Galatians
Gospel Freedom
Galatians 6:6-18
April 14, 2019 • Bruce Zachary
God has entrusted us with resources of time, talent, and treasure. These resources are to be used to advance the gospel. Using resources to advance the gospel doesn’t make you right with God, but is convincing evidence that you are right with Him. We do good for God’s glory, because we have been made right with God through faith in Christ. Let’s discover how to keep doing good for God’s glory ...
Galatians 5:22-26
March 24, 2019 • Bruce Zachary
Jesus’ followers are called to “bear fruit” or manifest Christ-like character and behavior [Jn.15:16, Mt. 3:7-8]. The fruitful life is a life of meaning, purpose, and contentment. What is fruit, and how do you bear it? How can you know whether you are bearing fruit? Let’s discover the answers together ...
Galatians 5:13-21
March 17, 2019 • Bruce Zachary
The way to be right with God is through faith in Christ. Followers of Christ will not abuse their Christian liberty as license to sin. Jesus’ followers know God’s love, love God and love and serve others. Today, we’ll discover the value of serving God by serving others.
Galatians 5:1-12
March 10, 2019 • Bruce Zachary
There is a tension between Jesus’s followers being free from the burden of the Mosaic Law, and the danger of abusing our freedom by treating God’s grace as a license to sin. How can we experience Christian liberty and glorify God with our lives? Let’s discover how to let faith work through love…
Galatians 4:12-31
March 3, 2019
True believers in Jesus Christ have been set free from the bondage of the Mosaic Law. No longer do we need to strive to obey the Law in order to be accepted by God. Instead, our relationship with God is secure because of Jesus Christ, and what He accomplished for us on the cross. Continuing to live by the Law divides and enslaves us; living by the promise of God sets us free. Every believer has the choice of whether to be a child of the Law, or a child of the promise.
Galatians 4:1-11
February 24, 2019 • Bruce Zachary
As a parent, it brings me great joy and happiness when our sons are living our family values. Yet, their identity, and my love is not conditioned upon their performance. Similarly, my identity as God’s child, and His love is not conditioned upon performance. If God has adopted us into His family, our inheritance is amazing and sure. Let’s discover it together…
Galatians 2:11-21
February 3, 2019 • Bruce Zachary
Is the way to be made right with God through faith in Christ, performance of the Mosaic Law, or both? Until you appropriate and appreciate your identity in Jesus, you are likely to conclude performance of the law, or performance and faith. Today, we’ll discover the way to please God is through living by faith in Jesus, and how to do it …
Galatians 2:1-10
January 27, 2019 • Bruce Zachary
Once you’ve confirmed that Jesus’ gospel is true, you enter into a dynamic relationship with the true and living God. As you discover your freedom in Christ, you also begin to appreciate that God desires all people to experience freedom in Christ; and each of Jesus’ followers have been commissioned to communicate and convey the good news. The challenge is to actually fulfill our commission. Let’s discover the blessings of fulfilling our commission…
Galatians 1:10-24
January 20, 2019
The gospel is the good news about Jesus Christ. This wonderful message isn’t man-made, but instead revealed by God through His Son. It is perfectly true and complete; therefore, nothing should be added to it or taken from it. The true gospel is the power of God to change people’s lives and eternities. All believers are called to share the gospel, and as we do, God is glorified.
Galatians 1:1-9
January 13, 2019 • Bruce Zachary
There is in the heart of man a yearning for freedom. We resist arbitrary and abusive authority; and there is a tendency in our culture to desire independence. Ironically, the pursuit of freedom from God enslaves to values that don’t satisfy. What we really need is freedom in Christ. We need to discover the grace of God in the gospel that frees us through Christ from the world’s influence, liberalism and legalism, and frees us from the penalty, power, and ultimately presence of sin, so that we can be free to experience contentment in Christ. Let’s explore the gospel of grace and find freedom in Christ…