STAND FAST THEREFORE IN THE LIBERTY BY WHICH CHRIST HAS MADE US FREE,
AND DO NOT BE ENTANGLED AGAIN WITH A YOKE OF BONDAGE.
Fast - three uses of this word:
1 - With speed, haste
2 - Go without food
3 - Firmly in place, glued
The context will tell you which is intended.
We are free in Christ. J... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR WE THROUGH THE SPIRIT EAGERLY WAIT FOR THE HOPE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS
BY FAITH.
Indwelling of the Spirit of God.
God does not operate on our timetable. He is not a "clock watcher."
Hope - desire and expectation; hope alone = wish, dread; expectation
alone = dread, fear
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YOU RAN WELL. WHO HINDERED YOU FROM OBEYING THE TRUTH?
Don't just run. Run well. Do your best.
Hinder is not a "roadblock". It is a "detour".
Hinder is not total collapse; just a "slowdown" obstacle.
8 THIS PERSUASION DOES NOT _COME_ FROM HIM WHO CALLS YOU.
9 A little leaven leavens the whole... [ Continue Reading ]
AND I, BRETHREN, IF I STILL PREACH CIRCUMCISION, WHY DO I STILL SUFFER
PERSECUTION? THEN THE OFFENSE OF THE CROSS HAS CEASED.
Why suffer persecution? To preach error?
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I COULD WISH THAT THOSE WHO TROUBLE YOU WOULD EVEN CUT THEMSELVES OFF!
Judiazing teachers should be cut off.
Romans 16:17 - "Mark them"
2 Timothy 3:5 - "turn away"
Titus 1:10-11 - "mouths stopped"
13 FOR YOU, BRETHREN, HAVE BEEN CALLED TO LIBERTY; ONLY DO NOT _USE_
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I SAY THEN: WALK IN THE SPIRIT, AND YOU SHALL NOT FULFILL THE LUST OF
THE FLESH.
Let the Spirit - Guard, Guide and Dirct
Stay with the Spirit = No flesh problems
Flesh problems? Need more spirit walks.
17 FOR THE FLESH LUSTS AGAINST THE SPIRIT, AND THE SPIRIT AGAINST THE
FLESH; AND THESE ARE CON... [ Continue Reading ]
NOW THE WORKS OF THE FLESH ARE EVIDENT, WHICH ARE: ADULTERY,
FORNICATION, UNCLEANNESS, LEWDNESS,
Works of the flesh are - plural, a multiple list, do not violate ANY
of these
Adultery - violation of the marriage vow
Fornication - all sexual immorality
Uncleanness - leading to fornication
Lasciv... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT IS LOVE, JOY, PEACE, LONGSUFFERING,
KINDNESS, GOODNESS, FAITHFULNESS,
Fruit of the Spirit is - Singular - one fruit, need all parts to have
the fruit
Love - Seek what is best for another
Joy - delight, exuberant pleasure
Peace - harmonious relationships
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LET US NOT BECOME CONCEITED, PROVOKING ONE ANOTHER, ENVYING ONE
ANOTHER.
If you are living in the Spirit, you will not:
1 - Seek "vain glory"
2 - Provoke each other, stir up, prod, poke
3 - Envy - displeasure at another's fortuen... [ Continue Reading ]