Tuesday, September 22, 2015

No other Gospel. 9/22/15


Day 263- Reading the New Testament in one year.

https://www.biblegateway.com/audio/dramatized/niv/Gal.1

Galatians 1

Greeting

1 Paul, an apostle—not from men nor through man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead— 2 and all the brothers[a] who are with me,

To the churches of Galatia:

3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, 4 who gave himself for our sins to deliver us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, 5 to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

No Other Gospel

6 I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel— 7 not that there is another one, but there are some who trouble you and want to distort the gospel of Christ. 8 But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed. 9 As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, let him be accursed.

10 For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a servant[b] of Christ.

Paul Called by God

11 For I would have you know, brothers, that the gospel that was preached by me is not man's gospel.[c] 12 For I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ. 13 For you have heard of my former life in Judaism, how I persecuted the church of God violently and tried to destroy it. 14 And I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people, so extremely zealous was I for the traditions of my fathers. 15 But when he who had set me apart before I was born,[d] and who called me by his grace, 16 was pleased to reveal his Son to[e] me, in order that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with anyone;[f] 17 nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me, but I went away into Arabia, and returned again to Damascus.

18 Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas and remained with him fifteen days. 19 But I saw none of the other apostles except James the Lord's brother. 20 (In what I am writing to you, before God, I do not lie!) 21 Then I went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia. 22 And I was still unknown in person to the churches of Judea that are in Christ. 23 They only were hearing it said, “He who used to persecute us is now preaching the faith he once tried to destroy.” 24 And they glorified God because of me.

Supplied Life Devotional by Bill Freeman

Loving God September 22nd

“And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.” ROMANS 8:28

Loving God is an exercise of our spirit. It is contacting Him. This causes our spirit to rise and be filled up with Christ. We may pray, “Lord, I have come to the end of my resources. I cannot live through this. I cannot meet this. I cannot face this. But, Lord, I sink myself into You once again. I open to You and take You as my life and supply. Lord, I am not complaining. I am not living with a feeling of being treated unfairly or getting a bad break in life. There is no such thing in my thought, because all things are avenues to lead me to experience more of the riches of Christ.” By touching Him in this way, He saturates our being with Himself.

The riches of Christ include His sufferings and His crucifying life. Romans 8:36 says, “For Your sake we are killed all day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.” Of course, none of us naturally want to be slaughtered. But verse 37 says, “Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.” Though we may be brought low, by His life we are raised up again with Jesus. We rise with more of Christ wrought into our being. We come up with more renewal of our mind. Experiencing Christ is our unique goal. This is what everything is for. So ultimately all things are working together for good. Loving God turns our “all things” into the good — conformity to the image of God’s Son.


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