Sermons About Galatians
The Freedom of Our Adoption - Galatians #8
What makes the Christian faith like no other? The good news of God’s grace is the bold claim that we are accepted by God not because we “follow the rules†or “fit the mold†but because Jesus gave his own life to rescue us. But many of us are still trying to earn God’s love with our performance rather than living in the freedom that Jesus has provided for us. In Galatians, Paul warns against the danger of religious systems that value people on grounds of accomplishment or status or cultural agreement. These things lock away our freedom in the futility of legalism, moral superiority and cultural arrogance. Focusing on either the racial/ethnic/cultural superiority or the moral successes of good works denies the gospel and divides Jesus’ followers. Join us as we explore how God offers us true freedom in Jesus and how the freedom of Christ transforms our hearts, our minds and lives.
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In Step with the Gospel
For many Christians, the Gospel is the entrance into the Christian life, but has little to do with our day-to-day obedience to God. The truth is that the gospel of Jesus changes everything about us when we believe it, and therefore the gospel has to do with everything. In this sermon, we see that the Christian life is lived in step with the gospel.
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The Doctrine of Adoption (Galatians 4:1-7)
Adoption gives us the deepest insight into what it means to be a Christian, and into the greatness of God's love for us. We cannot understand our salvation any better than we understand adoption. While justification is the most important and foundational aspect of Christianity, adoption is the greatest and highest experience of the Christian life. In our adoption, we experience God's closeness, affection and generosity. We are challenged to grow in our awareness of God's real love for us as an adoptive Father.
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Experiencing Grace
Although the Apostle Paul was a missionary/church planter used by God to plant (start) many churches and write much of the New Testament in the Bible, there was a time in his life where he violently sought to destroy the church by persecuting Christians. Yet, experiencing God's grace is what made the difference in Paul's life. In this message, we see how similar our story is to Paul's story because the Gospel that changed Paul's life is the same Gospel that changes ours.
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One True Gospel
The Apostle Paul was a missionary/church planter who started a church in Galatia, and then left to preach the gospel and start (“plantâ€) churches in other areas. After he left, however, false teachers came into the church in Galatia and began to preach a false gospel (i.e. a message contrary to the message he had been given from Jesus). In this message, we examine false gospels of our day and the one true gospel that has the power to save and lead us from law to life.
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Sacred Obsession: Galatians 6.11-18
As Paul closes his letter to the churches at Galatia we see his obsession. His obsession is the cross of Jesus. This is the thing he loves, reviles in, boasts in, rejoices in, and lives for. It is what he preached - its message, triumph, offense and wonder. It meant the world to him. It was truly his obsession. He considered everything else loss compared to it. What is your obsession?
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Introduction to Galatians
This letter to the Church in Galatia addresses a group of people struggling to grasp the fullness of God's grace. In Paul's opening words, he points to the Gospel in the resurrection of Jesus and gives reason for great hope. Join us as we begin a powerful series of re-thinking what it means to live under grace vs. living under law (living religiously).
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Sacred Community: Galatians 6.1-10
We continue to pose this question as we gather this week: What is sacred? What is sacred to you? When you think of your time, your priorities and the different spheres of your life what is sacred? We will talk this week about God's sacred community, the church.
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No Other Gospel
There is (another) crisis over the gospel. It is not a matter of semantics, but one that revolves around whether or not we are united with Christ and recipients of grace. Paul here reveals some of the basic elements of the gospel while warning the Galatian churches they are in danger of severing themselves from Christ through this false teaching.
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