For more than a thousand years, people had been waiting for the Messiah who would teach them about God and save them. Therefore, when Jesus started his first sermon, the anticipation was high. However, Jesus' first words were not exactly what the people expected. Find out what he said and why those words are still important today.
I used to have a Wayne Gretzky rookie card. However, when I was 12 years old I did not like Wayne Gretzky, so I traded the card to my brother. A few years ago, I remembered that incident, so I went looking for the card. Sure enough, there is was in a box in my mom’s basement. Now here is the thing: even in bad shape, Gretzky rookie cards sell for around $250. Needless to say, that was not a good trade on my part. I simply did not recognize what I had and so I traded away something valuable for something with almost no value at all. With that in mind, notice how the letter to the Galatians starts: “I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you to live in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel— which...
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