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I Have Been Crucified With Christ

Sermon Text: Galatians 2:17-21 Theme: The Christian’s unity to Jesus in His crucifixion means that by faith he must consider himself dead to the law and alive to God only through Christ, lest he nullify God’s grace by trusting in his own righteousness. Structure/points:  It should have been a tremendous encouragement for Paul to write to the Galatians about their justification in…

The Very Heart of the Gospel

Sermon Text: Galatians 2:15-16 Theme: The gospel reveals the grace of God by proclaiming that, whether Jew or Gentile, Christians are justified, only by believing in Christ, who died to take away their sins, not by any works of the law Structure/points:  Galatians 2:15-16 serves as the thesis of the letter to the Galatians.  If you understand Paul’s teaching here, you’ll understand…

A Tale of Two Apostles

Sermon Text: Galatians 2:11-14 Theme: The gospel which Christ gave Paul possesses authority to rebuke even the pillars of the Church when they undermine the truth of the gospel through hypocritical behavior. Structure/points: The events of Galatians 2:11-14 are troubling to consider.  How could it be that one of Christ’s apostles found it necessary to oppose another apostle in public?  When Paul…

Only Through Jesus Christ and God the Father

Sermon Text: Galatians 1:1-5 Theme: Having believed the words of Jesus as He gave them through Paul, the Church places its faith only in Jesus for its deliverance from its sins so that God alone may receive the glory. Structure/points: Paul was angry when he wrote the letter to the Galatians.  But his anger had nothing to do with personal offences.  He…