Power To Change Ministry Podcast
Rev. Alvin Lewis Powertochangeministry@gmail.com, 973-583-7482, Power To Change Ministry is dedicated to teaching the word of God, to the creation of God under the leadership of God's Holy Spirit because our true identity is in Christ. Psalms 119:9-11 (NIV) 9 How can a young person stay on the path of purity?By living according to your word.10 I seek you with all my heart;do not let me stray from your commands.11 I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.
Power To Change Ministry Podcast
I don’t want to be a backslider
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Rev. Alvin Lewis
Galatians 4:8-11 (NASB)
8 However at that time, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those which by nature are no gods. 9 But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how is it that you turn back again to the weak and worthless elemental things, to which you desire to be enslaved all over again? 10 You observe days and months and seasons and years. 11 I fear for you, that perhaps I have labored over you in vain.
- The Problem (4:8–11). Paul here describes two religious dimensions of his audience’s past. First, they did not know the God of Israel, the true God of the world. Second, the gods they did know were “by nature … not gods” (v. 8). Paul goes on to state that now that they are converted, they have a good beginning. That good beginning has now become a bad situation. Despite having received the knowledge of God, they have reverted back to their former ways. This bad situation leads to Paul’s fear. Paul had worked hard on the Galatians’ behalf. Any pastor knows the heartache and fear that come when a parishioner wavers, stumbles, and even falls away. His fear and frustration now give way to a plea.
Power To Change Ministry
Rev. Alvin Lewis
Powertochangeministry@gmail.Com
Powertochangeministry.org
973-583-7482