As I was preparing for next week's sermon on Galatians 1.11-2.14 I thought of an interesting juxtaposition between the kind of graciousness in the William Barclay quote below and standing up for grace. In Galatians, Paul accounts of standing up to Peter for the freedom of grace i.e., not adding Jewish works to salvation. We cannot possibly speak the truth in love without the Holy Spirit's leading us to do so graciously. Paul accounts for this later on in chapter 5 with the fruit of the Spirit. Even in difficult matters, standing for Jesus is to be done in such a way that we can be called peace makers (see Matthew 5.9). May we reflect the beauty of Jesus' calling us by grace by standing for and living lives of grace, graciously!
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