Random Thoughts

Most Christians understand that we are saved by grace through faith. The disconnect occurs because we don't always understand what saving faith is. Are we saved by faith alone? or are we saved by faith plus obedience?   I can understand why we would think that salvation is predicated on our faith in Christ as well as our obedience to what He asks of us in his Word. It makes sense, Jesus offers us eternal life and all we have to do is trust him and obey. Right? We need to make sure that we have the right answer to this question because our salvation depends on us having a proper understanding of the gospel. Paul wrote to the church in Galatia astonished that they had so quickly been led astray into “another gospel”. He calls them out and corrects their false gospel. So I want to look at this book and see how Paul addresses this issue of the gospel. Galatians 1:6-9 “I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a differ

Genesis 3:1-6 “Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God made. He said to the woman, ‘Did God actually say, You shall not eat of any tree in the garden?’ And the woman said to the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden, but God said, You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die. But the serpent said to the woman, You will not surely die. For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil. So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food , and that it was a delight to the eyes , and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise , she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate.” The story of Adam and Eve is a fascinating story. In it, we find all kinds of things that create the foundation for the rest of Scripture. One of the foundati