Romans 5:1-5

by | Sep 6, 2015 | Communion Messages

In this section of the epistle to the Romans, the implications of justification by grace through faith in chapters 1-4 are now drawn out. The transition from wrath (Ro 1:18) to grace (Ro 3:21) transforms both the status and the experience of the believer. Instead of...

1 Galatians 6:11-18

by | Mar 24, 2015 | Galatians

As we have seen, Paul sent the epistle of Galatians to a church that had been victimized by the leaven of false teaching and legalism. The glorious gospel of the grace of God and the cross of Jesus Christ was being attacked by proponents of a religious system who were...

Galatians 5:1-15

by | Feb 22, 2015 | Galatians

Gal 5:1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. After having told the Galatians in chapter 4.21-31 that they are the children of the free woman, Paul now reminds them that they ought...

Philemon – Redemption and Reconciliation

by | Aug 31, 2014 | Philemon

Many bible scholars believe that this epistle was written at Rome during Paul’s first imprisonment, nearly four years after his arrest at Jerusalem (Ac 21:33), during all of which time he had been in bonds, but permitted to preach. See Ac 28:31. Philemon was one...

Ephesians 6:10-24

by | Aug 17, 2014 | Ephesians

We conclude our study of Ephesians with an exhortation regarding the reality of spiritual warfare and the need to put on the whole armor of God. The Christian life is anything but passive. We see analogies of it being likened to a race, a wrestling match and a fight...