Galatians 5 is a very familiar passage to most Christians. It contains the works of the flesh and the fruit of the Spirit; two lists of characteristics that are in complete opposition to each other. The first list is what we used to be bound to in sin. The latter is what we are to emanate since being born again. As a sinner, I did what my flesh desired, but now through the...
This entry is part 1 of 1 in the series James ExpositionSYNOPSIS. James [actually “Jacob” in Greek, the half-brother of the Lord Jesus], a bond-servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ [Note, though he was half-brother to the Lord, he called himself a slave. Since he was a slave to God, he was also a slave to Christ because Christ is inseparable from God.], to the twelve tribes who are dispersed abroad [Jews in the...