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Galatians 3:26-29 – The Believer's Present Position
Seeking Our God - November 20, 2020 12:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsKEY TAKEAWAYS: From this section we see our Christian position: we are children of God, we are all one in Christ, and we are Abraham’s seed Our Christian life ought to take on new wonder and meaning as we realize all that we have in Christ. And all of this is by grace—not by Law! Grace approp...
Galatians 3:19-25 – The Purpose of the Law
Seeking Our God - November 18, 2020 12:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsKEY TAKEAWAYS: The law was not given to impart life and a right standing with God. Its purpose was to reveal that the whole world is a prisoner of sin condemned under its judgment The law was not given to provide life. It was given to reveal sin. And is given to prepare the way for Christ. Go...
Galatians 3:15-18 – Permanence of Faith
Seeking Our God - November 16, 2020 12:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsKEY TAKEAWAYS: The inheritance (that is, justification by faith) was given by God as an unconditional gift to those who believe. Contrary to the claim of the Judaizers, obedience to the Law was not necessary to gain the inheritance Abraham was saved by faith 430 years before the law was given ...
Galatians 3:10-14 – Living by Faith
Seeking Our God - November 13, 2020 12:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsKEY TAKEAWAYS: The law cannot justify. It can only bring judgment. Therefore, grace is superior to the law. The works of the law and the faith of the gospel have radically different consequences. There is a fascination to the Law, but it is only bait that leads to a trap; and once the believe...
Galatians 3:6-9 – The Example of Abraham
Seeking Our God - November 11, 2020 12:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsKEY TAKEAWAYS: The greatest blessings that God sent through Abraham and the Jewish nation have to do with our eternal salvation. Jesus Christ is that promised “`Seed,” through whom all the nations have been blessed For Paul the words recorded in Holy Scripture are nothing less than the living ...
Galatians 3:1-5 – Bewitching and foolishness
Seeking Our God - November 09, 2020 12:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsPaul reminds them that they had truly experienced a meeting with God. First, they saw God the Son (v. 1). Second, they received God the Holy Spirit (vv. 2-4). Third, they experienced miracles from God the Father (v. 5). KEY TAKEAWAYS: The Galatians were originally saved by faith, not law. Ther...
Galatians 2:15-21 - Justified by Faith and the Powerlessness of the Law
Seeking Our God - November 06, 2020 12:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsKEY TAKEAWAYS: Never allow grace to be a cloak for sin. We are justified by faith alone, and set free from sin, not for or to sin. Never forget what grace cost Christ! Christ set us free from the Law by bearing its/our curse on the cross. If righteousness is attainable through keeping the l...
Galatians 2:11-14 – Paul Opposes Peter
Seeking Our God - November 04, 2020 12:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsKEY TAKEAWAYS: While conflict is never easy, Paul was willing to confront Peter to defend the gospel of grace and prevent further hypocrisy Before we criticize Peter too harshly, let’s examine ourselves to determine areas in our lives where we are being hypocrites. Is it with things we do whil...
Galatians 2:6-10 – Unity and One Gospel Message
Seeking Our God - November 02, 2020 12:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsKEY TAKEAWAYS: Other apostles recognized Paul’s message was from God, it truthfulness, and completeness. There was not a gospel for the Jews and a gospel for the Gentiles. There was and is one gospel, preached by two different apostles, to two distinct groups of people. It was and is the same ...
Galatians 2:1-5 – Legalism and grace
Seeking Our God - October 30, 2020 11:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsKey Takeaways: The leaders in Jerusalem endorsed the gospel Paul preached and affirmed his apostleship Just as Paul was obedient to a revelation, we should be obedient to the Spirit’s promptings and what He is leading us to do Remember the liberty you have in Christ. Stop going back to bondag...
Galatians 1:18-24 - The Defense of Paul's Ministry
Seeking Our God - October 28, 2020 11:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsKey Takeaways: Paul, the messenger of grace, is trustworthy because he received his message directly from God and it dramatically changed his life. God is the God of miracles and the impossible. Even those that seem far off from God or are hurting believers, God can change their lives and use ...
Galatians 1:11-17 – Paul Defends His Authority
Seeking Our God - October 26, 2020 11:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsKEY TAKEAWAYS: Paul’s gospel of grace is true because it came directly from God. The gospel of grace can dramatically change one’s life as shown with Paul’s. The conversion of Paul was a spiritual miracle. It was humanly impossible for Saul to become the Apostle Paul apart from the miracle of...
Galatians 1:6-10 – Distorting the Gospel
Seeking Our God - October 21, 2020 11:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsKEY TAKEAWAYS: Christ’s completed work is enough. Nothing else is needed. It stands on its own. A works-based, human-effort driven gospel is no gospel at all. It has no good news in it. Grace is involved in much more than our salvation. We are to live by it, stand in it, be strengthened by it...
Galatians 1:1-5 – Jesus, our Rescuer who gave Himself for our sins
Seeking Our God - October 19, 2020 11:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsKEY TAKEAWAYS: The risen Christ is our only source of salvation and with the Father our only source for mission. Grace and peace summarize the gospel of salvation. Grace, God’s unmerited favor, is the source of salvation. When a person believes in Jesus Christ, he or she receives salvation an...
Galatians Overview
Seeking Our God - October 16, 2020 11:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsThe central idea of Galatians: Salvation is by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone. Paul’s appeal to modern believers: Guard the truth/purity of the Gospel Salvation is by grace alone, through faith alone, in Jesus Christ alone Never forget what grace cost Christ! Christ set ...
James 5:16-20 - The Prayer of Faith, part 2
Seeking Our God - October 14, 2020 11:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsKey Takeaways: As we confess our sins, try to be as detailed as possible and not just give a generic confession. In this, we are acknowledging our appreciation for the breadth of His forgiveness. We are communicating with the only Person who knows our struggles, failings, and intents, but also ...
James 5:13-15 – The Prayer of Faith, part 1
Seeking Our God - October 12, 2020 11:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsChristians pray both in times of trouble and in times of joy. In times of trouble Christians often fall victims to self-pity, anger, or morbid introspection. James directed Christians to pray rather than surrender to these wrong responses. Christians who face trouble often lose their awareness ...
James 5:7-12 – Patience in Suffering
Seeking Our God - October 09, 2020 11:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsKEY TAKEAWAYS: Through persecution, trials, and suffering, Christians are to be patient, endure, and persevere. God will help us do so. Our belief in the return of Christ can provide us courage to face difficulty “The Lord is full of compassion and is merciful.” Satan will tempt you to think ...
James 5:1-6 - Misusing the gifts God has given us
Seeking Our God - October 07, 2020 11:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsJames’ concluding remarks center on sharing—sharing one’s possessions (1-6), sharing with patience (7-12), and sharing in prayer (13-20). The attack begun in the concluding section of chapter 4 is carried into chapter 5 but with greater concentration and condemnation. The rich are denounced. Ja...
James 4:15-17 - Boasting and Arrogance
Seeking Our God - October 05, 2020 11:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsKEY TAKEAWAYS: God wants His people to live with a conscious commitment to follow the will of God. Seeking the will of God must be the goal of our personal planning. Be concerned not only about what you do but also about what you fail to do. For more information about this show, includes add...
James 4:11-14 - Submitting to the Will of God
Seeking Our God - October 02, 2020 11:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsKEY TAKEAWAYS: Life is short and we do not know when it will end. Submit all of our ways to God and live to enjoy each day in dependence on God Human pride leads to disparaging criticism of others. Only God has the ability to enforce His laws and carry out His purposes. He allows no human bei...
James 4:6-10 - God Gives More Grace
Seeking Our God - September 30, 2020 15:12 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsKEY TAKEAWAYS: To have peace with God, James instructs us to submit to God, draw near to God, and humble ourselves before God. God exalts those who humble themselves before Him. Resist temptation, and God will enable you to overcome it. Seek grace from God to love Him with your whole heart. ...
James 4:1-5 - Worldliness
Seeking Our God - September 28, 2020 11:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsKEY TAKEAWAYS: People who make their own desires the chief goal of their lives stifle their walk and relationship with God James’s readers lacked what they sought because they failed to ask God. They yearned after satisfaction, but they looked in the wrong places. They did not ask God as Jesu...
James 3:13-18 - Wisdom from Above
Seeking Our God - September 25, 2020 11:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsKEY TAKEAWAYS Ask God to help you develop true wisdom as the dominating characteristic of your life. When we are in love with our own ideas instead of the Lord Jesus, we struggle to promote our ideas and our success rather than promoting Him. Believers with true wisdom avoid envy and selfish ...
James 3:6-12 – The Tongue is Fire
Seeking Our God - September 23, 2020 11:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsKEY TAKEAWAYS: In seeking to control our tongues we must admit to God our weakness, seek His help, and place relentless guard on our tongues. God’s grace can enable us to use our tongues and our words for blessing and encouraging others. James taught that the original stamp of the likeness of ...
James 3:1-5 - The Problems of the Tongue and Our Speech
Seeking Our God - September 21, 2020 11:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsAnother measure of spiritual maturity is a believer’s speech. James devoted a good portion of his letter to attacking a careless and corrupt tongue. He appealed, however, not only for controlled tongues (3:1–12) but also for controlled thoughts (3:13–17). The mouth is, after all, connected to th...
James 2:21-26 - Dead Faith and True Faith
Seeking Our God - September 18, 2020 11:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsKEY TAKEAWAYS Justification is the act of God whereby He declares the believing sinner righteous on the basis of Christ’s finished work on the cross. Abraham’s faith prompted his obedience. It prodded him on to do good works. His obedience demonstrated the integrity of his faith. Works do not...
JAMES 2:14-20 - EXPRESSION AND EVIDENCE OF TRUE FAITH
Seeking Our God - September 16, 2020 11:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsKEY TAKEAWAYS True faith stimulates action. Active faith is alive; inactive faith is not. Beware of a mere intellectual faith. Faith in Christ brings life (John 3:16), and where there is life there must be growth and fruit. Dead faith is not saving faith. Dead faith is counterfeit faith and lu...
James 2:8-13 - Mercy Triumphs Over Judgment
Seeking Our God - September 14, 2020 11:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsKEY TAKEAWAYS Love others and treat others as we would like to be loved and treated Be quick to mercy and slow to judgment Our deeds will be judged God remembers our sins against us no more (Jer. 31:34; Heb. 10:17); but our sins affect our character and works. We cannot sin lightly and serve...
James 2:1-7 - Remove All Partiality
Seeking Our God - September 11, 2020 11:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsLink to Children's book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08FP9NZNK KEY TAKEAWAYS Look at everyone through the eyes of Christ We are saved by grace. Not by our merit or work or status or privilege or anything else that is within us. We cannot earn salvation and do not deserve His salvation. God sa...
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