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Pastor Michael Mehring I want to take us on a journey — a journey of the last few days of Jesus life— we will be Going… —from the garden — through the trial — to the cross — engaged in the battle of the ages — and finishing with the victory!! Let’s begin from the garden Jesus was facing Substitution…

Translation Opening illustration: In the 3rd century, in 250 AD, there was a widespread Roman persecution of Christians. John Foxe, who wrote Foxe’s Book of Martyrs, refers to this as the 7th great persecution of Christians by the Roman Empire. Emperor Decius passed an edict that required all Romans…

Introduction Brethren, if a man is overtaken in any trespass, you who are spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness, considering yourself lest you also be tempted. Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. For if anyone thinks himself to be something, when he is nothing,…

TEXT: GALATIANS 2:19-21 | THE CRUCIFIED LIFE INTRO ILLUSTRATION : I love to go hunting. That wasn’t always the case. Growing up in Indiana I primarily went fishing, but did very little hunting. When I first moved out to Montana and went hunting for the first time, it was a little bit of a nerve wracking…

If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is your life appears, then…

From Grace to Grace

A proper boast requires crucifixion and new creation.

Introduction We have made it all the way through the book of Galatians. We are on the last chapter. Today we are talking about the responsibilities of freedom that come with the freedoms we have talked about throughout this book. Galatians 6 1 Brothers and sisters, if someone is caught in a sin, you…

On February 26 the Portland Trail Blazers played and defeated the Houston Rockets by a score of 131-114. The remarkable part of this game was the all-star player for the Trail Blazers, Damian Lillard, scored 71 points in a single game without overtime. This is an impressive feat that you could boast…

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…

So we come today - to the final sermon on Galatians. Today will be a RECAP of the entire book. Even so - I don’t anticipate it being longer than last week’s sermon… …but still - we have much to get to - so let’s get into it. The Book of Galatians was written - if you remember - due to an ISSUE in the…

Today we come to the last section of text in this book of Galatians... A section that will take us a couple of weeks to walk through... We’ve seen a clear theme play out in this book - from start to finish... IN CONTEXT - we know the issues that plagued the churches in Galatia... The MAIN issue being…

Galatians 6 Good morning church! Great to be with you all this morning on what is going to be a hot day! I was going to say it’s going to be a scorcher today, but I thought some of you would run out afraid of the sermon that’s coming! The only bad thing about the message this morning is that we are probably…

Life is about endings. We may not like it but all of life is about endings. John 3:16 (NIV) For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. Jesus alone saves; anyone & everyone! This is the book of Galatians in a very…

Matt talks us through Galatians 6:11-18, highlighting that our real hope is in the new creation.

What is a Spirit Empowered Disciple? A Spirit-empowered disciple ++Is a lifelong follower of Jesus. The Holy Spirit forms the character of Christ in believers and helps disciples reproduce them- selves by leading others in that same character formation process. A Spirit-empowered disciple is A lifelong…

Secular - A little girl came home from school and said to her mother, “Mommy, today in school I was punished for something that I didn’t do.” The mother exclaimed, “But that’s terrible! I’m going to have a talk with your teacher about this … by the way, what was it that you didn’t do?”The little girl…

Based on Galatians 6:14-18. On this fourth Sunday of Advent we focus on how giving God the Glory produces peace in the midst of our earthly lives.

Intro: Humility and grace are two concepts that are the key to understand being a Christian. They also compliment each other. When I am humble I am that way because I remember the grace that has been poured out on me. I remember this grace by being humble enough to pour it out on others. We can be humble…

The Law of Christ 14 As for me, may I never boast about anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. Because of that cross, my interest in this world has been crucified, and the world’s interest in me has also died. Paul is saying that his life is not centered on a code, but on a person. His interest…

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Two Trees - Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil Tree of Life It’s no longer I who live 11 Later, when Peter came to Antioch, I had a face-to-face confrontation with him because he was clearly out of line. 12 Here’s the situation. Earlier, before certain persons had come from James, Peter regularly ate…

Why should the Galatians not have returned to the old law? What was the event that set in motion a new covenant between God and man?

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…