series: galatians part#1

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David Eldridge Galatians 1:1-10 We are living in the tension of this present evil age. As we live in a world where there is still sin and suffering, those things can help conform us more into the image of Jesus as we learn to trust and follow Him in every circumstance.

The gospel is not about what we do for God but what God has done for us.

There is only one Gospel.

There is only one Gospel.

Gavin Swile's message from Sunday morning 7th November 2021

Love God. Love People.

Our first sermon in Galatians explains the problem in the churches of Galatia and why Paul so fiercely opposed the teaching that had infiltrated the church there. It also takes a deep look at the first verse which is a compact defense of Paul's ministry and a rebuttal to the error in doctrine.

Galatians addresses the most important question we can ask: how can we be made right with God? Paul opens this letter with an abridged version of the rest of the book. The answer is found in the Gospel of Jesus Christ, who died for sins to the glory of the Father and heralded by his apostles.

Faith Community Church

Big Idea - What is the great danger in changing the message of the Gospel into a different message and how can it get corrupted, distorted and changed so easily? The true Gospel itself can never change, but often the message that claims to be the Gospel is a very different message from the true Good News. It was a problem in Paul's day, and it is no less a problem today as the Gospel is getting diluted and distorted in various ways. Paul writes in Galatians that those who turn to a false Gospel turn away from God, abandon His saving grace, and disqualify themselves from serving Him. Those who are guilty of proclaiming a false Gospel come under the most severe curse of God's wrath. Those who follow their teaching at best do not experience all of the amazing benefits of salvation, and at worst are eternally lost in their sin. Sometimes the problem is not so much teaching a false Gospel as it is failing to hold up the Gospel as of first importance and the message of the Gospel gets lost in a sea of Church traditions and other “priorities.” When people discover that these secondary issues that are not critical they abandon the faith because the Gospel has been lumped together with everything else. Therefore, it is of vital importance to hold up the true Gospel as the unchanging message of salvation and we must guard it against every false Gospel and wrong focus that would trump or crowd out its life-giving truth.

Big Idea - What is the great danger in changing the message of the Gospel into a different message and how can it get corrupted, distorted and changed so easily? The true Gospel itself can never change, but often the message that claims to be the Gospel is a very different message from the true Good News. It was a problem in Paul's day, and it is no less a problem today as the Gospel is getting diluted and distorted in various ways. Paul writes in Galatians that those who turn to a false Gospel turn away from God, abandon His saving grace, and disqualify themselves from serving Him. Those who are guilty of proclaiming a false Gospel come under the most severe curse of God's wrath. Those who follow their teaching at best do not experience all of the amazing benefits of salvation, and at worst are eternally lost in their sin. Sometimes the problem is not so much teaching a false Gospel as it is failing to hold up the Gospel as of first importance and the message of the Gospel gets lost in a sea of Church traditions and other “priorities.” When people discover that these secondary issues that are not critical they abandon the faith because the Gospel has been lumped together with everything else. Therefore, it is of vital importance to hold up the true Gospel as the unchanging message of salvation and we must guard it against every false Gospel and wrong focus that would trump or crowd out its life-giving truth.

Why is the grace and peace so important? Listen to find out.

Do I know the true power of the gospel of Christ? Am I saved? Am I growing in Christ? Is my life demonstrating His power in it? He has made complete provision for that in Christ!

Resources for a life of following Jesus every day, and everywhere, with everyone

Resources for a life of following Jesus, every day, everywhere, with everyone.

Bel Air Church Sermons

Resources for a life of following Jesus, every day, everywhere, with everyone.

Ben Alltimes expands on Galatians 1 in the beginning of a series of studies in Galatians.

Eric reviews the context of the book of Galatians and walks us through how t differs significantly from the other books he wrote.

Bethesda Free Church