Partick Free Church of Scotland (Cont‪)‬ Unknown

After Aquila - Priscilla had a quiet word with Apollos he was a better all-round preacher of the Gospel.

God teaches mankind from His Word but also from the book of nature. We are to learn from small but wise creatures.

All the preaching conducted at Partick Station, Glasgow, on Friday 14 June 2024.

It is common for people to make excuses for their bad behaviour and to evade responsibility for their sins. James deals with this issue and reminds Christians that when they sin it is their own fault.

Sadly today there is little observance of the Sabbath even by Evangelical and Reformed Christians. Some regard sabbatarianism as legalism. The reject the Sabbath as belonging to the Jews and the Old Testament. But actually the Sabbath was given at creation along with other creation ordinances such as marriage. It was there before the-Jews existed and before there was sin in the world and before the Old Testament or Covenant. It is to be kept till Christ returns.

Paul had a great desire for the salvation of the Jews. The Jews saw no need for Christ. They trusted in their good works and hoped God would be gracious towards them because they were better than the Gentiles. The only way of salvation is faith in Christ. We will touch on the New Perspectives on Paul and its reference to N T Judaism as being a religion of grace. Sadly it wasn't all of grace but left room for man's works as meriting salvation. There is only one gospel for Jew and Gentile and it involves faith in Christ alone.