.~
“But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is therefore Christ the minister of sin? God forbid. For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor. For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God. I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.”
I can add nothing to today’s quote that will make in any more clear than Paul made it.
It is blatantly obvious that Paul fought desperately to keep the influence of the old Law from distorting the gospel of Jesus Christ crucified.
As we see today, with the enormous amount of pomp and ritual stemming from the Jewish and Catholic influence on the modern “church”, his efforts only prevailed among those of us who wholly accept the simplicity of salvation by grace through faith in Jesus Christ crucified, resurrected and ascended.~
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