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This sermon has been a bit more difficult to write. Not because of the topic or the passage but just staying focused on the task of writing and dealing with mom’s passing. I actually thought about asking someone else to preach today but then I was thinking about mom. She was confident about her salvation…

Evening 12 may 24

O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you that you should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed among you as crucified? This only I want to learn from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?— Are you so foolish? Having begun…

Narnia In the Chronicles of Narnia, in the first book The Lion, The Witch and the Wardobe the penalty that is given for Edmond’s treachery is death. Aslan is able to take his place. This is because of their law that stated that all traitors were given over to the White Witch. This law in Narnia was known…

TEXT: GALATIANS 3:5-14 | THE MIRACLE OF SALVATION INTRO EXPLANATION : Last week, we saw as Paul finished v.5 by asking a question to these Galatian believers He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?…

NOTE: This is a manuscript, and not a transcript of this message. The actual presentation of the message differed from the manuscript through the leading of the Holy Spirit. Therefore, it is possible, and even likely that there is material in this manuscript that was not included in the live presentation…

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,…

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…

Belief in the promised Messiah pleases God more than acts of obligation

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 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,”…

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…

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…

We all have faith. Everyone of us has faith in something. The issue is rarely if we have faith but, “what is our faith in”? Faith is the foundation of life. This is true regardless of our faith. Faith is the core of life. To change is hard work. This is what we all know to be true and this is why growing…

15 And after those days we packed and went up to Jerusalem. 16 Also some of the disciples from Caesarea went with us and brought with them a certain Mnason of Cyprus, an early disciple, with whom we were to lodge. 17 And when we had come to Jerusalem, the brethren received us gladly. 18 On the following…

Intro: What is Faith? Heb 1 talks about faith as being the substance of things unseen and an assurance of things hoped for. But what does that mean to you, what is faith? If we are saved by faith then whose faith? Faith sometimes in Christianity can be a very obscure concept. We can feel it, we taste…

Cursed from the Beginning Welcome/Opening Prayer Music Ministry 379 Take My Life, and Let It Be (1,2,3,6) 338 At Calvary (1,2,4) Another in the Fire Word of God - Galatians 3:10-14 [ Phil] Message - “From Cursed to Blessed” I recall being with NBPD on a ride-along We pulled someone over on IH-35 for…

Galatians 3:10-14

If you’re observant, you will notice that I’ve skipped forward in our study of Hebrews. I ’m not taking the cowards way out - bypassing a difficult section of the letter in order to avoid the interpretive challenges it raises. I will come back to the part we have skipped over today. I have jumped forward…

Faith and the law set two different standards; one brings life and freedom, the other brings curse and condemnation

The Law Governs the Affairs of the Nation of Israel 16 “The Lord your God is commanding you this day to follow these statutes and ordinances. You must be careful to follow them with all your heart and all your soul. 17 Today you have affirmed that the Lord is your God and that you will walk in His ways,…

Reward throughout the OT is primarily understood as a payment, wage, restitution, or recompense. Typically, the rewards given (נתן, natân) are appropriate responses to certain actions or attitudes. At times, these rewards can be seen as swift, appropriate judgment for corrupt dealings or idolatry (e.g.,…

Palm Sunday Foretold by the Prophets 9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; He is just and endowed with salvation, Humble, and mounted on a donkey, Even on a colt, the foal of a donkey. 22 The stone which the builders rejected…

Where do we start? 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all those who do His commandments; His praise endures forever. What do we tend to fear? The unknown…