A Community of Faith, A Lighthouse for Christ
This week marks the transition away from Paul’s detailed argumentation on behalf of the gospel of Christ to his amazing portrait of gospel living empowered by the Holy Spirit found in the final two chapters of Galatians. Paul recaps the importance of vigilantly protecting the freedom Christ purchased with His blood and the importance of … Read more
We come now to Paul’s final Old Testament argument against the false teachers in Galatia. It’s an argument that sounds strange to our ears, but would have been very compelling to his readers. However, as we dig in, we find much to celebrate in the good news that like Isaac, every believer in Christ is … Read more
We live in a time of tremendous cultural upheaval and uncertainty regarding the future of the church in North America. People are leaving the church because of politics, scandals, personalities, culture shift, and a sense of irrelevance. Two thousand years ago, the apostle Paul saw much the same thing happening to his beloved friends in … Read more
Scripture Reference Galatians 4: 1-7 Sermon Audio Sermon Notes Moving from Slavery to Freedom/Slave to Son First, the slave-like condition of the sons while they were still minors is described and applied to the human condition (Galatians 4: 1-3) verse 1 – child verse 2 – guardians and stewards verse 3 – when we were … Read more
Considering Paul’s thesis of what he has been talking about almost all of Galatians 3, today we will look at three main points for this scripture. Scripture Reference Galatians 3: 23-29 Sermon Audio Sermon Notes Law Points us to Christ (Galatians 3: 23-25) The Law acted like a guardian, tutor paidagogos Law points us to Christ, … Read more