The epistle to the Galatians fulfills a critical role
And clears the air between the law and the gospel of
grace,
It is an effort to save Christianity from a sect of
legalism
That renders it mere form with grace removed without a
trace.
Ephesians is a sermon on how a believer should behave
Cognizant of the investment God made in him by Christ,
The riches of God’s grace, the forgiveness of his sins
And much more is the believer’s through Christ’s
sacrifice.
Philippians describes the simplicity of the early church life
The hallmark of which is unity through humility,
Jesus is held up as the epitome of such an attribute
As he suffered death upon the cross in ridicule and
agony.
In Colossians the Apostle
Paul counteracts some errors
By highlighting the Person and work of the Lord Jesus;
Gnosticism, Legalism and Mysticism were rife
But Christ sufficiency in the believer was the
essential thrust.
In 1st Thessalonians
unbelieving Jews accused believers
For having turned the world upside down
Sanctification, love and hope are some of its several themes
The Christian life and the day of the Lord are others
that abound.
2nd
Thessalonians enlightens about the
day of the Lord
And some believers then felt his return was imminent,
They had become idle and particularly fearful
And setting the record straight became Paul’s intent.
1st
Timothy is a classic manual for an
aspiring pastor
And sets out the Christian’s standard for required
behavior,
False teachers to be silenced and give thanks to God
for grace
Apostasy and the love of money should not be taking
place.
2nd
Timothy is the call to a life of enduring
fidelity
This was the admonition given by Paul to young Timothy
For some had departed from the faith and also from the
truth
So the Apostle saw the need to warn of the coming
apostasy.
Stewart Russell © March 2017
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