Sermons About Judaizers
Philippians 3:1-2 : How to Lose Confidence in Yourself
The subject of confidence in the flesh comes up in Philippians 3. Here Paul urges the Philippians to lose confidence in themselves - that is in their own moral achievements, their education and their pedigree. Instead he urges them to find all of their confidence in Christ's righteousness alone and to esteem their knowledge of Christ as far surpassing anything else.
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Galatians 2.15-21: Justification
As we continue our study in the book of Galatians we answer the following question: how can one be made right before God? We find the answer in what is called the doctrine of justification. Martin Luther claimed that if the doctrine of justification is lost, the whole of Christian doctrine is lost. Justification remains a vital doctrine today, even if many are not sure what it means. May we know and understand what it means to be justified.
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Freedom from Pressure
We are probably more like Jason Lee's title character in the sitcom "My Name is Earl" than we would like to admit. Much like Earl spends each episode of the show trying to do enough good to make up for all of his mistakes, part of each of us believes that everything is riding on our virtuous behavior: our good fortune, our future, our status with other people, our standing before God. We believe that when we do good, good will return to us and when we do bad, bad will return to us. This makes for a high-pressure life. And the pressure does not let up. We try our best to be good, then when we fail we feel guilty, then we try even harder to be good in order to make up for our guilt. The cycle is a vicious one, and many of us make ourselves slaves to it. Our culture makes it very easy for us to become slaves to the pressure to perform. Is there freedom from this pressure? Listen in as we read more of Paul's letter to the Galatians and discover that the problem of pressure is not a new one.
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