In the dramatic concluding section, Galatians 6:11-18, Paul brought the whole message of the letter together by writing about boasting. He contrasted worldly religious boasting with Christian boasting. Christians are to boast only in something that was and is despised by most people: the instrument of execution known as a cross.
Saul’s two acts of foolishness contrasted with his son’s two acts of faith, and they changed the course of history.
In encounters with a powerful man and a destitute woman, Jesus showed the authority of his word over sickness and death.
God has always been with his people, in various ways and temporarily in Old Testament times and later and permanently in human flesh.
