Last week we continued our discussion in the book of Galatians with the Apostle Paul not being so subtle calling out the foolishness of the Galatians for abandoning the faith that they had received. He challenged them as from where the Holy Spirit had come, from works of the law or from faith in Christ. He then reminded his readers (and possibly the Judaizers, those responsible for the Galatian confusion) of the heritage of faith to all nations found in Abraham, the father of the Jewish nation and as it turns out many others as Paul reminds them that,”…only those who are of faith are sons of Abraham.”
This week we drill down deeper into the relationship between Works of the Law and Faith.
Galatians 09
Faith vs. Works
June 28, 2020 • Pastor Christopher Thompson • Galatians 3:10–14
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Galatians 18
September 13, 2020 • Pastor Christopher Thompson • Galatians 6:11–18
Over the past four months, we have walked through the book of Galatians and seen that what these first centuries Christians struggled with was not so different from the struggles of today. We struggle in our world with false teachers twisting the truth to suit their own desires. We see believers enslaved to works of the law rather than living in the freedom purchased by Christ, and we struggled to be known by the Fruit of the Spirit rather than the that of the flesh. This week we close out the book of Galatians as we have reached, the conclusion.
Galatians 16
August 30, 2020 • Pastor Christopher Thompson • Galatians 5:16–26
Paul had just reminded us that with great freedom comes great responsibility. That Jesus did indeed die to set us free from the law of sin and death, but that this freedom was not given that we might spend it on our own pleasures, rather it was given that we might be able to fulfill the greatest commandments of “Loving God and Loving people.” Now, I do not know about you but when I hear such things, I can become concerned, concerned that I do not know enough, that I cannot accomplish such a thing. I mean, what does it even look like to be free in this way? Thankfully, we are not left wonder as Paul now shows us what it is (and is not) to be free as we…Walk in the Spirit