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For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast.Eph 2:9 |
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Dear
Friend,
If you do not already have a habit of gathering daily manna the first thing in the morning (we can look at the example given to us in Exodus 16 and find the pattern for make it a habit. Establish your life and your schedule to allow you the necessary time to do your daily collection first thing every morning to give you the strength to make it through the day. And remember that today’s manna will not be sufficient for tomorrow; tomorrow’s manna must be collected tomorrow morning. Tuesday, September 1, 2020
Today's Passage : Today's Passage:The Source of the Gospel (Galatians #6) Bible Verse:Galatians 1:11-12 "11-12 Do you think human beings wrote the Gospel I taught to you? Not so! It is the very Word of God, revealed to me directly by Jesus Christ. From men, I have learned none of it. Verbatim Bible 11 For I make known to you, brothers, the gospel having-been-preached by me that not is from men; 12 for neither I from man received it, nor I was taught, but through revelation of Jesus Christ." Message:
These verses strongly reinforce the preceding verses, i.e., that Paul did not seek to please men by modifying his Gospel, but sought to please God by always speaking the truth. Here, then, he gives the reason underlying and supporting his refusal to compromise his teachings.
Paul is not writing his understanding, much less his opinion, of the good news given to humanity by God. He is writing and speaking thoughts which we given to him by God, Himself. His epistles are the Word of God, not the word of Paul. They are written in Paul’s style — and we deal with two meanings of the word “word” in English, unfortunately. Paul’s “words” are Paul’s; Paul’s content and meaning are the “Word” of God.
What has been written by one person can always be criticized, improved upon, disputed, or ignored by another. What has been revealed as the will of God cannot. And so Paul cements his position by this, the topic of the rest of Chapter 1 of Galatians: evidence that the Gospel he teaches was not written by him, nor taught to him by men, but revealed to him directly by Christ.
Conversion of Saint Paul
On the road to Damascus, when Paul was converted — and if you are not familiar with it, please read the account of Paul's conversion in Acts 9:1-19, because you will need to know this to understand Galatians — he experienced Christ. He did not see a human Jesus, but rather a flash of light; whether the voice he heard sounded like Jesus, the man, is unstated. But Christ had, by this time, been glorified; his body had ascended. This was not an appearance of the resurrected body of Jesus, such as we see on the road to Emmaus. This was a “theophany”, a physical manifestation of God to a human being. Paul saw and heard Christ, the ascended person of God.
Meditation : Prayer : Oh God who has made me, oh God who keeps me, oh God who will be my Lord through all eternity, shine down Your blessings and wisdom upon me like the sun upon a field; and may I keep You in the forefront of my every thought and deed, throughout this day, and evermore........Amen |
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