Galatians

Walk According to This Rule 1. God’s Goodness Promised 2. God’s People Known 3. God’s Benediction Given Galatians 6:14-18 Unlike the unforgiving culture of our day, God’s mercy is true and faithful. There is never a moment in your life when you do not have an interest in the Saviour’s love; there is never a […]

Christ’s Cross My Only Boast 1. He Gives You a New Worldview 2. He Makes You a New Creation Galatians 6:11-15 The world has been crucified to me and I to the world. Christian, not only do you have a new worldview to govern your life; but this world now considers you dead to its […]

Sow to the Spirit 1. Do Not Be Deceived 2. Do Not Lose Heart 3. Do Good To All Galatians 6:6-10 Christian, you are called to sow to the Spirit. You are not called to “let go and let God,” you’re called to do that which exalts God; to cultivate the presence of the Holy […]

Fulfill the Law of Christ 1. Esteem One Another 2. Bear One Another’s Burdens 3. Do Not Condemn One Another Galatians 5:26 – 6:6 the “Law of Christ” is not a new moral law by which we live, but a fulfilling of the Moral Law in the grace of Christ. Jesus took the commandment, “love […]

The Fruit of the Spirit 1. Your Attitude before God 2. Your Attitude before Others 3. Your Attitude before Yourself Galatians 5:16-26 Jesus spoke about bearing fruit to the Father’s glory [John 15:1-16]; what is that fruit? It is the fruit of the Spirit: love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, gentleness, faithfulness, and self-control. It […]

The Works of the Flesh 1. They Are Evident 2. They Are Contrary to God’s Kingdom 3. They Must Be Overcome Galatians 5:16-26 When you consider the works of the flesh are still within you, are you not grateful you have been justified by faith alone in Christ? Sin is yet at work in you, […]

Walk in the Spirit 1) The Inward Conflict 2) The Inward Resolve Galatians 5:16-26 The basis of our sanctification, like justification and adoption, is still God’s free grace. We are not dying to sin and living to righteousness, we are not being conformed more into the image of Christ all so we can earn favour […]

Marks of False Christianity 1) Hinders Obeying the Truth 2) Offends the Cross 3) Serves the Flesh Isaiah 37:21-28, Galatians 5:7-15 Western Christianity has become more concerned with affirming culture and less concerned about offending God. The gospel has been changed to accommodate people in their sin, not proclaimed to redeem them from their sin. […]

Faith Working Through Love 1) Freedom Christ Purchased 2) Freedom and the Law 3) Freedom and Faith Isaiah 61:1-7, Galatians 5:1-6 In the day of judgment, what separates the saved from the eternally damned is not the quality, quantity, or even the lack of good works; it is being found in Christ, having the righteousness […]

Living Free in Christ 1) The History Lesson 2) The Symbolic Point 3) The Real Freedom Genesis 21:1-21, Galatians 4:21-31 What does God say? “You need to be born again; I will give you a new heart. You need to be cleansed of your sin; I will wash you clean in the blood of my […]