In Jesus' final public teaching in the Gospel of John (10:22-42), the people of Jerusalem tried to pin him down. They wanted him to declare openly who he was. In keeping with his indirect public style, Jesus pointed them to his words and works. He also boldly declared, "I and the Father are one." This statement sent them looking for rocks to stone him, since they thought he was a man who made himself out to be God. They grasped that he claimed identity with God, but they got things exactly backwards. (sermon notes)
With so much insistence in Galatians on our being right before God through faith in Christ and not by the works of the law,...
To be ready for Jesus’ coming, we need to be doing what he has already told us to do.
Paul warned Christians about false teachers who would persuade them to boast in themselves instead of in Christ.