As you come to him, the living Stone – rejected by humans but chosen by God and precious to him. I Peter 2:4.

Lam 5:21. Restore us to yourself, Lord, that we may return; renew our days of old.

Galatians 5:1-12. If we do away with our rules and abandon our high standards, the churches will fall apart. First century Judaizers are not the only ones afraid to depend on God’s grace. Legalist in our church is today one that we did not teach people about the liberty we have in Christ Lestat result in religious anarchy these people misunderstand Paul’s teaching about grace, end it is to correct such misunderstanding that Paul wrote the final section of his letter in Galatians five and chapter 6.

Galatians 4:19–31. Legalism is one of the major problems among Christians today we must keep in mind that legalism does not mean the setting of spiritual standards; it means worshiping these standards and thinking that we are spiritual because we obey them. It also means judging other believers on the basis of these standards.

Galatians 4:1 - 18. Now Paul asked the Galatians, “what is happened to that love? What is happened to the blessedness, the happiness, that you experienced when you heard the gospel the first time?“. Of course, Paul knew what it happened: the Judaizers had come in and stolen their hearts. One of the marks of a false teacher is that he tries to attract other men’s converts to himself, and not simply to the truth of the word of God or to the person of Jesus Christ.

Galatians 3:15-29. This is a very important chapter for each and everyone of us to know and understand. The law cannot change the promise, and the law is not greater than the promise but the law is not contrary to the promise; they work together to bring sinners to the Savior.

Galatians 3:1 – 14. The person who depends on religion can measure himself and compare himself with others this is another fascination to legalism but the true believer measures himself with Christ, not other Christians Ephesians 4:11. There is no room for pride in the spiritual walk of the Christian who lives by grace; but the legalist constantly boast about his achievements and his converts.

Acts4:13. When they saw the courage of Peter and John and realize that they were Unschooled, ordinary men, they were astonished and they took note that these men had been with Jesus.

Galatians 2:11-21. Paul had risk his life to care of the gospel of God‘s grace to the regions beyond, and he was not willing for the enemy to rob him or his churches of their liberty in Christ. It was his spiritual vigilance, that led Paul into another dramatic encounter, this time with the apostle Peter, Barnabas, and some of the friends of James.

Matthew 8:25 Lord, save us! We’re going to drown.