After the Covenant of Works/Life resulted in failure and death for humans, God dealt with them on the basis of his grace, or free favor toward sinners. The first mention of the Covenant of Grace appears in Genesis 6:17-18 and then receives fuller explanation in Genesis 9:8-17. Every day we are still enjoying the benefits of this covenant that he announced to Noah long ago.
In order to be strong in the Lord’s strength, Christians need to put on the whole armor of God.
It’s one thing to say we believe, another to demonstrate it with what we do with our possessions and our abilities.
With so much insistence in Galatians on our being right before God through faith in Christ and not by the works of the law,...