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Sermons on Defense of the Gospel

The Fate of False Teachers

Sermon Text: Galatians 5:7-12 Theme: The teachings of those who deny the offense of the cross undermine the faith and purity of those who have trust in Christ alone, but God will preserve all who belong to Jesus and bring judgment on those who trouble His Church. Structure/points:  As concerned as Paul was with the Galatians’ obsession with circumcision, he knew that…

Paul vs. the Apostles: Fight or Fiction? 

Sermon Text: Galatians 2:1-10 Theme: Despite pressure from false Christians to add to the gospel message and bring believers into bondage, the Church confirms the consistent teachings of the Apostle Paul, that salvation comes by God’s grace alone to all who believe.   Structure/points:  Among other slanders lobbed at Paul, the heretics in Galatia seem to have been trying drive a wedge between…

The Divine Origin of Paul’s Gospel

Sermon Text: Galatians 1:11-24 Theme: Paul’s testimony of his miraculous conversion to faith through God’s gracious revelation of Jesus convinces the church that the gospel he preached was given to him by God apart from any human mediation. Structure/points: Even in the earliest days of the Church, opponents of the gospel were pitting Jesus against the Apostles.  Throughout Galatia, the Judaizing heretics…