When Peter pulled back from Gentile believers out of fear, Paul publicly confronted him because the gospel itself was at stake: we are justified by faith in Christ alone, not by law, culture, or performance, and unbelievers will see the change in our life.

The early church fought for the gospel’s independence, refusing to add religious requirements to salvation and standing united on justification by faith alone.

Paul’s dramatic conversion, lost career, and years of obscurity prove he did not invent the gospel, inherit it from religious leaders, or adopt it for personal gain. It was revealed directly to him by the risen Jesus and is the only hope for mankind.

Paul confronts the Galatian churches with the truth that the gospel comes from God, not men, and that any attempt to add to grace through human effort is a complete distortion of Christ’s saving work.

Jesus teaches that wise money management begins with a settled heart, treasuring what lasts, not what fades, because our spending always follows our loves.

The risen Christ doesn’t just prove He is alive; He commissions ordinary, broken people to go and tell that death has been defeated and hope is real.

Jesus’ lifeless body was carefully wrapped in a burial shroud and laid in a rich man’s tomb, fulfilling Isaiah’s prophecy and proving His death was real, honored, and witnessed. What looked like a sealed ending was actually God’s setup for resurrection life. 

Every step of the cross—from the nails to the final cry was not forced on Jesus but freely embraced out of love for sinners. The crucifixion shows a Savior who satisfied God’s justice by choice, opening the way to God because love was willing to pay the full cost.

Peter’s greatest failure unfolded beside a charcoal fire, yet Jesus later rebuilt him beside another fire, proving that the Savior restores the very places sin once destroyed. This sermon shows how Christ exposes our denial, breaks our self-reliance, and then invites us to renewed commitment and usefulness in His service.

Pastor Connor McFarland unpacks 1 Thessalonians 5:14–15 to reveal five marks of a disciple-making church and how every believer is called to help one another grow in Christ.