You were running [the race] well; who has interfered and prevented you from obeying the truth? This [deceptive] persuasion is not from Him who called you [to freedom in Christ]. A little leaven [a slight inclination to error, or a few false teachers] leavens the whole batch [it perverts the concept of faith and misleads the church]. I have confidence in you in the Lord that you will adopt no other view [contrary to mine on the matter]; but the one who is disturbing you, whoever he is, will have to bear the penalty. But as for me, brothers, if I am still preaching circumcision [as I had done before I met Christ; and as some accuse me of doing now, as necessary for salvation], why am I still being persecuted [by Jews]? In that case the stumbling block of the cross [to unbelieving Jews] has been abolished. I wish that those who are troubling you [by teaching that circumcision is necessary for salvation] would even [go all the way and] castrate themselves! For you, my brothers, were called to freedom; only do not let your freedom become an opportunity for the sinful nature (worldliness, selfishness), but through love serve and seek the best for one another. For the whole Law [concerning human relationships] is fulfilled in one precept, “YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF [that is, you shall have an unselfish concern for others and do things for their benefit].” [Lev 19:18]
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3 Days
Vance K. Jackson leads readers in this life-transforming devotional. Run your race. Let the burdens of the past go. Let the weight of the past go. Cast your cares to Him. Lay aside every weight that can so easily distract you. Every weight was meant to slow you down. Cast the weight. Be determined to shed the weight. Let God lead your heart as you read this transformative devotional.
This plan will encourage every one of us to understand the role of the Holy Spirit in our life. Every one of us can be empowered by the Holy Spirit to fulfill His purpose for ever yone of us.
LEAVE every place BETTER than you FOUND it. God wants you to rush for the good so that you don’t burn out! God wants to give us what we long for, but maybe He first wants to see if we live our lives AS THEY ARE with awareness and gratitude.
4 Days
The real issue is faith. It is a trust in God that shows by love and we show our real faith in Christ by the way in which we love. We come to have faith in Christ when we see what He has done. Love flows out of that, and as love grows, so too does faith.
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