Galatians (7)

Introduction: Have you ever started something, and when your in the middle of it wonder how you were ever going to finish it? Like a season as a coach, a class or degree, a puzzle, or even something like your marriage? Story of a hike we took on Conklin Hollow rim trail.

Will God finish what He started?

Review and background of gospel up to chapter 3

Read passage and pray

Walk through each verse pointing out the flow of explanation.

3:1

3:2

See Galatians 3:14 and Gal 4:6 regarding the promised indwelling of Holy Spirit

See Joel 2:28

Joel 2:28 ESV

“And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions.

See John 14:15-17

John 14:15–17 ESV

“If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.

3:3

3:4

Read background from Acts 13:48-14:23

3:5

3:6

Conclude with some questions…

Have I been placed in Christ by the Holy Spirit?

Will I continue in Christ by the Holy Spirit?

Never doubt if God will finish what He started. He will.

Are my eyes on the cross of Christ?

Being cross eyed is a major characteristic for those who walk by the spirit and not by the flesh!