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Before and After the Coming of Christ

Sermon Text: Galatians 3:23-29 Theme:  The cessation of the law’s power equips the Church to believe that all who are justified by faith have equally received Christ and share in His inheritance.  Structure/points:  Paul has insisted that God’s promise to save people by faith was not invalidated when He gave the law to Moses.  The law was never intended to save people…

The Unchangeable, Unalterable, Once-Ratified Covenant of God

Sermon Text: Galatians 3:15-18 Theme:  The promise of God to bless Abraham’s offspring remains unaltered by the introduction of the law, so that everyone with faith like Abraham’s shall receive the promised inheritance.  Structure/points: As we’ve seen in the last few weeks, Paul has been reminding the Galatian churches of their justification.  Since Christ had been crucified, they’d been forgiven of their…

A Curse Pronounced; A Curse Removed

Sermon Text: Galatians 3:10-14 Theme:  The law’s curse rests upon all who have failed to keep it perfectly, but Christ became a curse to redeem all whose faith rests upon Him so that they could receive the blessing of Abraham. Structure/points: Why is Paul still hammering home that we are only justified by faith and not works of the law?  And why…

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…