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Intro / Background

I am always taken back to the wise words of Solomon.. who said “there is nothing new under the sun.”

The Galatian believers aren’t doing anything new… this isn’t cutting edge.

This isn’t revolutionary stuff…

They are doing the same thing that has been happening for ages…

It continues to happen..

It is repeated..

In and amongst the church…

In every time period.. and in every culture..

The issues that Paul is addressing in this letter..

Are issues of great relevance.

They apply to our culture..

They apply to our time period..

They apply to this community..

They apply to this specific fellowship..

And.. they apply to each and every one of us..

I’ll give you a little background about these people..

As Erin mentioned last week, it is believed.... that the Galatians were originally from Gaul..

That’s.. modern day France..

They migrated over to modern day Turkey.. and settled there..

These are not a people with Jewish heritage..

They did not grow up.. with Jewish tradition..

They were.. Gentile.. through and through..

And who was the “apostle to the Gentiles”?

Of course.. it was Paul..

..he brought the gospel to these people..

Many embraced it..

And thus.. the church was established amongst the Galatians…

Did Paul encourage these people to embrace any form of Jewish culture or tradition?

Absolutely not.

He merely called them to embrace the gospel of Jesus Christ..

.. to commit their lives to Him..

.. And to grow.. spiritually.. in the liberty and freedom that is found in grace.

Apparently.. Paul appointed leadership.. and moved on..

Shortly after the church was on its own..

Trouble began to creep in..

There were many who believed.. that Christianity, and it’s practice..

.. could not be separated from the vital elements of Jewish culture and Jewish tradition..

…the cultures and traditions of Judaism should be engrained in the basic practices of Christianity.

The Galatians were practicing a simple faith in Christ.. apart from these cultural and traditional elements..

Therefore.. this group.. these people we call the Judiasers..

Felt compelled to bring their own version of the gospel message.. to the Galatian church..

In general… here’s what the Judiaser assault looked like:

One.. they sought to impose elements of Jewish culture upon a Gentile people..

Two.. they sought to discount the message of grace that they had received from Paul..

And replace that message.. w/one of “works”..

Paul taught them.. that they were considered righteous and acceptable before God.. by grace.. and grace alone..

What is grace?

It’s God’s unmerited favor..

We don’t deserve it.. but He gives it..

But this concept began to change..

God offered to man a pure, spiritual concept of truth… a truth that could only exist in Him… and man took that truth and did his own thing with it.

God’s truth needed to be tweaked a bit.

So man took grace, and corrupted it.

No longer.. were they free.. and acceptable before God.. because of grace..

Now.. their freedom and acceptance.. depended upon their performance..

Their performance in adhering to the law..

Their performance in adhering to tradition..

Ultimately: their performance.. in the area of works.

When Paul heard about this.. he was troubled..

Some people get upset.. when their agenda.. or their philosophy is not embraced by other people..

They become the poster-children of philosophy and doctrine..

For some.. it’s more important to get people to believe their way.. or practice church their way.. or label themselves accordingly.. or embrace their doctrines..

… that’s more important..

.. than getting people to experience the joy of the Lord.. and the peace that only God can bring..

Paul was not upset.. because they dropped his agenda and picked up somebody else’s agenda..

.. Paul was upset.. because they were beginning to embrace a mentality..

That was going to rob them.. of the “joy of the Lord”..

It was going to rob them… of the “peace that only God can give”

Paul was troubled for their sakes..

Not for his own.

The Judiasers.. they had two concerns.. that are still common amongst some groups today..

One.. they wanted people on their team.

They wanted to see their cause embraced.. and by that.. have their own beliefs validated..

Two.. they wanted to make the other missionaries.. (in this case, Paul).. look bad..

Hey.. Paul brought the gospel to these people..

But he fell short.

He didn’t bring them the whole truth..

This is an easy mentality for us to fall into..

Even amongst our own fellowship of churches..

What’s our motive?

To get people to embrace JX and experience the peace that only He can bring..

Or.. do we want people to embrace our philosophy and style of ministry?

Our church has its own style.

It has its own personality.

Other churches have their own styles and their own personalities.

Churches are made up of people… therefore, they are kind of like people… they take on a certain look… they have personalities.

Some are more independent.

Some are more prone to follow fads.

Oh.. it’s soooo cool to meet in a warehouse .. to dress any way we want.. and.. to have a rockin awesome band.. and.. we study the Bible verse by verse.

Sometimes… it’s the personality that stands out the most when we visit a church.

The look… the feel… the style…

You really need to come give Calvary Chapel a try..

And, in a way… that can’t be helped.

But with our own unique styles, there should be a goal in place… that our style, does not overshadow the Word of God.

That our personality… does not speak louder, than the Gospel.

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