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)