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Faith O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? It was before your eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified. Let me ask you only this: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law or by hearing with faith? Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected…

Today we’re talking about the religion of man and the saving gospel of Christ. We may not realize it but we have all built religion and ritual into our world. We have to. It is how we operate without being overcome by the incredible multitude of decisions that we must face every day. For Christians,…

3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, 4 who gave himself for our sins to deliver us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, 5 to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen. 6 I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called…

Galatians 3 & 4 Good morning church! Glad to be with you guys this morning, continuing on in our study through the book of Galatians. It is in my top 66 favorite books in the Bible! I say that because I feel like I often say, this or that in one of my favorites, and it’s true. It just seems that very…

Got Questions Yes of course!! But it does not have to be Saturday, or even Sunday. 8 “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor, and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter,…

When reading the details of the Old Covenant do we apply "grace to me, law for thee" or "law for me, grace for thee"?

Heirs with Christ

As a follower of Jesus for a long time a person like myself can start to think, I’ve got this whole faith thing figured out. Most of the things where I fail at, where I sin are things that would never make the news, most people would think that there’s a problem with the person whose mad at me. The kind…

This is an incredibly stressful time for me personally. My current situation at school is not yet settling down, and last week was my birthday. I received so much love. Thank you church! Inspiring, grateful and thankful are just some of the words for how nice my birthday was from here at the church,…

The Law and Promise To give a human example, brothers: even with a man-made covenant, no one annuls it or adds to it once it has been ratified. Now the promises were made to Abraham and to his offspring. It does not say, “And to offsprings,” referring to many, but referring to one, “And to your offspring,”…

Prayer of Praise and Adoration God we praise you, for the newness of each day, and the hopes we have for tomorrow. We praise you when the wind of the Spirit blows through our life. We praise you for the rain that washes away the debris of our life. We praise you for the storms that rock our complacency.…

Sons of God, Seed of Abraham We have spent a lot of time talking about God’s plan to reclaim the disinherited nations and restore his rule over those he disinherited. By way of review: God’s original plan was that all humankind would be his earthly family, ruling in cooperation with him and his heavenly…

The letter to the Galatians is an appeal by Paul to churches in the Roman province of Galatia to resist the movement to abandon the system of salvation that saves one by faith in Christ (expressed in repentance and baptism), and adopt a system of salvation whereby one is justified by the keeping of the…

This Week’s Theme: Thankful for Being Redeemed! This Week’s Word is Redemption: It is the buying back or release of an object or person. In Scripture redemption refers to God’s ransoming of believers only through the death of Jesus Christ upon the cross and to all the benefits that this brings. Memory…

Gospel-Centered Believers Signs of Maturity in a believer: Love for the body of Christ Romans 12:3–8 For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the…

This morning I want us to think about the important biblical idea of fellowship. What is biblical fellowship? Whatever it is, it has something to do with potlucks right? Baptist buffet is probably part of the etomology of the Greek word of koinonia right? What really is biblical fellowship? 1 Behold,…

Life is about timing. Timing is important in many aspects of life. We all ask, “why”? The proverbial “why”. Yet, this is important. It is a fundamental question. Sometimes we get an answer. Are you a child or an adult? Interesting question isn’t it? Yet as we come to our text this morning it is important…

“God Gives Sonship to Those Born in Slavery” Heaven’s Greatest Gift Sets Us Free From Death and Sin Grace to you and peace, from God our Father and from our risen Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen! Today is the 9th Day of Christmas. Today is also the 2nd Sunday after Christmas, which does not happen…

How to Avoid Distractions to Service and Ministry 9 But avoid foolish disputes, genealogies, contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and useless. 10 Reject a divisive man after the first and second admonition, 11 knowing that such a person is warped and sinning, being self-condemned.…

This morning we will light the peace candle for the first time. For the choir director. A song of the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. God is our refuge and strength, a helper who is always found in times of trouble. Therefore we will not be afraid, though the earth trembles and the mountains topple…

How do we build a life of faith? How do we avoid a life of idolatry? Our passage, more specifically, the chapters before us today, 14-16 of 1 Kings… exist in part for that purpose These chapters take us from King Jeroboam and Rehoboam in 931 BC to the start of Ahab’s reign over Israel in 874 BC and Jehoshaphat’s…

Acts 11 This class continues with the expansion of the early church. In the wake of Cornelius’ conversion, early Christians (who are mostly converted Jews or converted Jewish proselytes) are learning that the gospel is meant for Gentiles as well. This episode focuses on why that was news, how the book…

We choose our level of Spiritual maturity bythe spiritual food we consume. Choosing faith in God means choosing to be a child of God instead of slave to sin.

21 Is the law then contrary to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given that could give life, then righteousness would indeed be by the law. 22 But the Scripture imprisoned everything under sin, so that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe. 23…

What does it mean? Baptism comes from a Greek form that means to dip or immerse. It also has to do with washing or cleansing. Should you be baptized? 16 After being baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove…