Holy Hypocrites

Gal 4:21-31. Paul is repetitive on purpose. As we’ve already seen in Galatians, if you are under the law, its already over. Because to be saved by the law, you have to be completely in every way perfect. That’s the bar under the law. But you, he says in verse 28, you are children of promise!

Psalm 33. In this time of uncertainty, some fear and instability around us… Please remind yourself who God is, what he is capable of and what his feelings are for his children. His word is upright. His work is faithful. His council stands forever. His eyes are on his children…

Galatians 4:8-20. Remember the Pharisees, the legalist religious leaders used the law as a source of pride. You are fundamentally different creatures. Paul pleads with the church.

Galatians 4:1-7. Notice the trend? We were children, slaves to the world… But God sent his son.. Through him, God redeemed… so that we might receive adoption as sons. And God sent the Spirit. So instead of being slaves, we are sons and daughters and as sons and daughters, then heirs.

Galatians 3:15-29. If we could EARN life, then we would not need God. We would pay out enough obedience to pay for eternal life. Many other faiths operate this way, where God is almost just the cashier… he scans your salvation, ensures you pay the right amount and you might never even know his name.

Galatians 3:1-14. Now it is EVIDENT - clear, obvious - that no one is justified before God by the law… you cant EARN it... But “The righteous shall live by faith.” THIS IS BIG, AMAZING NEWS! We need to be shouting it from rooftops.

Psalm 32. Bask in that truth this weekend. If you have confessed your sin, if you have surrendered it to God, it’s forgiven and clean and gone as far as the east is from the west. You are a child of God. Period. Forever.

Galatians 2:11-21. "I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me." I'm a fundamentally NEW PERSON! Paul says to the Corinthians, If anyone is in Christ, he is a NEW CREATION, old has passed away behold new has come! Scientists would say “on a molecular level,” well on a SOUL LEVEL, you are a NEW CREATION in God’s eyes…

Galatians 2:1-10. For years, I didnt own a pocket knife. And I dont remember more than once or twice where I wished I had one and missed a chance to cut something. But wouldn’t you know, as soon as I bought one and sharpened it, suddenly I was surrounded by opportunities to use it… If you know the gospel, and you have it in your toolbox, I bet you find opportunities, open doors to use it.

Galatians 1:11-24. "“He who used to persecute us is now preaching the faith he once tried to destroy.” And they glorified God because of me." What change has God brought about in your life? And who are you telling about it?