Conviction
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Scripture Text: Galatians 1:1-9 and Jude 3-4
If your convictions rest on the sure Word of God, then you have something worth sharing with your neighbor.
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Holy Pride
Devotions from the Book of Galatians with an ear to Luther’s commentary
Scripture Text: Galatians 1:1-5 and Romans 1:1-6
One should not force a way into the divine office. God must call so that the pastor speaks with the "holy pride" of his calling.
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Holy Pride
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Scripture Text: Galatians 1:1-5 and Romans 1:1-6
One should not force a way into the divine office. God must call so that the pastor speaks with the "holy pride" of his calling.
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Where Our Hope Rests
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Scripture Text: Galatians 1:1-5 & 1 Corinthians 15:12-19
Our faith must be fixed on the Who, not the what. Christ alone is our righteousness, hope, and victory.
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Your Final Answer
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Scripture Text: Galatians 1:1-5 & 1 Corinthians 2:1-15
The Christian's peace is not found in the world but upon the cross. Christ Crucified is our only comfort, glory, and hope.
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I’m Buying!
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Scripture Text: Galatians 1:1-5 and Romans 3:23-25
We need the article of justification repeatedly preached to us because the infirmity of our flesh does not allow us to believe it with all our heart.
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The Obedience of Faith
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Scripture Text: Galatians 1:1-5 and Romans 1:1-7
"The more a person seeks credit for himself by his own efforts, the deeper he goes into debt. Nothing can take away sin except the grace of God."
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A Pernicious Doctrine
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Scripture Text: Galatians 1:1-5 and Ephesians 2:4-14
The world views God's grace as a pernicious doctrine, that our own free will should take hold of life and troubles and fix things ourselves. But we cannot conjure peace.
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The Soul Purpose of God
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Scripture Text: Galatians 1:1-5 and Hebrews 12:7-11
"True Christian theology does not inquire into the nature of God, but into God’s purpose and will in Christ." And his purpose is to bring our souls to himself.
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The Arresting Question
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Scripture Text: Galatians 1:1-5 and John 14:1-11
"Without Christ there is no access to the Father, but futile rambling; no truth, but hypocrisy; no life, but eternal death."
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Faith to Comprehend
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Scripture Text: Galatians 1:1-5 and Romans 1:16-17
Augustine said, "Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand.” The hard stuff is believed through God's grace.
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Very God of Very God
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Scripture Text: Galatians 1:1-5 and 1 Corinthians 1:23-24
"You are established in this belief that Christ is very God because he gives grace and peace, gifts which only God can create and bestow.”
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He Gave Himself
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Scripture Text: Galatians 1:1-5 and Romans 3:21-31
"If our sins could be removed by our own efforts, what need was there for the Son of God to be given for them?"
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Peace to Continue
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Scripture Text: Galatians 1:1-5 and Romans 5:6-11
God loves you when you are at your worst, so we see that sin cannot harm those who believe in Christ, because he has overcome sin by his death.
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Stubborn Sins
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Scripture Text: Galatians 1:1-5 and 2 Corinthians 12:8-10
It is not your spiritual might that saves you, any more than it is your spiritual weakness that condemns you. It is Christ who saves you in spite of you.
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The Hindrance to Holiness
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Scripture Text: Galatians 1:1-5 and Romans 4:22–25
Christ, the Son of God, was not given for the righteous or the holy, but for sinners that they may be holy in the righteousness of Christ alone.
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That Irritating Inner Voice
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Scripture Text: Galatians 1:1-5 and 1 Corinthians 15:1–4
If the devil tells you that you will be damned, tell him. “I will fly to Christ who gave himself for my sins." Remind yourself of the Father's favorable will.
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God Still Loves You
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Scripture Text: Galatians 1:1-5 and Ephesians 2:4-10
Tell the devil that Christ Jesus has given himself for our sins, that by his sacrifice he has taken away your sins along with those of the whole world.
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Editing the Gospel
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Scripture Text: Galatians 1:1-5 and Hebrews 7:24-27
God loves you, not because of your ability to not sin, but because Christ died for your sin. He loves you for Christ's sake, not for the sake of your piety.
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Captive to Goodness
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Scripture Text: Galatians 1:1-5 and Psalm 53:1-3
There is no one who does good—no, not one. All have fallen short of the glory of God, and their own "goodness" will in no way make up the deficit.
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Favorable Conditions
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Scripture Text: Galatians 1:1-5 and 1 John 4:7-11
In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. —1 John 4:10
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The “Follow Me”
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Scripture Text: Galatians 1:1-5 and John 14:5-7
One becomes rightly related to God by becoming a friend of Jesus. So, when he speaks the “follow me” to your heart ... follow.
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Gracious Patience
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Scripture Text: Galatians 1:1-6 and 2 Corinthians 11:3–4
Paul was astonished that the Galatians were deserting Jesus for the law again, so that the onus for salvation was once again upon themselves.
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Life is Slippery
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Scripture Text: Galatians 1:6 and 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
Imitators of God forgive others, even when they sin against them. They give the weak a hand up when they fail and fall.
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Right Devotion
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Scripture Text: Galatians 1:6 and Acts 2:42-47
Paul and Luther deplored the fact that the happy condition of the church, secured by years of arduous labors, some lunatic might spoil in a moment.
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Backbreaking Labor
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Scripture Text: Galatians 1:6 and 2 Peter 2:1-3
There will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them.
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In My Own Image
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Scripture Text: Galatians 1:6-9 and Philippians 1:9-11
We are to abound in love with knowledge and discernment so that we may approve what is excellent, and be pure and blameless for the day of Christ.
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Altar Call Christianity
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Scripture Text: Galatians 1:6-9 and 2 Timothy 4:1-8
Christianity is not seasonal. It does not cool off. Faith does not become slack; it is constant. Have you left your faith at the altar or are you following Jesus?
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Letting Go of Grace
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Scripture Text: Galatians 1:6-9 and Hebrews 13:20-21
Sometimes people want grace but then let go of it because they do not want Christ. They want to have the benefits of grace without being a follower of Jesus.
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The Constant Battle
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Scripture Text: Galatians 1:6-9, Ephesians 6:10-20, and Revelation 17:14
Under the devil's direction the world persecutes the gospel and would nail again Christ, the Son of God, to the cross although he gave himself for the world.
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Lawmen and Freeman
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Scripture Text: Galatians 1:6–9 and Psalm 119:33–40
Why would put God to the test by placing the yoke of the law on the neck of disciples that neither our predecessors nor we have been able to bear?
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That’s It?
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Scripture Text: Galatians 1:6-9 and Acts 15:1-11
A person is saved by the grace of God through faith in Jesus Christ's work on the cross, not by adding their own works to his.
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Christian Atheists
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Scripture Text: Galatians 1:6-9 and Ephesians 6:10-18
The devil wants to do away with Christ's church but with the inability to accomplish that goal, he wishes to water down the Word the church proclaims.
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Troublemakers
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Scripture Text: Galatians 1:6-9 and 2 Timothy 2:14-19
Those who teach false doctrines in the Church of Christ are "troublemakers," as Luther termed them, and must be corrected.
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The Conscience of Christ
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Scripture Text: Galatians 1:6-9 and Hebrews 8:12-13
The old covenant of law and blessing has been fulfilled by Christ Jesus. The new covenant is is one of faith and blessing through God's grace to sinners.
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Embrace Grace
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Scripture Text: Galatians 1:6-9 and Romans 11:5-6
Embrace the grace that God has freely given you. Embrace it through faith, not by then trying to pay for it with religious works.
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Standing Alone
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Scripture Text: Galatians 1:6-9 and Hebrews 4:12-13
Don't trust your subjective feelings. The true and objective way to know God's will and ways is by hearing and reading the Sacred Scriptures.
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Hear the Cross
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Scripture Text: Galatians 1:6-10 and Revelation 1:3
Truth offends. It is meant to do so, as it exposes sin. Since the inclination of the heart is to sin, then of course, truth will offend human nature.
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Hearing Things
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Scripture Text: Galatians 1:11-12 and Romans 10:17
Are you hearing things? I hope so, and that what you're hearing is the very Word of God because you're listening there, in the volume of the Book.
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The Latest Thing
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Scripture Text: Galatians 1:11-12 and Ephesians 2:1-10
God loved you before you had the slightest care for him. He does not need your works in order to love you; he requires your continued faith.
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A Slippery Slope
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Scripture Text: Galatians 1:11-12 and 1 Corinthians 10:12-13
If you think you stand justified before God because your works are good enough, that you are pious, take heed for you are slipping and about to fall.
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Glory to God!
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Scripture Text: Galatians 1:11-12 and Luke 2:8-14
One can never ascribe too much glory, goodness, and mercy unto God. But it sure is easy to give man too much glory. This ruins man and insults God.
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People Are Stupid
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Scripture Text: Galatians 1:11-12 and Acts 17:10-15
No one is to be trusted at face-value — neither pastor, professor, pope, or bishop. Examine the Scriptures daily to see if what they say is true.
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Walking Away to God
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Scripture Text: Galatians 1:13-14 and Revelation 2:25–29
Religion, what man thinks he is doing for a god, can trip your up, making you a hater of God and neighbor. Walk away. Walk away to God.
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Don’t Hold Back
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Scripture Text: Galatians 1:13-14 and Romans 12:1-2
How much are you required to give to the one who has already given you everything, who wholly loves you? Then again, how much do you want to give?
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Immediate Response
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Scripture Text: Galatians 1:15-17 and Romans 3:9-18
What deserves your immediate attention today? God's will? What is God calling you to do today? Something of benefit to your neighbor, your vocation?
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So, You Think You’re a Christian
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Scripture Text: Galatians 1:15-17 and Jeremiah 9:23-26
Religion never equals righteousness. The wise and faithful friend of God understands that she must trust in the Lord’s righteousness and never her own.
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You’ve Got to Believe Me
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Scripture Text: Galatians 1:15-17 and John 14:1-7
What is truth? Whose authority should be trusted? Whose words believed. The only reliable source for truth is judging by the standard of The Book.
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Well, Scratch It!
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Scripture Text: Galatians 1:15-17 and 2 Timothy 3:14-4:5
You had better be careful; scratching that itch will damage your spiritual ears, leading to the inability to hear or endure the truth of the gospel.
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