Full Description
What should the Christian life look like? What vision does Scripture cast for living as a follower of Christ?
The New Testament scholar Jarvis Williams considers how Paul's letter to the Galatians can inform our understanding of the Christian life here and now as well as into eternity. What emerges from this careful study is a multifaceted vision of God's saving action in Jesus Christ for both Jew and Gentile, in both the vertical relationship between God and humanity as well as the horizontal relationships among people—with cosmic ramifications.
Through Paul's instructions and Williams's interpretation, Christians can learn the importance of walking by the Spirit.
Contents
Preface
Introduction
1. A Selected History of Interpretation of the Spirit and Ethics
2. The Spirit and God's Revelation of the Resurrected and Crucified Christ in Paul
3. Justified by Faith and Walking in Step with the Spirit
4. The Spirit and Eternal Life
5. The Spirit and the Necessity of the Is and the Ought for Personal Agency, Ethical Transformation, and Eternal Life
