Cannibalism vs Community
Tim Melton
Galatians 5:7-15
7 You were running well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth? 8 This persuasion is not from him who calls you. 9 A little leaven leavens the whole lump. 10 I have confidence in the Lord that you will take no other view, and the one who is troubling you will bear the penalty, whoever he is. 11 But if I, brothers, still preach circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been removed. 12 I wish those who unsettle you would emasculate themselves!
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. 14 For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: ''You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'' 15 But if you bite and devour one another, watch out that you are not consumed by one another.
In Galatians 5:7-15 we find Paul calling the Galatians back to the gospel of faith that he had preached to them initially. Like runners, they had started out so well, but now someone had ''cut in on them.'' The false teaching, that they were listening to, did not agree with everything else that they had been taught about the gospel.
The false teaching did not line up with the theology of Christ and scripture. It didn't have the ''doctrinal fingerprints of God'' on it. How many times have we heard a teaching that from a human perspective sounded logical or inviting but in the end it was not biblical at all? We must be ''Berean'' and evaluate what we hear with scripture (Acts 17:11).
In Acts 17 we see Paul and Silas arrive in Berea and begin teaching in the Jewish synagogues. It then says, ''Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.'' They would hear Paul speak and then would look to scripture to see if it was correct. This should be our example. As we read Christ ...
Tim Melton
Galatians 5:7-15
7 You were running well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth? 8 This persuasion is not from him who calls you. 9 A little leaven leavens the whole lump. 10 I have confidence in the Lord that you will take no other view, and the one who is troubling you will bear the penalty, whoever he is. 11 But if I, brothers, still preach circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been removed. 12 I wish those who unsettle you would emasculate themselves!
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. 14 For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: ''You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'' 15 But if you bite and devour one another, watch out that you are not consumed by one another.
In Galatians 5:7-15 we find Paul calling the Galatians back to the gospel of faith that he had preached to them initially. Like runners, they had started out so well, but now someone had ''cut in on them.'' The false teaching, that they were listening to, did not agree with everything else that they had been taught about the gospel.
The false teaching did not line up with the theology of Christ and scripture. It didn't have the ''doctrinal fingerprints of God'' on it. How many times have we heard a teaching that from a human perspective sounded logical or inviting but in the end it was not biblical at all? We must be ''Berean'' and evaluate what we hear with scripture (Acts 17:11).
In Acts 17 we see Paul and Silas arrive in Berea and begin teaching in the Jewish synagogues. It then says, ''Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.'' They would hear Paul speak and then would look to scripture to see if it was correct. This should be our example. As we read Christ ...
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