NEXT BIBLE STUDY on Exodus 21-24 - February 23, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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SHOWCASE: Children's Genesis Study - 2022 and 2023
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Class #54: As St. Paul summarizes his letter, he wants the Galatians to know three things about the Judaizers, who were teaching falsely. First, they were doing it out of pride that they might “make a good showing” before others and boast of their ability to win disciples after themselves. Second, they were requiring the […]
Class #53: Believers are saved by faith in Jesus Christ alone. Having been set free from from the yoke of slavery to sin (Gal 5:2), they use their freedom to serve one another in love (5:13)–especially their pastor(6:6) and fellow congregational members(6:10). There are only two possibilities: unbelievers, doing the works of the flesh, or […]
Class #52: Galatians 6:6 is included in Luther’s Small Catechism in the Table of Duties for “What the Hearers Owe Their Pastors.” St. Paul tells the hearer, who is being taught the Word by the teacher, to share (koinoneito) all good things with his teacher. The word “share” is much more than simply giving someone […]
Class #51: The vainglorious, false teachers who were active at Galatia really thought that they were something! Instead of exhibiting love toward the neighbor, their selfish ambition to please others led them to mercilessly demand obedience to their own laws. When St. Paul says, “Let each one examine his own work, then he will have rejoicing […]
Class #50: By the grace of God and not by works, we were saved through faith in Christ! Even beyond this, Christians have been abundantly gifted with the gift of the Holy Spirit and “the fruit of the Spirit.” St. Paul warns us in Galatians 5:26 not to become conceited, lest we mistakenly take credit for […]
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 […]