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 Do you desire heaven? Do yo... [ Continue Reading ]
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? Preaching circumcision means the cross did not happen.... [ Continue Reading ]
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_ LIBERTY AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR... [ Continue Reading ]
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 Longsuffering... [ Continue Reading ]
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 ]