Paul's continued Evangelism and the persecution he endured.

The mindset of legalism comes from distorting the purpose of God's commands to be for His benefit instead of for our benefit. This is a look at God's good intent in the commands He has issued. If we can have His mindset, then we will avoid being legalistic.

Continuing with the apostle Paul in his gospel outreach

How we can please the Lord. Paul's desire for the believers is that they would walk worthy of the Lord Jesus and be fully pleasing to Him. He wrote to them to explain how they could live in such a way that they would please Him.

The Lord gave the apostles signs as they preached the gospel. Signs are pointers to the reality. The reality isn't speaking in tongues, it is changed speech. Healing the lame man was a sign. The reality is a changed life that follows the Lord. These realities are the great testimony that persuades people to listen to Jesus.

In the beginning of Joshua is a comment on the importance of keeping of God's command to be prosperous. The same thought appears in his farewell address in the context of remembering what God had done for them. Joshua called on the people to make the choice to follow the Lord.

Paul wrote that the believers were complete in Christ. They did not need to add traditions and principles to be approved of by God. Everything they needed to be complete as a Christian is in Christ.

continuing through the epistle of John

The Father has made Christ everything to us. We are complete in Him.

The Lord's working in Berlin