The Purpose Of God.

To Save us From Hell.

WE walk By Faith.

Author: Paul, the Apostle.

There is little if any question of Paul’s authorship.

Date: Uncertain. Somewhere between A.D. 48–60. Some scholars hold an early date of A.D. 48–50 and some a later date of A.D. 51–60.

To Whom Written: “To the churches of Galatia” (Ga. 1:2).

Some believe the letter was written to churches in southern Galatia, others to churches in northern Galatia. Acts 13 and 14 are a record of the southern mission. There is no account in Acts of a northern venture.

Purpose: To vindicate Paul’s call by God and the gospel of grace.

Paul and the gospel of Christ were both under attack. Some false teachers, who were professing Jewish Christians (called Judaizers), were teaching a double error. They taught (1) that a person was saved partly by faith and partly by works, and (2) that a person grew in Christ partly by faith and partly by his own effort

Leadership Ministries Worldwide. (2010). Galatians (p. 1). Chattanooga, TN: Leadership Ministries Worldwide.

Galatians is “The Heart of the Gospel.” Man must receive the gospel by faith. He does not work for it by keeping the law. The law does not produce faith. It only works a curse. Therefore, Christ Himself has to redeem man. But man must go beyond receiving the gospel; he must live it out in his life. This is done by the power of the cross and by the power of the Holy Spirit (Ga. 5:1–6:18).

Leadership Ministries Worldwide. (2010). Galatians (p. 2). Chattanooga, TN: Leadership Ministries Worldwide.

Galatians 1:1–5 KJV 1900

1 Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;) 2 And all the brethren which are with me, unto the churches of Galatia: 3 Grace be to you and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ, 4 Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father: 5 To whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

2 Corinthians 5:6–11 KJV 1900

6 Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: 7 (For we walk by faith, not by sight:) 8 We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. 9 Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him. 10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad. 11 Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences.

The Marks of a true Believer trusting in Jesus and Jesus only.

Romans 6:18–23 KJV 1900

18 Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness. 19 I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness. 20 For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness. 21 What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death. 22 But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. 23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Galatians 3:11 KJV 1900

11 But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.

Galatians 2:20–21 KJV 1900

20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. 21 I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.

Blessed or highly favored.

Psalm 1:1–6 KJV 1900

1 Blessed is the man That walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor standeth in the way of sinners, Nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. 2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord; And in his law doth he meditate day and night. 3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, That bringeth forth his fruit in his season; His leaf also shall not wither; And whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. 4 The ungodly are not so: But are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. 5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. 6 For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous: But the way of the ungodly shall perish.

Adrian Rogers Sermon Archive D. Hell Is a Place of Absolute Hopelessness

but one great poet said above the doors of hell should be engraved these words: “Abandon all hope, ye who enter here.” Hell is a place, dear friend, that, once you’re there, you’ll never get out of hell. If you don’t want to go to hell, you don’t have to go to hell. But, if you die and go to hell, you will never ever get out of hell. And, the Bible says, “The smoke of their torment ascendeth … for ever and ever.” (Revelation 14:11)

Adrian Rogers Sermon Archive III. The Refuge from Hell

The Bible says in 2 Peter 3:9: “The Lord is not … willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.” (2 Peter 3:9) And, God doesn’t want you to die and go to hell.

Rodney "Gipsy" Smith MBE (31 March 1860 - 4 August 1947) was a British evangelist who conducted evangelistic campaigns in the United States and Great Britain for over 70 years. He was an early member of The Salvation Army and a contemporary of Fanny Crosby and acquaintance of G. Campbell Morgan and H. A. Ironside

Adrian Rogers Sermon Archive Conclusion

Conclusion

•Years ago, I read a story. Gipsy Smith, the great evangelist, told the story. He said he was raised a gypsy boy, and one day the gypsies were traveling, going from one place to another, and they tried to get their wagons across a little narrow bridge crossing a stream. And somehow, in crossing the stream, one of the horses reared. And, the horse was frightened, and the carriage and the wagons tipped over. And, this gypsy boy’s mother fell into the rushing torrent, the water of that stream. The gypsy boy was not a good swimmer, but he pulled his coat from off his back and jumped into the water and tried to get his mother. But, she was frightened, and she panicked; and she fought him. And, he tried to save her, and she pulled him under. And, he wasn’t a good swimmer. He said, “Mother, be still! I want to help you!” But, she was in such a frenzy and such a panic that she kept fighting and kept fighting. Finally, exhausted, the boy released the hold on his mother, and she sank beneath the swirling waters and was drowned.

Later on, at the funeral, that gypsy boy was there, and he looked down at the face of his now dead mother, and the hot tears coursed down his cheeks. And, he said, “Mother! Mother, I tried to save you, but you wouldn’t let me! Mother, I tried to save you, but you wouldn’t let me! Mother, I tried to save you, but you wouldn’t let me!”

I believe that the Lord Jesus Christ, as you drop into hell, will say, “Oh, sinner, I tried to save you! I tried to save you! I died to save you, but you wouldn’t let me. You wouldn’t let me. You wouldn’t let me.”•

“The Lord is not … willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.” (2 Peter 3:9)•