The Book of Galatians Helps Us Understand the Gospel
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- Опубліковано 6 жов 2024
- We recently sat down with Derek Thomas to discuss his new teaching series No Other Gospel: Paul's Letter to the Galatians. Here's a brief clip from that discussion, where he explains how the book Galatians helps us to reach a fuller understanding of the gospel of grace. Learn more and order this new series today: www.ligonier.o...
Faith alone = grace alone 💯
AMEN!
The book of Galatians is extremely important. Especially as someone who lives in Utah, a place where 67% of the population are Mormon.
Can't be any truer! Experienced it myself while reading Galatians. 😇✝️
My pastor was just preaching and teaching about the topic of not adding to the gospel... there is no Jesus +, there is only Jesus. We need not add anything to the finished work of Christ. Yet,so many congregations do...and that is an extreme offense to God our Father. But,thanks ligonier for sharing this.
The Judaizing heresy is one of the most popular heresies today. It's that people believe Jewish customs must be observed either to be saved or to stay saved the Seventh day Adventist is one of the most popular cults out there and they teach this heresy, the Hebrew roots movement is another one.
.... to say nothing of the church of Rome . . . .
Was just reading in Galatians today, then got online and saw this video. Providence comes in many forms. The reformation is true biblical christianity.
If God has determined the end from the beginning then how is anybody responsible for sin? Don't quote Deut.29:29 to me either because I'm not asking what Moses' favorite color is. This question is never answered because it begs the question why God would create most people just to send them to hell. If He doesn't need anything then why make people He knows He's sending to hell. He doesn't need air to live but needs to demonstrate His justice so much thst He creates people just to ultimately torment them forever. Also, He's all powerful but allows children to be hurt in unspeakable ways. Stop skirting the issues.
Do you realize what you are doing?
Using Christian morality to judge God.
Roman's 9:20 But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed say to him who formed it, “Why have you made me like this?” 21Does not the potter have power over the clay, from the same lump to make one vessel for honor and another for dishonor?
The Bible uses symbolism to deepen the message God has for His people. One such symbol is that of potter and clay. The most detailed example is found in Jeremiah 18. God instructed the prophet Jeremiah to go to a potter’s house where God would illustrate His relationship with Israel. Verses 2-6 say, “So I went down to the potter’s house, and I saw him working at the wheel. But the pot he was shaping from the clay was marred in his hands; so the potter formed it into another pot, shaping it as seemed best to him. Then the word of the Lord came to me. He said, ‘Can I not do with you, Israel, as this potter does?’ declares the Lord. ‘Like clay in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand, Israel.’”
Although God allows human beings freedom to make moral choices, He demonstrates often that He is still sovereign and in control of His universe. He does whatever He wills with His creation (Psalm 135:6; 155:3; Daniel 4:35; Isaiah 46:9-11). We need frequent reminders that God is over all and can do as He pleases whether we understand His actions or not (Romans 9:20-21). He owes us nothing yet chooses to extend to us the utmost patience, kindness, and compassion (Jeremiah 9:24; Psalm 36:10; 103:4, 17). The potter working with the clay reminds us that God is at work in us “for His good pleasure” (Philippians 2:13). Isaiah 45:9 says, “Woe to those who quarrel with their Maker, those who are nothing but potsherds among the potsherds on the ground. Does the clay say to the potter, ‘What are you making?’ Does your work say, ‘The potter has no hands’?”
God has created each of us the way He wants us (Psalm 139:13-16; Exodus 4:11). It is our responsibility to take what He has given us and use it for His glory and pleasure. In doing so, we find our ultimate fulfillment. Rather than live with disappointment and dissatisfaction with what God has or has not given us, we can choose to thank Him in everything (Ephesians 5:20; Colossians 3:15). Just as the clay finds its highest purpose when it remains pliable in the hands of the potter, so our lives fulfill their highest purpose when we let our Potter have His way with us.
@@DogSoldier1948 Amen :)
@@DogSoldier1948 , beautifully said.
This is the perfect response! Amen! To God be the glory forever! 🙏🏾