Category: “Amazing Grace” Series

Galatians 5:19-21 “Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.” During my many years in student ministry, I was known to say on more than one occasion that I would be writing

Galatians 5:16-18 “But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh. For the flesh sets its desire against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are in opposition to one another, so that you may not do the things that you please. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the Law.”  This passage of scripture reminds me of an illustration

John 8:36 “So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.” Jesus is telling the Jewish believers that the Truth will set them free. True freedom is not just the freedom to do, but the freedom not to do those things that destroy a person. People today are in bondage because of the lies of Satan. As a teenager, I worked at Six Flags, and back then there was a Petting Zoo with goats, sheep, rabbits,

Gal. 5:14-15 “For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” But if you bite and devour one another, watch out that you are not consumed by one another.” I remember growing up on a farm where we had a lot of different animals that I had to take care of each day. I enjoyed seeing the different animals live together and to watch the beauty of each one.

Galatians 5:13 “For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.” “I am not throwin’ away my shotI am not throwin’ away my shotHey yo, I’m just like my countryI’m young, scrappy and hungryAnd I’m not throwin’ away my shot” “My Shot” by Lin-Manuel Miranda from “Hamilton” Though likely not the actual words of Alexander Hamilton, I think we can all appreciate the

Galatians 5:6“For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but only faith working through love.”Every day society seems to create more and more categories that we use to identify ourselves and we inevitably find ourselves arguing or disagreeing about whose group is better. Democrat or Republican, Mac or PC, Georgia or Georgia Tech. We have grown accustom to two sides disagreeing in 2020, but I don’t think we can truly appreciate the