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Series on Galatians III The Apostolic Applications C The Yearning for Freedom Text: 5:13-15 Introduction The whole message of Galatians is encapsulated in these verses, and it is: Jesus makes you free to do His will. The poet Robert Frost caught the essence of it when he said, “You have freedom when you’re easy in
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Series on Galatians III The Apostolic Applications B The Yeast of Agitators Text: 5:7-12 Introduction Paul writes to the Galatians, You were running a good race. The Christian life is not a sprint, but a marathon. I think my favorite things to watch in the Olympics are the track and field events. I think I
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Series on Galatians III The Apostolic Applications A The Yoke of Bondage Text: 5:1-6 Introduction On July 4, 2011 citizens of the United States again celebrated their freedom as they do every year. Freedom celebrations are common throughout the world. The French celebrate Bastille day on July 14 as marking the end of the absolute
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Series on Galatians II The Apostolic Assertions G The Parable Text: 4:21-31 Introduction To be born in the other Jerusalem, on the far side, means to be born supernaturally: to be born from above: to be born free. Paul’s purpose for his alleged allegorical interpretation of Genesis 21 is to identify the Galatian Christians as
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Series on Galatians II The Apostolic Assertions F The Plea Text 4:12-20 Introduction The entire letter up to this point has been a significant rebuke to the folly of the Christians in Galatia in listening to the Judaizers. In Paul’s day, letters that were written to rebuke someone for misbehavior often ended with a request
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Series on Galatians II The Apostolic Assertions E The Parent Text: 3:23-4:11 Introduction There is a story by Alexander Dumas, “The Man in the Iron Mask.” In the story Aramis, a former Musketeer and now a priest, is in a cell with a prisoner. Aramis is there to hear the man’s confession. The prisoner, however,
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Series on Galatians II The Apostolic Assertions D The Promise Text: 3:15-22 Introduction Everything in the Bible is about promise. The covenant of Grace is another term for the promise of grace. The two parts of your Bible are called testaments, and they are the old promise and the new promise; two stages in which
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Series on Galatians II The Apostolic Assertions C The Plague Text: 3:10-14 Introduction The renowned American poet Robert frost gave us the memorable poem entitled, The Road Not Taken, “TWO roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And being one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as
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Series on Galatians II The Apostolic Assertions B The Patriarch Text: 3:6-9 Introduction Have you ever been on a one way street in a strange town and discovered that you were going the wrong way. You were probably shocked and scared. There is only one way to God and the Galatians were going the wrong
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Series on Galatians II The Apostolic Assertions A The Preposterous Text: 3:1-5 Introduction We begin our study of chapters 3 and 4 wherein the Apostle sets forth a series of compelling grounds that demonstrate how hard-headed and foolish the Galatian Christians have been in listening to the Judaizers who were trying to bring them out
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Series on Galatians I The Apostolic Authority I The Argument Text: 2:15-21 Introduction Do you remember that Paul said to the Christians at Rome in 1:16 I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ for it is the power of God unto salvation to the Jew first and also to the Greek. That is
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Series on Galatians I The Apostolic Authority H The Altercation Text: 2:11-14 Introduction We know a lot about the pressure to conform. Our TV screens are filled with advertisements that are based on our desire to conform. These days keeping up with the Joneses is a national pastime. There are several TV shows, and magazines
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Series on Galatians I The Apostolic Authority G The Agreement Text: 2:1-10 Introduction In the first chapter of Romans Paul says the gospel is the power of God unto salvation to the Jew first and also to the Greek. Thus in most places Paul’s mission took him first to the synagogues. Even in an idolatrous
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Series on Galatians I The Apostolic Authority F The Acceptance Text: 1:18-24 Introduction The Apostle wants to make it clear that he did not go up to Jerusalem for three years because he did not need to go in order to receive a mandate to preach the gospel, nor in order to discover the contents
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Series on Galatians I The Apostolic Authority E The Apprenticeship Text: 1:15-17 Introduction This is a text that could be preached at a seminary convocation because we see in it all the ingredients in Paul’s preparation for ministry. It is, of course, applicable to each of us because we are all called to serve the
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