Devotions from Galatians

Passage Read: Galatians 3-4 Meditation Verses: 3:23-26 Is Paul speaking to Jews or to people heavily influenced by Jews? Who was locked up under Law but the Jews? The Gentiles didn't grow up under the Law, it is something we likely wouldn't even know about…

Passage Read: Galatians 5-6 Meditation Verses: 5:2-4 Paul is making this a very big deal! It is either Christ alone or nothing! But keeping the Law provides a measure of security and comfort--except that no one can keep the Law perfectly, so in that sense,…

Passage Read: Galatians 1-2 Meditation Verses: 1:3-5 I'm fooling myself if I think this age is all bright and beautiful, if any age ever was. If I think that, it's because I don't see with God's eyes, but with human eyes, comparing the worst ages…

Passage Read: Galatians 3-4 Meditation Verse: 3:5 Lord, give me the courage and the faith to see Your power, and work Your power among us. Let us see miracles, healing, true repentance, dramatically changed lives. People truly living for Your kingdom rather than the world.

Passage Read: Galatians 5-6 Meditation Verse: 5:3 I do need to stop following my sinful nature, since that's what Christ died to save me from, but He has also made me wholly righteous, even as I need to train myself to walk in that righteousness,…

Passage Read: Galatians 1-2 Meditation Verses: 2:11-14 Two things here: One, how easy it is to be pulled back into old ways when others who are in the grip of those old ways come along; two, leaders who fall into sin need to be publicly…

Passage Read: Galatians 3-4 Meditation Verses: 4:22-24 God promised to give Abraham an heir through Sarah, but He delayed in fulfilling it, knowing that Sarah would become discouraged and suggest using Hagar, and Abraham would agree. This would become an illustration for our spiritual state…

Passage Read: Galatians 5-6 Meditation Verses: 5:18-24 The war we're in is not a war between the Law and the Spirit, but between the flesh and the Spirit, and the battleground is our moral behavior. It is not a war of circumcision or holy days…