Series: LIVING FREE: A STUDY OF GALATIANS

Part 2: FINDING FREEDOM FROM OUR CRITICS

(audio is of lower quality due to technical problems)

Context: What is happening in the book of Galatians?

-The Apostle Paul is writing to churches in Galatia which he had helped start years earlier

-Paul had taught the Galatians the Gospel message that salvation comes ONLY through faith in and surrender to Jesus Christ

-False teachers in Galatia were teaching Paul was wrong and were denying his authority as an apostle

-The false teachers taught that Gentiles (non-Jewish people) needed to be like the Jews and follow the Law of Moses and males needed to be circumcised before the Gentiles could become Christians.

-Paul writes to the Galatians to refute the false teachers

Galatians 1:10 (NIV)

Paul found freedom from his critics because:

1.He didn’t seek _______________ ________________ above _____________________

2.He preached _______________ message and followed _________________ call on his life

Galatians 1:11-24 (NIV)

3.He let his ____________ ___________ speak loudly

Galatians 2:1- 10 (NIV)

4.He let his _____________________ speak loudly