Paul’s words in Galatians 4:13, “it was because of a bodily illness that I preached to you the first time” have been variously interpreted. David goes into the Greek!
Todays Scripture: Galatians 4:9-13
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Some say that Paul’s words to the Galatians, “you would have plucked out your eyes for me,” indicates that he had an eye disease. True?
Todays Scripture: Galatians 4:14-19
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Paul continues to explain why God gave the Law, comparing it to a temporary tutor.
Todays Scripture: Galatians 3:22-27
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The Law of Moses didn’t succeed at imparting eternal life, but it did succeed in one thing. What was that?
Todays Scripture: Galatians 3:21-22
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Was the “yoke of slavery” against which Paul warned his readers the commandments of Christ?
Todays Scripture: Galatians 5:1-2
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Using the story of the birth of Abraham’s two sons, Isaac and Esau, Paul draws a parallel between his contemporaries who were seeking to be justified by keeping the Mosaic Law and those who were receiving God’s gift of righteousness by faith in God’s promise.
Todays Scripture: Galatians 4:21-26
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God promised that the Gentiles would be blessed, not through Abraham’s “seeds,” but rather through his “seed,” indicating a singular person. Paul identifies that person.
Todays Scripture: Galatians 3:16-17
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Setting up another proof that God is not requiring Gentiles to keep the Mosaic Law, Paul points out that no one arbitrarily adds terms to human contracts after they’ve been signed.
Todays Scripture: Galatians 3:13-16
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Paul’s words, “It was for freedom that Christ set us free,” are often quoted out of their context and twisted into a misapplication that is a grand modern deception. David explains.
Todays Scripture: Galatians 4:29-5:4
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God’s promise to the Gentiles that He would bless them through Abraham’s seed was made hundreds of years before He gave the Law of Moses. So God would not have given the Mosaic Law as a requirement for the Gentiles whom He had already promised to bless through another remans.
Todays Scripture: Galatians 3:17
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