III. C. ii. Remember our Relationship! (4:12–20)
Paul’s exasperation with the Galatians dies quickly and he moves into an extended appeal to remember the quality of their relationship in the past, when they honoured him as a spiritual father, appreciating his divine message and personal sacri…
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There seems to be a certain impertinence in considering this subject. Are we not pondering the imponderable? Do we truly imagine we can comprehend the outworking of a Divine purpose expressed long ago and certain of fulfilment according to Divine foreknowledge. “Known unto God are all his works …
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Hope is a wonderfully motivating force. It was recorded of Abraham that “against hope he believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations” (Rom 4:18). Here are two kinds of hope. The first is human, but the second is derived from clear spiritual discernment and is predicated on …
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We saw in the previous article how life-hanging it had been for James to have personally witnessed the newly-risen Lord (1 Cor 15:7). How wrong he had been, and now humbled by his conversion, how he threw himself into converting his family (Acts 1:14). This was then followed by selfless service �…
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Paul’s journey to Rome by ship is a dramatic story. It is recorded in considerable detail by Luke, who shared this voyage with Paul. As an historian, Luke’s style tends to be rather brief and compact, so the fact that this particular episode is covered in such detail in Acts 27 and 28 suggests t…
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We continue our theme in exploring our respect for the ‘Law of the Land’ amidst our moral loyalty to our Lord Jesus Christ. The patriarchs lived as strangers and sojourners, without the citizenship rights of a ‘freeborn’ people (article 1). Having no rights, they suffered themselves to be de…
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E.The implications of his gospel (2:17–21)
The debate in Antioch had been a hard-fought affair. The Judaists had raised every conceivable objection, mounted every conceivable argument: for, as Luke records, there had been “no small dissension and disputation” (Acts 15:2). But Paul had won t…
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“Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also. Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.”
Paul was a m…
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In the Gospel of John there are a string of passages that present clear teaching on the subject of our responsibility to judgment. This interesting series show us the quite definite mind of the Lord upon the responsibility that came to those who heard his word. John’s Gospel presents many inte…
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D. The Allegory of Hagar and Sarah (4:21–5:1)
Paul returns to his exposition of the true relationship between the Promises and the Law, concluding with a master-stroke. In these verses we are reminded of the exceptional student, engaged in his rabbinical studies at the feet of Gamaliel. He has …
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