Pauls’ Defence of the Gospel. (Galatians 2: 11-14)

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Freedom in Christ. (Galatians 5: 1-12)

Send a text For four chapters, he has been laying down argument after argument, Scripture after Scripture, illustration after illustration, pleading with them not to return to the bondage of the law.... But now the question he asks becomes: If we’re not going back to the law, the ...  Show more

What Do You Choose - Slavery or Freedom. (Galatians 4: 21–31)

Send a textIt seems that in the Apostle Paul’s day, some Jews, particularly a contingent based out of Jerusalem, followed him from newly established church to church and told the people there that in order to be truly acceptable to God, you also had to keep the Jewish religious r ...  Show more

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