Paul is giving his readers encouragement against those who are trying to oppress them. “Let no one pass judgement on you” (verse 16a). The judgement this group was facing was from the false teachers who were trying to conform them to their own standards. “How could he call himself a believer when he eats THAT!” […]
Paul digs in and tells his readers WHY following the law will only lead to disaster for them. The law actually brought the attempter under a curse, NOT delivered salvation. God’s law was amazing, BUT man couldn’t live up to its standards. Every single person fell short of the standard and if you fell short […]
Paul is continuing to prove out his point on salvation by faith and not by works. In today’s reading he asks his readers to look back at their own experience with the gospel of Jesus. How did they come to know Him? The believers Paul was writing to where those he met while traveling in […]