Have you ever gotten bad news? Maybe from a doctor? Maybe about cancer or about your child or about yourself? Many years ago Hezekiah from the Old Testament was told that he was going to die. Hezekiah's response is a lesson in what NOT to do...but there is a right answer. How should we respond when God chooses to bring suffering into our lives?

This podcast covers Galatians chapter 6.

This chapter of Galatians lays out God's sentence on those holding and then on those teaching this wicked doctrine that we must do additional things to be justified. The verdict is...this doctrine is not from God...the sentence is...you are not saved if you hold this. The sentence for those who were teaching this was that it was leaven and they needed to bear God's judgement and be removed from the assembly and he wished they would cut themselves off - separate themselves from the body of believers. 

Then the apostle by the Spirit goes into antinomianism and the evil that this 'other side of the ditch' would be and proclaims that those who practice the deeds of the flesh are not saved either. Then there is a reminder that we are purchased by God and how we walk today is not be a law...but by the Spirit of God alone.

Chapter 4 of Galatians deals with the question are you a Son or a slave? If you are under the law you are a slave to elemental things like days or bones or animals (do not handle do not touch etc.). If you are under idolatry then you are under slavery to a piece of wood or stone... To be a Son is something totally different. The Spirit of God's Son cries in our hearts Abba, Father! We are a Son of God if we are saved. If we turn to the law or to some other form of bondage, we are not a son, we are not even saved, we are a slave.

The latter half of Galatians chapter 3 is all about Abraham. It makes the sometimes difficult to understand statement about the seed of Abraham being singular (when it clearly seems to us plural??). This episode explains why Paul saw this as singular and indeed of course (let God be true and every man a liar) it is! Is God going to faithful with that promise to His seed? And do you know if you are included in the seed? Listen to the episode and find out.

If you want the notes from this episode or just want to reach out for shepherding or discussion or if you want to help me (always appreciated) with some loving correction I would very much appreciate it. You can reach me at [email protected].

Who. Has. Bewitched. You. These words must have struck fear into their hearts as they read them from the apostle Paul and inspired of course from God Himself. Paul continues to dismantle their ideas not from his experiences now, but from their very own experiences and then from the scriptures as well. He will show them that even the very first man to be circumcised in history (Abraham) was justified by faith alone.

You can always email me at [email protected] or if you have my phone number you can call me. Let me know if you have any thoughts on the show or questions / comments that I can take up. 

Galatians chapter records two events in Paul's life that prove that the apostles in Jerusalem were in agreement with his teaching that the Gentiles did not need to be circumcised to be saved.

Introduction to Galatians and a high level discussion of chapter 1

Pornography is a problem today and one that is not going away. If someone is trapped in its clutches, how can they escape?

The Bible has a great deal to say on this subject from the pen of one of the wisest men that ever lived and yet one that struggled with sexual immorality as much or more than anyone else. By the inspiration of the Spirit of God Solomon writes down for us a blueprint if you will for how to maintain sexual purity in amongst a dangerous world.