Author Archives: Matt Cable

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-7m8ew-14f9459 Have you ever been in a class discussion with someone who hasn’t done their homework? Paul admonishes the church at Galatia for not having done their theological homework before embracing false teaching. In today’s passage, we learn that the rigorous and regular study of Scripture is the best preventative medicine and the only antidoteContinue reading “Living By Faith: Galatians 4:21-5:1”

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https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-w5npw-14efe1a Paul knows that speaking the truth can damage the relationship if the other person takes it poorly. Through these verses, we see that all true followers of Christ must be willing to engage in and receive the ministry of unpleasant truth.  We engage in it by: Building brotherly love Refusing false flattery Embracing theContinue reading “Living By Faith: Galatians 4:12-20”

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-4seex-14efdfe Paul puts two paths before the Galatians in these verses. You can take the path of slaves, or you can take the path of sons. In essence, he says, “In Christ, you are sons and not slaves, so act like it!”   1. You are sons not slaves (4:1-7) A. Slaves becoming sons –Continue reading “Living By Faith: Galatians 4:1-11”

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-64qsx-14da99c Jesus is portrayed as both a host and a guest in the Scripture. What can we learn about biblical hospitality from his example in each of these roles? 

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-gkna7-14da98d If we’re saved by faith alone, then why did God give the law? In these verses, Paul explains the purpose of the law is to serve the gospel by teaching us what is right and wrong and pointing us to our need for Jesus Christ.

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-gvbe2-14d1a4e Love for strangers is at the core of God’s plan for his people since they came out of Egypt as sojourners. Explore the Old Testament foundations for biblical hospitality and how it matters for Christians today.

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-8v7id-14d1a44 Is the Bible just two separate books bound together, the old and the new? Were people in the Old Testament saved differently than people in the New? Many Christians have a mistaken view of their Bibles and God’s salvation plan. Paul shows us in these verses that there is one storyline of salvation inContinue reading “Living By Faith: Galatians 3:6-14”

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-mgi4k-14c6fc4 In the opening verses of Galatians 3, Paul points out that the Christian life begins the same way it ends: by a work of the Spirit. So don’t be fooled, salvation is a work of the Spirit from start to finish.  1. Don’t be fooled (3:1)2. Salvation is a work of the Spirit fromContinue reading “Living By Faith: Galatians 3:1-5”

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-snjqn-14bd7f5 We all have the capacity to fall into thinking our good works on God’s behalf are what keep us in God’s good favor instead of Jesus Christ having paid the penalty for our sins. So how do we defeat our inner legalist and live in light of the gospel?    Living in light ofContinue reading “Living By Faith: Galatians 2:11-21”