Beware The Leaven of The Pharisees

Luke 12:1-12. As Jesus exposes the hypocrisy of the Pharisees, he warns his own disciples to avoid legalism, external forms of religion, and the hypocrisy it produces. May these words search our own hearts also, to stay under grace and under the healthy conviction and guidance of the Holy Spirit. 

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By His Grace

1 Corinthians 15:8-10, Ephesians 2:8-10. Two important truths for us to understand more and more are (1) how unworthy we are to receive anything from God as sinners, and (2) how much His grace has been abundantly poured out upon us. Oh how that should create such thankfulness and praise in our lives! (One mistake […]

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Glory in the Cross of Christ Alone

Gal 6:11-18. So easily our focus can begin to be what we do, rather than what Christ has done for us. We can begin to boast about our achievements and think we have merited God’s favour. This was the focus of the false teachers in Galatia. They boasted in their works and converts, but Paul, […]

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Stand Fast in Your Freedom

Gal 5:1-15. Paul teaches that we have been set free to stay free. We are free to live without the obligation of keeping the law & by the power & love of The Holy Spirit, we are free, not to sin, but to serve. 

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The Law vs The Promise

Gal 3:15-29. What purpose does the law serve? If the blessing to Abraham is by promise and justification is by faith, then why does the law do? Paul teaches here that the law reveals our sin and need that we would come to Christ by faith. 

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5 Questions to Help Understand Grace

Gal 3:1-5. The false teachers (Judaizers) in Galatia were challenging Paul’s gospel of grace. Paul masterfully asks the Galatians 5 rhetorical questions, relating to their own experience, that vindicate the grace gospel. What personal experience do we have to show how the grace gospel holds up?

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The Life-Changing Grace of God

1 Cor 15:9-10. Grace changes lives. Like Paul, we can all recognize the great work of grace in our lives. I WAS – BY GRACE – I AM! Now I am a Christian, a son, a saint, God’s beloved, forgiven, saved and I can say “ I am what I am by the Grace of […]

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The Gospel to The Galatians

Gal 1:1-2, Act 13:14-43. This introductory class sets the stage for our journey through the wonderful book of Galatians. It is so crucial for every believer to understand the gospel of grace and learn how to apply it to their lives. This book provides the perfect opportunity to learn about grace and all that if […]

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Freedom in Christ

Gal 5:1. So many Christian’s sadly live under the bondage of the law, trying to live up to something rather than resting in someone. The grace gospel brings us victory, power and true freedom, but if we descend into a works program we find ourselves in bondage rather than freedom. Christ came to set us […]

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When the Kindness & Love of God Appeared

Tit 3:1-15. How healthy is for us to remember where we were before we came to Christ. It can give us a fresh capacity to be “zealous for good works” and also to see the world with compassion and not with cynicism. Paul reminds Titus and the Cretans of thier past when he says “at […]

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