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Have you heard of the book titled Are You My Mother? Here is how that story begins: A mother bird sat on her egg. The egg jumped. “Oh, oh!” said the mother bird. “My baby will soon be here! He will want to eat. “I must get something for my baby bird to eat!” she said. “I will be back!” So away she went.…

TEXT: 4:21-4:31 | LIVE LIKE AN HEIR INTRO ILLUSTRATION : As most of you know we are in the midst of a remodel of the bathroom at our house. As part of the remodel in our bathroom, we decided that we would replace the flooring in some other parts of our house as well since the existing flooring goes into…

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…

Where We Came From, Who We Are, and Where We Are Going

God's true people were initiated in Promise, born and live by the Spirit, and await an inheritance in the higher Jerusalem.

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…

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…

Who do you know? One of the ways we stick out in this world is by who we know. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing. What do you know? Related to the first but sometimes more important. Sometimes knowledge leads to passion. We want what is familiar. This is a constant struggle of humanity. We want what…

law leads away from God’s family where grace leads towards it Intro me Galatians 4:21 (NIV) Tell me, you who want to be under the law... Today’s passage is all about a group of people who want to “be under the law”. What it means by “the law” is the Jewish religious Law, called the Torah: a huge set…

Reading 21 Tell me, you who desire to be under the law, do you not listen to the law? 22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by a slave woman and one by a free woman. 23 But the son of the slave was born according to the flesh, while the son of the free woman was born through promise. 24…

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…

We have spent weeks now studying Galatians. Paul has been direct and in some ways harsh toward the teaching that we are saved and or sanctified by working for it. He has made it clear every way possible that our salvation and sanctification is the work of the Holy Spirit through Jesus Christ’s finished…

But now, since you know God, or rather have become known by God, how can you turn back again to the weak and worthless elements? Do you want to be enslaved to them all over again? You are observing special days, months, seasons, and years. I am fearful for you, that perhaps my labor for you has been…

FREEDOM FROM THE RAT RACE OF LIFE Galatians 4:21-31 Galatians 5:16-18 Religion and Religious 1re•li•gious \ri-ˈli-jəs\ adjective [Middle English, from Anglo-French religius , from Latin religiosus , from religio ] 13th century 1: relating to or manifesting faithful devotion to an acknowledged ultimate…

History Lesson Learning from history helps us to learn so not to repeat itself or to replicate it so we can have the results they who came before had. Tonight may we learn from some history, because that is what Paul uses in allegorical form to make his next defense. Think back to when you children were…

22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. 24 And those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.…

We talk a lot about Law and Grace. For the Christian, we live under Grace and not under the Law, but we often seem to put ourselves under the LAW. 14 Sin is no longer your master, for you no longer live under the requirements of the law. Instead, you live under the freedom of God’s grace. This verse…

Imitate me, just as I also imitate Christ. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.…

Do you have a passion for Evangelism? Do you want to see people in Abilene come to faith in Christ? How would you like to be involved in that effort? This coming Tuesday August 7th - there is a ReviveTx meeting happening at the First United Meth. Church on 202 Butternut, from 6:30pm-7:30pm. Snacks provided.…

I have always enjoyed watching shows or movies with a good courtroom plot. Growing up Matlock was one of my favorites! The way he handled himself in the courtroom was just fun to watch... Paul himself was one who was comfortable in a courtroom... A skilled and well trained man in law (a pharisee) Skilled…

Prayer is an interesting activity, a curious practice, an odd thing. Some people feel like the cartoon character, Ziggy, who standing, looking up on a mountain. The sky is dark and there’s one cloud up there. Ziggy asks, “Have I been put on hold for the rest of my life?” Sometimes prayer feels like that,…

Introduction: Do you ever feel like something is working against you? Like bad luck follows you or the cards are stacked against you? You can’t win for losing? Does it seem like someone very powerful is trying to hold you down or defeat you? There is a very good reason for feeling that way at we have…

Opening Prayer: Heavenly Father, We come before You today with grateful hearts, thanking You for the gift of family and the privilege of coming together to seek Your face. As we gather in Your presence, we ask for Your Holy Spirit to be among us, guiding our thoughts and opening our hearts to the message…

TEXT: GALATIANS 4:1-7 | REMEMBER WHOSE YOU ARE INTRO ILLUSTRATION : Adoption is such an incredible thing. We had the privilege on Friday night to raise funds for Foster Montana. An organization that helps young lives who didn’t choose their life situation. They didn’t choose the hardships they are facing,…