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Thursday, August 24, 2017

Bible Marginalia- Stand Firm

Bible Marginalia Series- #258
Galatians 5
Been thinking a lot about Charlottesville, VA.
And the spiritual warfare 
that grips our country around racism
 and the sanctity of life.
Free and slaved certainly were normal conditions
 in the Old and New testament times.
But things got shaken up bit 
when Jesus came along.
Reading and reading this section of Galatians 5.
Christ sets us free, 
so that we don't have to count
 these conditions anymore.
Easier said than done if you are non- Anglo.
Up to this time we have never seen
 ourselves as Less- than.
How do make up for the 
harsh words and the hatred?
Guess that gets written out with verse 14-
"The entire law is summed up
 in a single command- 
'Love your neighbor as yourself.'"
Maybe if we spent our time trying
 to figure out just how to do that 
and invent creative ways to follow through on that-
things just might have an open door for change.
It is such a simple solution 
that we just figure 
that it has to be more complicated than that.
And it probably is-
 unless we ask for Jesus to 
change our hearts.
Think we are going to have to STAND FIRM
 in learning how to serve one another.

Supplies:
 Fine-point Sharpie pen- non-bleeding
Water Color pencils
Washi tape
Zondervan NIV Noteworthy New Testament
(out of print)




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