June 29 In yesterday’s Bible reading and devotional, we saw that there are two types of people: spiritual and natural people. Spiritual people are able to understand the things of God, but natural people cannot. (1 Corinthians 2:12) Many have read today’s Bible readings in 1 Corinthians 3 and saw a third type of person:…
June 28 Paul continues his line of thought concerning the insignificance of earthly wisdom and even his own desires in light of the things of God. He says that the Holy Spirit knows things about God that no one else does, or can. He goes on to say that only believers can understand the things…
June 25 We have already seen the biblical order of belief and then water baptism. Dr. Luke highlights Crispus’ experience: he and his family believed, and they were baptized. The same happened to many of the Corinthians. (Acts 18:8) Dr. Luke introduces us to Priscilla and Aquila. They came to Corinth because the Jews had…
June 7 In Galatians 4, we see a new dynamic in the relationship between God and His people. Under the Old Covenant, God’s people only knew God as an “out there” God. But in today’s Bible reading, we see that God is not “out there”. God’s people saw themselves as servants of God. However, under…
June 6 Paul drives home a point in today’s passage of Galatians 3 that we saw previously. Paul asks the Galatians how they came to receive the Holy Spirit: was it by works of the Law, or did they receive the Spirit by faith? (Galatians 3:2) We saw on May 15 from Acts 8 that…
June 4 Galatia is a region located in modern-day Turkey. False teachers had influenced the church there, and Paul writes this letter to correct their bad teachings. In fact, most of Paul’s letters were written to correct bad theology and behavior in churches. He begins his letter, stating that he was called as an apostle…
