NEXT BIBLE STUDY on May 19, 2024 at 9:00 AM
Handout: The-Church.pdf
Overhead 1: Church-Pictures-3-Ephesians-4.pdf
Class #49: In Galatians 2:20, it say, “I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me.” My conversion (at a point in the past) is solely the work of God and it is completed. But now that I am converted, Christ presently lives in me. That […]
Class #48: We need to be careful how we speak about the description of the believer. St. Paul draws a clear distinction between the unbeliever and the believer. The unbeliever is a slave to the law relying upon it for salvation, while the believer is a son of God living by faith in Jesus Christ. […]
Class #47: The works of the flesh are OBVIOUS–and thus St. Paul lists them for us. Those who claim to be Christian, while at the same time perpetuating these obvious works of the flesh, are not Christian at all. Those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God. Even while St. Paul […]
Class #46: Christians strive to avoid the works of the flesh, but we can’t avoid the desires which come from our sinful nature/flesh. Therefore, the Christian life is a continual struggle against sin. With our salvation secured through faith in Christ, we desire to please our Lord. We walk by the Spirit when we confess […]
Class #45: Before conversion there is nothing to oppose the lusts of the flesh, and therefore the sinful flesh has free reign. After conversion, “the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another….” Due to the remaining sinful nature, which wars against the Spirit, the […]
Class #44: What follows from St. Paul’s teaching of justification by grace through faith? The Christian life becomes a gift of freedom to love the neighbor. However, the Christian still carries within him the flesh which lusts against the Spirit, creating contradictory desires. As a result, the Christian walks by the Spirit, so that he […]
Class #43: Where there is no concord in the true Christian doctrine, there is also no peace in Christian love. Parties and factions form based on human law opinions. Making demands for particular external works, these self-appointed life-styles create dissension and thus cause limitations on love. In the end, each one bites and devours the […]
Class #42: We often speak of how we are saved FROM sin, death and the power of the devil. With Galatians 5:13ff, St. Paul tell us what we were saved FOR. Having been slaves, we were called by the Gospel NOT FOR indulging the flesh, but FOR serving one another in love. Having laid the […]
Class #41: St. Paul has presented the truth of the believer’s justification through faith in Jesus Christ alone. He has made it clear that anyone who admits the bondage of the yoke of the law into the article of justification has “fallen away from grace” (5:4). Last of all, St. Paul tells the Galatians to […]
Class #40: If the baptized life of a Christian were a race, the Galatians were running it well. They were justified by faith in Christ alone, and were continuing to hear and follow God’s Word. But then false teachers persuaded the congregation to admit a little law into the article of justification. This little leaven […]