Patience is one segment of the fruit of the Spirit which is developed by the Holy Spirit in the life of a believer. So how healthy is that segment in your life? And if you are patient, what are you patient for? What perspective does your patience have? This is a challenging subject, but to […]
The Professions of Faith of Hannah, Bronwyn & Troy and Jane. In the final sermon in our Galatians series, we learn Paul wrote this last passage of Galatians in his own hand, imploring his audience to listen. We put our hope in Jesus, we have nothing to boast in. Keep your eyes fixed on Jesus […]
In this passage of Galatians Paul defines a spiritual person as someone who manifests the fruit of the spirit. The church is urged to live in the Spirit with humility, desiring the good of other people and avoid strife, division and pride.
Gerald exhorts Christians to live a spiritual life – a life where the focus is living more like Jesus. He makes three points: the need for the Christian to crucify the sinful nature, the need of the Christian to live in step with the spirit and the need to not live conceited lives.
In the Old Testament the Israelites were set free out of Egypt but wanted to go back into slavery. When God frees us from the slavery of sin we often want to go back to our sin. However, God has made us and set us free for a purpose. What is our purpose and what […]
This thought should cause us all to feel uncomfortable. If legalism lurks amongst the religious, then it lurks in me and you and we need to keep a good look out for it and recognise it when we see it. This lurking legalism should cause us all to examine our own hearts. We can ask […]
Brad goes through this analogy that Paul uses so that those we can understand the difference between living according to the law and living with a knowledge of the grace of God.
When we live with a belief in justification by faith alone, we can live with joy. As soon as we slip and move towards works as a failed means of being right with God we end up moving towards formalism and the repercussions of that are a lack of joy and a judgmental attitude.