Daily Meditations on the Bible / We stand with Israel
If anyone does not know how to manage his own family, how can he take care of God’s church?
Summary: Paul’s question is important. How we understand his words could mean the difference between a happy church and a broken one.
I know that our last meditation, “A Portrait of Faith,” discussed the need for an overseer to manage his family well, but this verse is different. In this passage, Paul poses an important question:
Continue reading “1 Timothy 3:5 – A Better Overseer”The heir is subject to guardians and trustees until the time set by his father.
Summary: Paul wants us to understand that God has never abandoned the human race. Our Father in heaven has made provisions for us until the time he has set for us.
Continue reading “Galatians 4:2 – Legal Limits”Now that this faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian.
Summary: What does it mean to live in faith? How do we act when we are no longer under a guardian? These questions haunt everyone who strives to live a life of faith in Jesus.
Continue reading “Galatians 3:25 – Into the Light”So the law was our guardian until Christ came that we might be justified by faith.
Summary: Today, we discover that the Lawman is not our enemy but our friend.
Continue reading “Galatians 3:24 – Applause”