Whom Do You Proclaim?

 

Whom Do You Proclaim?

Comments on Galatians with an ear to Luther’s commentary

Scripture Text: Galatians 2:1 and 2 Corinthians 4:1-6

Series: Comments on Galatians

Today's Scripture Jigsaw

At the beginning of the second chapter of Luther’s commentary, the key word is “compulsion.” Under whose compulsion do we act? Some people walk to the altar, not because their hearts have been moved by God but because some preacher has essentially browbeat them. In a sense, those people have not come to God but to that preacher. Why do some Christians stop smoking? Is it to go along with the crowd or because God has spoken to them? Believers should not be coerced by men; they should be moved by the Spirit. One should especially not be compelled to perform some action in order to be saved.

Some Christians think otherwise. They believe you are not saved unless you do this or that — or do not do this or that — either before or as a result of being saved. This is a result of preaching the wrong person. If your dogma comes from Moses or Luther or tradition or self, you will almost certainly go astray somewhere along the way. Believe, proclaim, and do for Jesus. Only Jesus. For his sake. 

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