Let's Try Grace
Letter to the Galatians • Sermon • Submitted
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· 25 viewsWe are looking at the letter to Galatian as a letter of Grace and reconciliation
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Question:
Question:
What is your source for spiritual direction?
What is your source for spiritual direction?
“Put simply, spiritual direction is an ongoing process of nurturing your spiritual life. Although it is not counselling or therapy, it may have the benefits of healing and spiritual and emotional growth.” https://vocationnetwork.org/en/articles/show/291-spiritual-direction-for-dummies-and-other-smart-people-who-don-t-know-where-to-start
Social Media (facebook, Twitter, blogs, online articles, etc.)
Social Media (facebook, Twitter, blogs, online articles, etc.)
Printed Media (books, magazines, newspapers)
Printed Media (books, magazines, newspapers)
People (family member, friend, Church person.)
People (family member, friend, Church person.)
The word of God (the Bible with both testaments
The word of God (the Bible with both testaments
Paul, an apostle—not from men nor through man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead— and all the brothers who are with me,
To the churches of Galatia:
Paul, an apostle—not from men nor through man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead— and all the brothers who are with me,
To the churches of Galatia:
Galatians 1:
Galatians 1:1
The Bible is the only source of authority for the follower of Jesus Christ. In the words of Martin Luther “Sola Scriptura” or “Scripture only”
Illustration:
I WOULD LIKE TO TELL you a story. It’s about a young man who ruined his life. He left home, traveled abroad, and wasted his fortune on shallow pursuits and empty pleasures. Eventually he came to the end of his rope: he was out of money, out of food, out of help, and out of hope. This profligate is better known as the prodigal son in Jesus’ famous parable.
Todd Wilson, Galatians: Gospel-Rooted Living, ed. R. Kent Hughes, Preaching the Word (Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2013), 19.
And he said, “There was a man who had two sons. And the younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of property that is coming to me.’ And he divided his property between them. Not many days later, the younger son gathered all he had and took a journey into a far country, and there he squandered his property in reckless living. And when he had spent everything, a severe famine arose in that country, and he began to be in need. So he went and hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed pigs. And he was longing to be fed with the pods that the pigs ate, and no one gave him anything.
Preaching the Word: Galatians—Gospel-Rooted Living Chapter 1: Go Back to Grace (Galatians 1:1–5)
What do we do when we’ve made a mess of things? Where do we go when we’ve blown it badly? To what do we turn when we’ve embittered our child with harsh words, when we’ve betrayed our spouse with sheer stupidity, when we’ve alienated a colleague or a classmate with a series of me-first choices, when we’ve driven a wedge between friends or sown discord among congregants? Where do we go when we’ve been insensitive, thoughtless, or downright obnoxious? How do we respond when we’ve drifted away from the faith, compromised the gospel, or turned our back on God?
What do we do when we’ve made a mess of things?
Where do we go when we have blown it badly?
To what do we turn when we’ve embittered our child with harsh words?
When we’ve betrayed our spouse with sheer stupidity?
When we have alienated a colleague or a classmate with a series of me first choices?
When we have driven a wedge between friends or sown discord in the church?
Where do we go when we’ve been insensitive, thoughtless, or downright obnoxious?
How do we respond when we’ve drifted away from the faith, compromised the gospel, or turned our back on God?