Galatians 1:10-24, pt.2
But when he who had set me apart before I was born, and had called me through his grace . . . Gal. 1:15
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Galatians 1:1-9, pt.2
The Lord Jesus Christ gave himself for our sins to deliver us from the present evil age according to the will of God the Father. Gal. 1:4
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Galatians 1:1-9, pt.1
Whereas Romans and Galatians cover the same subject matter, in the former Paul employs a loftier discourse and more sophisticated arguments, and in the latter, he addresses those who are “senseless” and “foolish” and adopts a style appropriate for censure and not instruction.
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Galatians – An Introduction
Paul’s letter acerbically refutes the teaching that legal obedience makes one a better Christian. Paul strongly affirms that we are made right with God through the faith of and in Jesus and that there are to be no divisions in the church based upon whether a person obeys the black-letter biblical laws.
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The Lord’s Prayer – A Prayer for the Poor
In the actual text of the Sermon on the Mount, for instance, at least in the original Greek, an ominously archetypal figure, identified simply as “the wicked man” (ὁ πονηρός), makes a brief appearance. He is almost certainly meant to be understood as a depiction of the sort of avaricious, disingenuous, and rapacious man who routinely abuses, deceives, defrauds, and plunders the poor.
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The Servant Songs of Isaiah – Chapters 52-53, pt.2
In this last Song, the Servant suffers silently and vicariously on behalf of others. He bears their griefs and sorrows, their transgressions and iniquities. And, in this Song, the Servant’s death is spoken of. But it is within this suffering and death, that the nations see and come to understand God.
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The Servant Songs of Isaiah – Chapters 52-53, pt.1
After the final Suffering Servant Song, Isaiah gives us a foretaste of Easter morning with a beautiful Song of Peace and Assurance and a Song of Joy and Triumph.
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The Servant Songs of Isaiah – Chapter 50, pt.2
The parallels between the experience of the Servant and Jesus’s Passion are unmistakable.
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The Servant Songs of Isaiah – Chapter 50, pt.1
It is the image that now the time has come to be delivered. Now is the time that God has chosen to intervene in history to bring salvation to his people. This is the same understanding we have when Jesus enters Jerusalem on the colt.
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The Servant Songs of Isaiah – Chapter 49, pt.2
We see in Jesus the fulfillment of this Servant Song. But ultimately, the Servant’s mission is achieved in us, the Church.
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