April 12 & 13 Living With Confidence

¹¹Look at what large letters I use as I write to you in my own handwriting.
Galatians 6:11 (CSB)

¹⁴But as for me, I will never boast about anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. The world has been crucified to me through the cross, and I to the world.
Galatians 6:14 (CSB)

What Christ Did for us on the Cross is our:

1. Provision

¹And you were dead in your trespasses and sins.
Ephesians 2:1 (CSB)

¹²Those who want to make a good impression in the flesh are the ones who would compel you to be circumcised—but only to avoid being persecuted for the cross of Christ.
Galatians 6:12 (CSB)

¹²Those who want to make a good impression in the flesh are the ones who would compel you to be circumcised—but only to avoid being persecuted for the cross of Christ.
Galatians 6:12 (CSB)

¹³For even the circumcised don’t keep the law themselves, and yet they want you to be circumcised in order to boast about your flesh.
Galatians 6:13 (CSB)

What Christ Did for us on the Cross is our:

2.  Protection

¹²Those who want to make a good impression in the flesh are the ones who would compel you to be circumcised—but only to avoid being persecuted for the cross of Christ.
Galatians 6:12 (CSB)

¹⁷From now on, let no one cause me trouble, because I bear on my body the marks of Jesus.
Galatians 6:17 (CSB)

²³Are they servants of Christ? I’m talking like a madman—I’m a better one: with far more labors, many more imprisonments, far worse beatings, many times near death.  ²⁴Five times I received the forty lashes minus one from the Jews. ²⁵Three times I was beaten with rods. Once I received a stoning. Three times I was shipwrecked. I have spent a night and a day in the open sea. ²⁶On frequent journeys, I faced dangers from rivers, dangers from robbers, dangers from my own people, dangers from Gentiles, dangers in the city, dangers in the wilderness, dangers at sea, and dangers among false brothers; ²⁷toil and hardship, many sleepless nights, hunger and thirst, often without food, cold, and without clothing.
2 Corinthians 11:23-27 (CSB)

What Christ Did for us on the Cross is our:

3.  Purpose

¹⁴But as for me, I will never boast about anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. The world has been crucified to me through the cross, and I to the world.
Galatians 6:14 (CSB)

¹⁸Brothers and sisters, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.
Galatians 6:18 (CSB)