Waukesha Bible Church

The resurrection of Jesus is the beginning of His reign over sin and  death. His resurrection inaugurates fulfillment and we are witnesses to  these things.

The Story is true. Jesus is alive!  After Jesus talked with the disciples on  the road to Emmaus, it was in the breaking of bread that they recognized Him.

Resurrection Sunday is a time to celebrate God’s faithfulness to keep His promises.  Jesus is alive and is Lord over heaven and earth.  What He began in Genesis 1 and 2 and promised in Genesis 3, He is finishing with Jesus.

Palm Sunday: Jesus is King.  Therefore "Fear Not."  My hope is that no matter what happens on this earth, Jesus is still my Messiah and King. His kingdom is already inaugurated and will be fully realized as this earth will be remade. Rest in the Lordship of the Messiah.

As the Israelites were pinned between the Red Sea in front and the pursuing Egyptians behind, they were told to "fear not, stand firm, and see the salvation of the LORD."  Because God is present and faithful to His promises, His people need not fear their problems.

As we begin this time of social isolation as the Covid-19 virus spans  the world, let us not forget the God who is in control,   the One who gives us peace and stability in a time of anxiety and panic.    God is knowable, and a known God stabilizes His people in world full of  anxiety, panic, and hysteria. And thereby He enables us to serve an  unsettled wor...

Throughout the book of Galatians, Paul has been contrasting two Gospels: Salvation by Grace alone through Faith alone in Christ alone vs the Judaizers False Gospel of the Flesh. Getting the Gospel wrong bears very real consequences – not only eternally but in the here and now. Paul uses the overarching universal principle of “sowing and reaping” to demonstrate the point he’s been making throughout...

Bearing one another’s burdens is a loving expression of our gospel freedom that brings restoration on the horizontal.

Paul reminds us of an often overlooked and misunderstood reality of the gospel, the indwelling person of the Holy Spirit. In our present text, Galatians 5:16-26, Paul encourages us with the solution for combating our fleshly appetites that wage war within us without dismissing the struggle and tension. He argues for us to live from our position in Christ by faith rather than by law. Faith is an on...

Our passage teaches us that there is a symbiotic relationship between keeping the gospel clean (vv. 2-6), staying that course (vv. 7-12), and loving the community (vv. 13-15). Each one is supported by the other and collapses in their absence. Paul begins the process of cleaning up the mess and addressing the problems by offering words of caution [don’t do this – don’t add to, don’t quit, and don’t...

Not only is Jesus necessary, but He is enough! Our previous paragraph walks us into our present passage. Jesus frees us from enslavement. He saves us from sin and death and for joy and glory.

You can make the choice but you cannot change the outcome. Jesus frees His people from all things that enslave. Now, His people are to stand fast and hold firm to Him. Anything else or anyone else leads to spiritual slavery and soul destroying bondage.

Despite all Paul has said, they still are turning back to their idolatrous ways.

In chapter 3, Paul explains to the Galatians that righteousness   is not a matter of following the Law, and it never was. Righteousness has always been about faith   in God and His Promises. Paul now   expands on his point with an Illustration of God’s “Big Picture” plan of   Redemption… Adoption into His Kingdom.

In the doctrine of justification by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone we become the very children of God. As such we are the heirs according to promise.

Context matter [1:10-24; 2:1-10, 11-14; 3:1-6] Paul is most definitely speaking to the Church, to Christians. The aspect of justification referenced is NOT just the front end, but the middle part as well.

No one can be justified by the works of the Law. Our justification is only by faith in the faithfulness of Christ Jesus. The entire LAW finds its   fulfillment in Jesus. He does for us what we could never ever do for ourselves.

Paul’s Autobiographical Defense: The Divine Origin of Paul’s Gospel is proven by His confrontation with Peter. Hypocrisy manifested in partiality destroys the integrity of the gospel. When we forsake the unconditional acceptance of God and live under the conditional acceptance of law we are being hypocrites.

Of all that can be said, there is only one thing that must be said . The Gospel must be preserved.

Paul’s conversion was the single greatest support for the divine origin of the message he preached.

This verse/statement is the reason why Paul is writing the letter of Galatians to the church. This purpose sets up the main idea of the book which is based on the centrality of Jesus/the Gospel.

In this opening paragraph Paul does two things. First, he defends His apostleship and secondly, he defines the gospel.

An assumed gospel becomes a distorted gospel that results in a different gospel. And such a gospel is no gospel at all .

In the Feast of Booths, God dwells among His people for their provision and protection. He is their LIFE.

All of the PICTURES in the Old Testament, Rules, Priesthood, Sacrifices, Tabernacle, and Feast Days pointed to Jesus Christ.