Participants: Kelly Mowrer
Series Code: HWAL
Program Code: HWAL000416
00:15 Hi, welcome to His Words are Life. I'm Kelly Mowrer.
00:19 Thank you for coming apart with me to read the Word of God. 00:22 When we were last together, we were reading in Paul's letter to 00:26 the church at Galacia about how the law was given to us 00:29 as a school teacher to keep us until we could understand as 00:34 mature Christians the righteousness that comes by 00:37 faith and through the grace of Jesus. 00:39 And he is writing to the Galatians, saying, Don't be 00:41 foolish, don't forget where you started. There is no other 00:45 gospel than the gospel that you have already received. 00:47 Before we read on, let's pray together. 00:50 Dear Jesus, the precious God and Holy Spirit, 00:54 please be with us as we read these words that explain 00:58 Your purpose and Your plan, how came to fulfill the law, 01:02 and how the law is holy and just and good; 01:05 that our righteousness comes through You. 01:07 Please be with us and give us an understanding 01:10 so that we may bear fruit to your glory. We love you. Amen. 01:15 We're picking up in Galatians, chapter four. 01:19 And starting with verse fifteen. 01:21 Where is then the blessedness ye spake of? 01:26 For I bear you record that if it had been possible, 01:29 you would have plucked out your own eyes and given them to me. 01:32 Am I therefore become your enemy because I tell you the truth? 01:35 They zealously affect you, but not well; 01:39 yea they would exclude you, that ye might affect them. 01:43 But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, 01:47 and not only when I am present with you. My little children 01:51 of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you, 01:55 I desire to be present with you now and to change my voice; 01:59 for I stand in doubt of you. Tell me, you that desire 02:04 to be under the law, do ye not hear the law? 02:07 For it is written that Abraham had two sons, 02:10 the one by a bondmaid, the other by a free woman. 02:13 But he who was of the bond- woman was born after the flesh; 02:17 but he of the freewoman was by promise. 02:20 Which things are an allegory; for these are the two covenants; 02:24 the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, 02:28 which is Agar. For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, 02:32 and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage 02:36 with her children. But Jerusalem which is above, 02:40 is free, which is the mother of us all. For it is written, 02:44 Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; 02:46 break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for 02:49 the desolate hath many more children than she which hath 02:53 an husband. Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children 02:58 of the promise. But as then he that was born after the flesh 03:03 persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, 03:05 even so it is now. Nevertheless what saith the scripture? 03:10 Cast out the bondwoman and her son: 03:14 for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son 03:17 of the freewoman. So then brethren, we are not children 03:21 of the bondwoman, but of the free. 03:23 Continuing to read in Galatians, chapter five. 03:27 This is the King James version 03:28 Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath 03:34 made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke 03:38 of bondage. Behold, I Paul, say unto you, that if ye be 03:43 circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing. 03:46 For I testify again to every man that is circumcised 03:49 that he is a debtor to the whole law. 03:52 Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you 03:56 are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace. 04:00 For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness 04:04 by faith. For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth 04:08 anything, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love. 04:13 Ye did run well; who did hinder hinder you that ye should not 04:18 obey the truth? This persuasion cometh not of him 04:22 that calleth you. A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump. 04:25 I have confidence in you through the Lord, that ye will be none 04:29 otherwise minded: but he that troubleth you shall bear 04:33 his judgment, whosoever he be. And I, Brethren, if I yet preach 04:38 circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? 04:41 then is the offence of the cross ceased. 04:45 I would they were even cut off which trouble you. 04:49 For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; 04:51 only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, 04:55 but by love serve one another. For all the law is fulfilled 05:01 in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour 05:06 as thyself. But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed 05:11 that ye be not consumed one of another. This I say then, 05:15 Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfill 05:18 the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit 05:23 and the Spirit against the flesh and these are contrary 05:26 one to the other; so that ye cannot do the things 05:28 that you would. But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under 05:33 the law. Now the works of the flesh are manifest, 05:36 which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, 05:41 lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, 05:47 emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings 05:55 murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: 05:59 of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you 06:03 in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit 06:08 the kingdom of God. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, 06:13 joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith 06:20 meekness, temperance; against such there is no law. 06:26 And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the 06:31 affections and lusts. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk 06:36 in the Spirit, let us not be desirous of vain glory, 06:40 provoking one another, envying one another. 06:43 Continuing in Galatians, chapter six. 06:47 Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, 06:49 ye which are spiritual, restore such a one in the spirit of 06:54 meekness, considering thyself lest thou also be tempted. 06:58 Bear ye one another's burdens and so fulfill the law of 07:03 Christ. For if a man think himself to be something, when he 07:07 is nothing, he deceiveth himself. But let every man prove 07:12 his own work and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone 07:15 and not in another For every man shall bear his own burden. Let 07:20 him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things 07:24 Be not deceived, God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man 07:29 soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh 07:34 shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth 07:38 to the Spirit, shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. 07:43 Let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season 07:47 we shall reap, if we faint not. As we have therefore 07:52 opportunity, let us do good unto all men, 07:55 especially to them who are of the household of faith. 07:58 Ye see how large a letter I have written unto you 08:01 with my own hand. As many as desire to make a fair shew 08:05 in the flesh, they constrain you to be circumcised; 08:07 only lest they should suffer persecution 08:10 for the cross of Christ. For neither they themselves who are 08:14 circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, 08:18 that they may glory in your flesh. But God forbid 08:22 that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, 08:26 by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world. 08:30 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, 08:35 nor uncircumcision, but a new creature. 08:38 And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, 08:42 and mercy, and upon the Israel of God. From henceforth 08:47 let no man trouble me: for I bear in my body the marks of 08:51 the Lord Jesus. Brethren, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ 08:55 be with your spirit. Amen. 08:57 We are continuing to read the letters of Paul. 09:01 This is his letter to Ephesians, the church at Ephesus, 09:05 beginning with chapter one, this is the King James version. 09:07 Paul an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, 09:12 to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful 09:15 in Christ Jesus: Grace be to you and peace, from God our Father, 09:20 and from the Lord Jesus Christ. Blessed be the God and Father 09:24 of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all 09:27 spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: 09:30 According as he hath chosen us in him, before the foundation 09:34 of the world, that we should be holy and without blame 09:38 before him in love: Having predestinated us unto 09:42 the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, 09:46 according to the good pleasure of his will, To the praise 09:50 of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted 09:54 in the beloved. In whom we have redemption through his blood, 09:58 the forgiveness of sins according to the riches of 10:01 his grace; Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom 10:06 and prudence; having made known unto us the mystery of his will, 10:10 according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed 10:13 in himself: That in the dispensation of the fullness of 10:16 times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, 10:21 both which are in heaven and which are on earth; even in him: 10:26 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated 10:31 according to the purpose of him who worketh all things 10:34 after the council of his own will: That we should be to the 10:39 praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ. 10:42 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, 10:47 the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed 10:51 ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, 10:54 which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption 10:57 of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory. 11:01 Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus 11:06 and love unto all the saints, cease not to give thanks 11:09 for you, making mention of you in my prayers; 11:12 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, 11:15 may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the 11:20 knowledge of him: the eyes of your understanding 11:23 being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope 11:27 of his calling, and what the riches of the glory 11:31 of his inheritance in the saints and what is the exceeding 11:34 greatness of his power to usward who believe, 11:38 according to the working of his mighty power, 11:40 which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, 11:44 and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, 11:47 far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, 11:52 and every name that is named, not only in this world, 11:55 but also in that which is to come: and hath put all things 11:59 under his feet and gave him to be the head over all things 12:02 to the church, which is his body the fullness of him 12:06 that filleth all in all. 12:09 We are reading Paul's letter to Ephesus, Ephesians chapter two. 12:14 And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins 12:19 wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this 12:23 world, according to the prince of the power of the air, 12:26 the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: 12:29 Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past 12:34 in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires 12:37 of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children 12:41 of wrath, even as others. But God, who is rich in mercy, 12:47 for his great love wherewith he loved us, even when we were dead 12:51 in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, 12:55 by grace ye are saved; and hath raised us up together 13:00 and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus 13:03 that in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches 13:08 of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus. 13:11 For by grace are ye saved through faith; 13:14 and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 13:18 not of works, lest any man should boast. 13:22 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus 13:25 unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we 13:29 should walk in them. Wherefore remember, that ye being in time 13:35 past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision 13:39 by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh 13:41 made by hands; that at that time ye were without Christ, 13:46 being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and 13:49 strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, 13:52 and without God in the world: But now in Christ Jesus 13:57 ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood 14:02 of Christ, for he is our peace, who hath made both one and 14:06 hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us; 14:10 having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law 14:15 of commandments, contained in ordinances; 14:17 for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace; 14:23 Until we are together again, may the God of hope 14:27 keep you with all joy and peace in believing through the power 14:31 of his Holy Spirit. Thank you for coming apart to read with me |
Revised 2014-12-17