David Journal

Tag: Galatians

  • The only thing that matters

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    Paul can’t hammer home enough that things like circumcision are meaningless after Christ has come. The only thing that matters with the advent of the new covenant is the relationship with Christ. Where we came from (or are coming from) is unimportant so long as we are headed toward Christ and accepting Him as the…

  • There are two kinds of people

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    Paul wants us to understand that there is not Greek and Jew or Jew and Gentile. There is not bond and free or male and female. There is only, for all spiritual purposes, in Christ and not in Christ.

  • The veil in reading the old testament

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    2 Corinthians soaks of the minds of the Jew being blinded in their reading of the Old Testament. It says that this cell that blinded them was taken away in Christ. It seems to me that it is taken away for those who accept Christ, but that for those who read the Old Testament without…

  • He came to serve and not to be served

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    While it is appropriate that people should sell to serve the Savior – that is about us and our recognition of our place relative to Him, not about what His purpose and expectation were. The same hold true for our current leaders. They sell not to be served even though we should sell to serve…

  • The mediator of the new covenant

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    The first covenant (as early Jews turned Christian might have called it) didn’t include a mediator because it was simply the humanly impossible conditions of loving perfectly to return to God. The “new” covenant (the one that Heavenly father planned for from the start because He knew that any other path was too narrow for…

  • Many things are unimportant in themselves

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    The people of Galatia were confused about whether circumcision was required. Paul tells them that circumcision neither impressed not promotes salvation. They need to focus on Christ, not on outward performances.

  • Adding burdens for salvation

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    It sounds like the saints of Galatia were beginning to believe and practice add-ons to the gospel of Christ such as requiring concerts to be circumcised of they were gentiles. How often do we elevate a common practice from tradition to doctrine?

  • Do good unto all men

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    Some people might question why we should be especially attentive to do good to those who are of the household of faith. I suspect there are a number of reasons including the fact that we have a vested interest in strengthening others in the faith where possible and the fact that having entered the household…

  • Neither circumcision nor uncircumcision

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    For all our debates about points of doctrine and tradition we should always remember that where salvation is concerned what matters is the conversion of the spirit to Christ. Or acted are judged through the lens of that conversation or lack thereof.

  • Child heirs

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    The heir as a child is a servant at best. He doesn’t have the privileges as heir until he grows beyond childhood.