The Message of Galatians (The Bible Speaks Today | BST)
Overview
To enclaves of young converts tucked away in the mountains of Asia Minor, Paul wrote what is perhaps the oldest document in the New Testament—the letter to the Galatians. What problems were they facing?
Among a variety of religious authorities espousing different teachings, how were they to know who was right? How were men and women to be put right with God? How could Christians in the midst of a pagan culture live lives truly pleasing to God?
'Only one way—' answered Paul, 'through Jesus Christ.' His answer holds true for us as well. The details of our struggle have changed since Paul's day, but the principles he sets forth are as timeless as the Lord he exalts.
In this book John Stott helps us to understand and apply the message of Galatians in the face of contemporary challenges to our faith.
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Top Highlights
“The function of the law was not to bestow salvation, however, but to convince men of their need of it.” (Page 89)
“Justification is not a legal fiction, in which a man’s status is changed, while his character is left untouched.” (Page 65)
“The gospel is not good advice to men, but good news about Christ; not an invitation to us to do anything, but a declaration of what God has done; not a demand, but an offer.” (Page 70)
“More simply, we may say that ‘the flesh’ stands for what we are by natural birth, ‘the Spirit’ what we become by new birth, the birth of the Spirit. And these two, the flesh and the Spirit, are in sharp opposition to each other.” (Page 146)
“God’s purpose was not only to secure our sonship by His Son, but to assure us of it by His Spirit. He sent His Son that we might have the status of sonship, and He sent His Spirit that we might have an experience of it.” (Page 107)
- Title: The Message of Galatians
- Author: John Stott
- Series: The Bible Speaks Today
- Publisher: IVP
- Print Publication Date: 1968
- Logos Release Date: 2007
- Pages: 204
- Era: era:contemporary
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Bible. N.T. Galatians › Commentaries
- Resource ID: LLS:BSTUS69GA
- Resource Type: Bible Commentary
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-08-29T21:28:22Z
John Stott is known around the world as a preacher, evangelist, and writer. He was one of the main contributors to the Lausanne Covenant (1974) and the founder of Langham Partnership, which seeks to equip a new generation of Bible teachers around the world.
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Jason
5/30/2019
Matthew Jay
6/7/2018
This commentary is very helpful for me. It includes a wealth of knowledge from famous theologians.
