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Galatians 3:10-18 (view passage online)
The law demands perfection and curses all who fail, but Christ redeemed us from this curse. The inheritance comes by the promise God gave 430 years before the law. The obsolete old covenant gives way to the new covenant and its better promises.
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Romans 12:3-21 (view passage online)
Believers must estimate their gifts with humility. The body principle from First Corinthians 12 shows how every member functions together. Believers use their unique gifts for the edification of the church.
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Galatians 3:1-14 (view passage online)
Paul asks the Galatians who bewitched them into trying to perfect their spiritual beginning through the flesh. He reminds them that the just shall live by faith, not by the law. Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us.
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Galatians 2:18-21 (view passage online)
The law arouses sin to show our need for Christ. Paul died to the law and shared in the crucifixion of Christ so he might live to God. He lives by faith in the Son of God because seeking righteousness through the law makes Christ die in vain.
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Romans 12:1-2 (view passage online)
Believers must present their bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God. They must stop conforming to the world and instead transform their lives by renewing their minds. The battle for holiness takes place in the mind through the Word of God.
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Galatians 1:11-23 (view passage online)
Paul received his gospel by a direct revelation from Jesus Christ, not from men. He describes his former conduct in Judaism and his dramatic conversion to encourage others. Believers must remember what God has done, glorify Him for it, and put off the old to put on the new.
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Galatians 1 (view passage online)
The good news from God contrasts sharply with the bad news of man-made religion. The law leads us to Christ, and the true gospel centers on His death, burial, and resurrection rather than His life as a mere example. Substitutionary atonement provides the only way to God.
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Romans 11:11-29 (view passage online)
Israel stumbled, but God used their fall to bring salvation to the Gentiles. The olive tree illustration shows Gentiles as wild branches grafted into the supportive root. Believers must not boast because Israel faces only partial and temporary blindness before God saves them completely.
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Galatians (view passage online)
Paul declares a curse on anyone who preaches a different gospel. Adding works to faith perverts the gospel and puts eternal destinies at stake. Believers confront false teaching as an act of love because speaking truth matters more than pleasing men.
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Joshua 24 (view passage online)
Joshua gives his farewell address and recounts God’s faithfulness throughout the history of Israel. He challenges the people to choose between the Lord and other gods. Believers today face the same choice to stop conforming to the world and transform their minds.