Day 25 - Direction

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Prayer Suggestion |

Come Holy Spirit,
Fill the hearts of your faithful people and kindle in them the fire of your love.
Send forth your Spirit and they shall be created,
And you shall renew the face of the earth. Amen

Prayer to the Holy Spirit | The Glenstal Book of Prayer | Liturgical Press, Collegeville, MN | © 2001 |
ISBN 0-8146-2767-6


Bible in Time |

Thursday |  Fifth Week of Epiphany |
New Testament Study, Day 25 |


It’s 48 - 50 CE/a.d.


Today: Galatians | Revo. p. 125

Tomorrow: Paul’s 2nd Missionary Journey | Revo. pp. 126 - 130


February Assignments Calendar


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Coming to one of the great debates in the new Christian Church.


Edwards’ Book Key points -

  • Galatians was written by Paul in Spring, 50 CE/ad.

  • Luke reads Galatians before writing Acts.

  • The audience of the letter is NOT to an individual (or me) but rather the four churches in Galatia.

  • Compare Acts 15:1 to Galatians 2:11

  • Acts 15:40 is the point when the 2nd missionary journey of Paul begins. 


Map | First Missionary Journey


Map | Second Missionary Journey

(great review at bottom of page)


My Thoughts-

I imagine that the whole direction of Christianity would have changed had this new thing been simply a sect of Judaism if the Council of Jerusalem led by James who has decided to move in that direction.


The faith is about salvation in Christ Jesus and not the following of any religious tradition or rules.


Amazing Grace


Invite your friends to our journey.


In Christ,


Dave Eitland

deitland@gmail.com


Note: “Revo.”, “Revolutionary”, “Edwards” refers to our textbook “Revolutionary Bible Study” by Gene Edwards, ISBN 978-0-97975157-8, © 2009.


Also used notes from the New Oxford Annotated Bible, 5th Edition, © 2018. (NOAB5)


Posted to blog - 2/9/2021

Image Credit via Google Images - 

Picture by DE via Introducing the New Testament; Mark Allen Powell; p. 193.

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