Fearless Faith (SFL; Galatians, 1 & 2 Thessalonians)
Overview
The early letters from Paul glow with the fire of the Spirit and His provision for believers distressed by unsettling and erroneous teachings. This study challenges us to fearless faith by experiencing and trusting the true freedom the Spirit gives.
Top Highlights
“Yet other teachers had followed Paul. These teachers, known as Judaizers, taught that Gentiles had to be circumcised and turn to the Law as well as accepting Jesus as their Savior. In addition, they attacked Paul in two particular ways: 1) they claimed that his apostleship was either inauthentic or secondary to that of the original apostles, and 2) they attacked Paul’s character, claiming that he was just preaching what people wanted to hear in order to obtain a following.” (source)
“In Galatia, Paul had begun his ministry to the Gentiles, and had established his doctrine of salvation by faith without works of the Law.” (source)
“Compromise due to peer pressure is essentially a fear-response” (source)
“Attacks on identity are either suggestions that one is something that he is not, or it is the lack of recognition of what one truly is. In Paul’s case the Judaizers were saying he was a man-pleaser (which he wasn’t), and he was not an authentic apostle (which he was).” (source)
“First, it seems apparent that the Galatians received the Spirit when they responded to the word of faith. Within” (source)
- Title: Fearless Faith (SFL; Galatians, 1 & 2 Thessalonians)
- Author: Jack W. Hayford
- Publisher: Thomas Nelson
- Print Publication Date: 1996
- Logos Release Date: 2001
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Bible › Study and teaching
- ISBNs: 9781418502744, 141850274X
- Resource ID: LLS:53.10.14
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-28T20:29:33Z
Jack Williams Hayford (born June 25, 1934) is a prolific and best-selling writer. He has authored or co-authored more than 100 books and composed 600 hymns and choruses—including the internationally known and widely recorded “Majesty.” Dr. Hayford is a graduate of L.I.F.E. Bible College (now Life Pacific College) and Azusa Pacific University.
Described by Christianity Today magazine as “The Pentecostal Gold Standard,” Hayford served as founding pastor of one of the largest churches in southern California, The First Foursquare Church of Van Nuys, California (now known as The Church on the Way). Hayford also founded the King’s University in Los Angeles, where he currently serves as Chancellor, and from 2004 to 2009 Hayford also served as president of The International Church of the Foursquare Gospel.
“Pastor Jack” is the author of several popular titles including Hayford’s Bible Handbook, Prayer is Invading the Impossible, and Appointed to Leadership. He was the general editor of Spirit-Filled Life Study Bible.
Hayford and his wife, Anna, have four children, eleven grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.