| By Andy Moyle | 2 mins 24 secs | 0 Comments
It was these next two chapters of Ephesians that gripped me with a revelation of the glorious church that I have lived with for three decades, and will continue with me to my dying breath! I was so saddened at the ‘Word on the Wash’ meeting, to hear the speaker say, as a throwaway line, […]
| By Andy Moyle | 2 mins 8 secs | 0 Comments
We love to watch “Phil Spencer: Secret Agent”, where the property expert visits homes that aren’t selling and tells them why. Then over the next two weeks helps them make the property saleable. It’s a classic ‘before and after’ scenario – get rid of the naff carpets and bright paint jobs and go for neutral […]
| By Andy Moyle | 1 min 55 secs | 0 Comments
Do you ever say “God bless!” to someone, or end an email to a Christian with “Blessings”. Sometimes I might say “Oh, bless!” when someone has done something a bit silly. Trouble is we may have made the word a bit meaningless and wet! The word ‘bless’ is pretty powerful! It means to pronounce words in […]
| By Andy Moyle | 2 mins 19 secs | 0 Comments
Christ’s Law We see Christ’s law stamped across Paul’s concluding statements in his letter to the Galatians. This law of Christ is of course love (Ch5v14), and it permeates through Paul’s instructions for how the Galatians and every believer should go on believing and doing. In fact it permeates the whole of the New Testament. […]
| By Andy Moyle | 2 mins 49 secs | 0 Comments
Called to Freedom Here Paul makes it clear that some believers had gone off-track from their pursuit of Christ and his grace (v.7). They’ve returned to the law as their means of justification (v.4), or their being in right standing with God. They are throwing away the riches of grace for the fool’s gold of […]
| By Andy Moyle | 4 mins 14 secs | 0 Comments
Paul is again reminding us that the purpose of the law was to show us our need for God. He uses examples from the Old Testament to explain why we are no longer under the law. Abraham had children with two women – Hagar (Sarah’s slave) and Sarah (his wife). Paul uses the example of […]
| By Andy Moyle | 2 mins 2 secs | 0 Comments
Paul has been arguing that Jews and Gentiles alike are not made right with God (justified) or even sanctified by the law. Christ came to free people from the law, so we can be justified by faith. The law is weak because human nature hates following rules. The law had no power to change us, […]
| By Andy Moyle | 3 mins 36 secs | One Comment
To live successfully under the law of Moses meant to obey every single aspect of it. If even a small part of the law was breached, then a person fell short of the whole law. It was all or nothing and lawbreakers were ‘cursed’ by God. This may sound really harsh, but it is important […]
| By Andy Moyle | 2 mins 3 secs | 0 Comments
How do you receive the Spirit? Not by obeying the Old Testament Law! We put our faith in Jesus (actually because the Spirit of God has made us come alive to Him), we receive the Spirit’s power by faith and we continue to receive more of the Spirit by faith. Paul is from a Jewish […]