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We enjoy massive freedom in Christ – but all freedom needs to be protected. The possibility of falling from grace (Gal 5:4) & the threat of those ‘children of the slave woman’ persecuting those born of the Spirit (4:28-29) make vigilance a vital characteristic of all in Christ.

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Knowing who we are matters – & we who are in Christ are nothing less than ‘sons of God’.  Paul’s defence of true Christian freedom crescendos: Justification makes it clear we are accepted by God.  But adoption as sons shows the depth of our acceptance.  As J I Packer put it: ‘Adoption is the highest […]

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The pressure to ‘be good enough’ & to earn your place in this world can be an immense pressure.  Even heavier is the weight to be good enough to earn merit before God.  As Paul continues to call the Galatians back to the gospel of grace, he recalls previous problems of pressure to ‘do works’ […]

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