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Sermons on Unity as Christians

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…

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…

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…