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?

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 […]

Gal 2:11-21. When Peter visits the church in Antioch, he withdrew himself from the Gentile believers when other Jews showed up. Paul sees the hypocrisy in this and publicly rebuked him for his actions as they went against the all-inclusive grace of God. Our understanding of grace will also ensure that we do not show […]

1 Cor 2:9-14. We are more than just flesh and blood, but essentially spiritual. We are made for spiritual life and to be filled and satisfied with God. This is what every human being needs and this is what is provided for us as Christians through the Spirit of God and Spirit-Filling. John 4:10-14, John […]

Gal 2:1-10. In light of opposition to his ministry, Paul demonstrates that both his apostleship and his gospel came directly from The Lord. He also shows that the apostles in Jerusalem, unlike the false teachers from there, believed the same gospel. There is only one gospel, the gospel of grace.