Galatians 1:3-5 | Grace and Peace
Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ who gave Himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
-Galatians 1:3-5 BSB
-Galatians 1:3-5 BSB
Grace and peace... two things that are pursuits of the life of the believer. I have never met anyone who did not want more grace and peace imparted to them. But for those that pursue such things, just where is it that they are looking? They look for grace from friends, family, and coworkers alike. For peace, they look for it in their day to day habits, hoping that entertainment and stimulation will fulfill that void in their hearts. Some hope that minimalism and quietness will achieve such a feat. All of these become vain hopes, however.
As Paul writes to the church of Galatia, he begins just as any letter written in the First Century would be written, with an impartation of blessing. In our modern understanding, it might look like when we draft a text, email, or give a phone call, "Good morning! I hope you are doing well. I was just calling about..." But just because this is expected behavior does not make the blessing he offers any less profound. The blessing is an impartation of grace and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
God our Father. God is God. I know this may come as an underwhelming revelation, but we must understand that God is God. I fear, at least to the extent that I have seen this in myself, that when we call God Father, we diminish the extent to which He is God. We believe impossible things of God. We believe He spoke all things into motion. By the Word of His mouth, everything that came to be came to be. We believe He formed man from the dirt, breathed into that dirt and caused man to stand up. We believe in His judgment of the world at the time of Noah. We believe He faithfully saved Lot when Sodom and Gomorrah was destroyed. We believe impossible things of God, but of our Father we expect so little.
Do we see that this very same God that we call Father is the very One Who rules all with righteous judgment? Do we see that He is the One from Whom all blessings flow? This God that we call Father is the very source of grace and peace. Sure, others may wield counterfeit types of this, but true grace and peace can only come from God. And He being our Father will surely give us all things. May we then trust in God our Father to impart grace and peace to us as well. Let us draw near in full assurance of faith.
The Lord Jesus Christ. A struggle that mounted in my mind early in the faith was the many believers I was surrounded with that were so willing to call Jesus Savior but so timid to call Him Lord. Here is the kicker. Jesus is Lord whether or not you believe it to be so. He reigns upon His throne and has all things in heaven and earth given to Him. As the image of the invisible God, Jesus serves as the expression of the grace and peace that comes from the Father. As we believe upon the Son, grace is imparted to us. It is through the body and blood of Jesus that we are granted peace with God.
These two do not come in part, but they come together as a whole. Grace and peace come through God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Are you willing to trust in the Lord for grace and peace today?
As Paul writes to the church of Galatia, he begins just as any letter written in the First Century would be written, with an impartation of blessing. In our modern understanding, it might look like when we draft a text, email, or give a phone call, "Good morning! I hope you are doing well. I was just calling about..." But just because this is expected behavior does not make the blessing he offers any less profound. The blessing is an impartation of grace and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
God our Father. God is God. I know this may come as an underwhelming revelation, but we must understand that God is God. I fear, at least to the extent that I have seen this in myself, that when we call God Father, we diminish the extent to which He is God. We believe impossible things of God. We believe He spoke all things into motion. By the Word of His mouth, everything that came to be came to be. We believe He formed man from the dirt, breathed into that dirt and caused man to stand up. We believe in His judgment of the world at the time of Noah. We believe He faithfully saved Lot when Sodom and Gomorrah was destroyed. We believe impossible things of God, but of our Father we expect so little.
Do we see that this very same God that we call Father is the very One Who rules all with righteous judgment? Do we see that He is the One from Whom all blessings flow? This God that we call Father is the very source of grace and peace. Sure, others may wield counterfeit types of this, but true grace and peace can only come from God. And He being our Father will surely give us all things. May we then trust in God our Father to impart grace and peace to us as well. Let us draw near in full assurance of faith.
The Lord Jesus Christ. A struggle that mounted in my mind early in the faith was the many believers I was surrounded with that were so willing to call Jesus Savior but so timid to call Him Lord. Here is the kicker. Jesus is Lord whether or not you believe it to be so. He reigns upon His throne and has all things in heaven and earth given to Him. As the image of the invisible God, Jesus serves as the expression of the grace and peace that comes from the Father. As we believe upon the Son, grace is imparted to us. It is through the body and blood of Jesus that we are granted peace with God.
These two do not come in part, but they come together as a whole. Grace and peace come through God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Are you willing to trust in the Lord for grace and peace today?
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