Love controls all.
Galatians 5:22-6:2.

Although the works of the flesh are many, there is one fruit of the Spirit. In Galatians 5, St. Paul teaches the difference between working the works of the flesh (our own desires) and living and walking by the Spirit (God). Doing the latter bears fruit, two of the manifestations of which are joy (χαρά) and peace (εἰρήνη). Both are eschatological, meaning they come at the end. In the meantime, we are called to love with the love of Christ himself, who is gentle (πραΰς) and whose yoke is easy (χρηστὸς).

Notes
Matthew 11:29-30

Photo by Bade Saba.
Ruff Enuff performed by MonoNeon and Prince. Brand New Orleans performed by Prince.

Outside The Tent.

Original intro music composed and performed by Raphael Shaheen.
“Ruff Enuff” performed by MonoNeon and Prince.

The Next Generation.

In Scripture, the mercy of God is expressed in his extending life to the next generation. We hear this demonstrated in two parallel stories in the Gospel of Mark: one in the raising of Jairus’ daughter in chapter 5, and the other in the healing of the man’s son with a mute spirit in chapter 9. In both of these, we hear the same terminology, presented in the same sequence, found later in the New Testament when Paul speaks of Jesus being raised from the dead and then standing in that raised position. When we understand how these two verbs, ἐγείρω and ἀνίστημι, work, we realize why the English translation of the Nicene Creed says (following 1 Thessalonians) that Christ “rose again from the dead.”
Χριστός Ανέστη! Christ is risen!

Notes:
Joshua 4:5; 8:30-35
Mark 5:35-43; 7:24-30; 9:25-27
1 Corinthians 10:1-11
Galatians 1:1
1 Thessalonians 4:14
ἐγείρω - to raise up; to lift up
ἀνίστημι - to be raised up, to be in the raised, standing position

Music courtesy of Crystal Ball rehearsals.
Read the article on Substack -https://open.substack.com/pub/alighttothenations/p/the-next-generation?r=1wf6e9&utm_medium=ios