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The Marks of the Lord Jesus
In Paul’s closing to the churches in Galatia, he emphasizes again that the importance of keeping the life and death of Jesus at the center of everything.
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Galatians 6:1-10
Paul begins wrapping up his letter to the Galatians with practical advice for how to live in love through faith. He advises a model of both communal accountability and individual responsibility for sin. Bonnie discussed how we put this advice into practice to pursue a disciplined life of freedom in Christ that is better than any rules-based religion can be.
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Works of the Flesh and Fruits of the Spirit
We look at Paul’s description of what the Spirit calls us away from, and what the Spirit calls us toward, and why the guidance of the Spirit is better than the guidance of the Law.
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Love (God) is All You Need
Sequoia discusses the love of God and gives us practices to deepen our ability to love.
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Guarding our Freedom
In the process of arguing for guarding the Freedom in Christ for the Gentile converts in Galatia, Paul uses an allegory about Hagar. Here we explore the reasons Paul might have used this particular allegory as well as the limits of this allegory.
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Accountability in Community
Resisting the appeal of passivity, confronting disagreement among friends:
It’s important that we, in community together, hold one another accountable and confront disagreement rather than let it fester. Wrestling with difference is a difficult, but important aspect of a covenant community. When doing so, as Paul writes here, it is most important to hold the relationship and trust above all – and not just connections, but intimate relationship.
Galatians 4:1-11
Paul continues explaining to the church in Galatia what it means to be saved through faith, not compliance with the Old Testament law or any other set of rules and rituals. He uses adoption as a metaphor and urges his readers not to regress to relying on law to relate to God. Bonnie discussed how Christians should examine whether our own habits and practices are good for our faith and how the Holy Spirit brings us a rest and reassurance in our relationship with God that rules can’t provide.
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All Of You Are One
Terri discusses the difference between living by faith (covenant trust) versus relying on rules, and the ways anxiety impacts our faith life. She also digs into the radical inclusion of the early church and how that challenges us today.
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The Old Testament and the Law
Paul continues explaining to the church in Galatia why Christians are not bound by the Old Testament law. He addresses questions about why the law was given and how it functioned. Bonnie discussed how Christians should relate to the Old Testament today and how love fulfills the law.
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The Role of the Law
We take a look at how the decision reached in Acts 15 laid the groundwork for the Book of Galatians.
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