This passage doesn’t stand out to us, but it’s pivotal, because in it Paul is fighting for the future of the church. When we see how Paul and the apostles preserve the gospel, we’ll know how to preserve it ourselves so that we keep the freedom and the fellowship that Christ gives us by grace.
Application Questions:
1. What are ways you’ve seen people try to reconstruct the gospel? Why is that something we need to avoid?
2. How do you struggle with thinking some things you do make God love you more or less? How does that lead to slavery and not freedom?
3. Imagine a community that is built on the gospel and not other things. How would you describe it?
