Ever wonder what Paul meant by love, joy, peace and the rest of the fruit of the Spirit? In this series, we explore the Bible to learn what Scripture teaches about these concepts and why Paul put them on the list. This series isn’t about definitions. It’s about discovering life-changing truths behind each fruit.
Tools and resources you need to do a word study on the biblical Greek word for kingdom basileia G932.
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This year I tackled two books of the Bible I’ve been wanting to teach for a long time, 1&2Thessalonians. Plus I updated my series on Galatians.
In 2023, I created 32 podcasts and published 20 new resource pages to the library. You downloaded the podcasts 21,321 times for an average of 1,777 listens per month. You can see all the stats here if you’re interested.
The podcast is on break for the holidays. In the meantime, please listen to a previous episode or series. May I suggest one of these
Thoughts on real meaning of Christmas, gift-giving and celebrations.
What did you learn from Galatians? For me, it was walking by the Spirit, a topic we will explore more in the next series.
In Galatians 6:6-18, Paul encourages his listeners to invest their lives in truth. We reap what we sow. If we seek teachers who flatter and entertain us, that is what we will harvest. God is not mocked. He knows what we seek.
In Galatians 5:25-6:5, Paul explains how the fact that we all believe the same gospel translates into our lives as a community. First, he urges us to stop competing with our teammates. Then Paul explains how to respond when someone stumbles on this metaphorical race to glory.
Paul argues we don’t need the Law to keep us from pursuing sin. We have something better. We have the Spirit of God teaching us to pursue goodness.
In the final chapters, he develops his third major theme which is the freedom the gospel brings. Because the gospel solves our two biggest problems, it brings freedom from the law and freedom from slavery to sin.
Krisan Marotta is a Bible teacher and host of Wednesday in the Word, the podcast about what the Bible means and how we know.