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Galatians 6
Here’s how the study works: Read the chapter mentioned in the heading several times during the week and share any words, thoughts, verses that stood out to you. Having a week for a chapter creates the opportunity to reread it several times and make additional comments as you feel inclined as well as make comments on other people’s insights.
5 thoughts on “Galatians 6”
v.15 Neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything; what counts is the new creation.
I like the way The Message puts this verse: "Can't you see the central issue in all this? It is not what you and I do—submit to circumcision, reject circumcision. It is what God is doing, and he is creating something totally new, a free life!"
When we keep the law (of circumcision etc.) we are focussing on what we do instead of focussing on what God is doing.
v.9 Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
Perseverance is seriously under- valued in modern society.
v.10 Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers
Do good – especially to believers. Sometimes we emphasis doing good to those outside the faith but we are suppose to start by doing good to believers.
Loving others starts with those closest to us and moves out from there.
The sign God's people had always relied on in showing that they were His, was that they had been circumsized, as He directed them to be. Now, though, with the coming of Christ and the Spirit, that was to be no longer, as He now was going inside of us by His Spirit, and circumsize our hearts. The good that would result was because of the work He is and will do in us. This sets us free from us "having" to do something outwardly, and us "letting" Him do something inwardly. God's people, at this time, had to learn to let go of the old, and embrace tne new, as we are still doing today as we grow in understanding of what it means to surrender more and more to Him.
Good to "see" you again, Patti.
Yes, circumcision is about outward appearance and the challenge today is indeed "letting" Him do something inwardly.
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