Title: Grace and Peace/Galatians 1:1-5
Content: Grace and Peace Galatians 1:1-5
1. εγείραντοσ: aor.act.ptc.mas.gen.sig.
4. εξέληται: aor.mid.subj.rescue.deliver.save.choose.
ενεστω^τοσ: pf.act.ptc.mas.gen.sig.ενίστημι. πονηρου^:evil.bad.wicked.
The Apostle Paul was moved by the Holy Spirit to send letters to the churches in Galatia. Galatia is a Roman province made up of Lystra, Iconium, and Derbe. There are delusions of unclean spirits and the activities of evil people anytime and anywhere to destroy the church of God. The same was true of the Galatian churches. False teachers from Judea, when the apostles struggle to build a church and go forward, they follow up and preach a different gospel like weeds are sown in a seed-sown field. Just as the Jehovah's Witnesses go out of their way to find a house with a church sign, and become more polarized... If you don't keep the Jewish law, you will never be saved. So be circumcised, cover your food, and observe the days and months and feasts. Where is that? It undermines the authority of the apostle Paul and prevents us from following the gospel preached by the apostle. Did the church really fall because of their work? There is no difficulty. The powers of hell and death do not prevail. God sent the apostles to drive out false workers. You made me react. It is not through obedience to the law that we are saved, but through faith in Jesus Christ...
Dear brothers and sisters, from now on, we learn. This is not Galatia, but the situation could be more dangerous than that. Even if you already have the knowledge of salvation, it is often uncertain. The theological theories that make us confused, the various ideologies in the midst of diversification, the superstitious culture we have experienced so far, and the penetration of various heresies, etc., saints, let's learn the Word well before God. The church will stand strong and receive blessings.
The great thing about the apostle Paul was that he knew so clearly who he was and what he was before God the Father and Jesus Christ. “Paul, an apostle neither of men nor of man, but through Jesus Christ and…God the Father” was clearly aware of his own identity. who am i It means that we were chosen by God the Father before the foundation of the world, and that we were saved by the grace and love of Jesus Christ to become a child of God, and what am I? He clearly knew that he was an officebearer who received the office of an apostle through God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Dear brothers and sisters, this is also what we must learn and know. We are children of God who call God Father, and His people who call Jesus Lord. God was willing to be our Father, and Jesus also became our Lord and our King. We call God our Father and Jesus our Lord. God is not in the least ashamed to call us children, my people, my sheep, or mine. Ugly children are shameful for their fathers, but God has become a father who is not ashamed of his poor children. Dear brothers and sisters, let us live clearly knowing that we are children of God.
The world is wicked (verse 4). It opposes God. The world is a showcase of sin. It is full of things that obfuscate the word of the gospel of God. It's like a poisonous mushroom. On the surface, it is dazzlingly beautiful. But without realizing it, the poison spreads throughout my body and I die. He loved the world and died for his own sins in the wicked world (1 John 2:15). That was us. When God saw us dying in vain, He took pity on us. Finally, you have decided on a precious will. “I will seek the lost.” “I will save my people.” “I will feed and comfort my sheep.” In due time, Jesus Christ was sent. “Call your name Jesus. for he is the one who will save his people from their sins.” Jesus, who came into the world, gave His body to rescue us according to the will of the Father. By that grace our sins were washed away. I'm saved. Became a child of God. God is called Father and Jesus is called Savior. Dear brothers and sisters, let us believe. Let's live in confidence. I am convinced that I am a child of God! Let's be sure.
What we especially need to learn is that our Heavenly Father has opened us faithfully. God, who was faithful, made him a servant of that country. That's the job. He gave offices to each of his beloved children according to their talents, according to their faith and wisdom, and according to the degree of the fullness of the Holy Spirit. Day by day He will give you a greater and more valuable office. The offices we have been given do not come from men. It's not even from a human being. We came through God the Father who loves us and Jesus Christ who saved us. Dear brothers and sisters, let's also be sure that God has given us offices. who wants to know me That's not the problem. Seeing how loyal our Heavenly Father is, we are faithful to our offices and serve faithfully. The reason that the apostle Paul was faithful was because he was sure that the Father had given him the office. He who is convinced that his office is from heaven is right in his faith and righteous in all his devotion. Let me be sure that God has given me my office.
So I rely more on it. I pray by calling on my Father's name. Make your father happy. Love and serve. Peace abounds more. Naturally, praise bursts out of your mouth. A person whose heart is full of joy and deep grace and peace, what will come out of his mouth? Complaints or resentments? no. What is? Praise. “Glory be to me forever and ever. Amen." Dear brothers and sisters, I pray that you may taste grace and peace and give the praises of beautiful souls to God.