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Last week we jumped back into the book of Galatians - after having been away from it for the month of May.
Last week, Paul highlighted FOR the Galatians - (for us) - the TWO PATHS of Humanity…!
That there are ONLY 2 paths
And that if you are on THIS PATH - then you’re NOT on this one
And if you’re on THIS one - than not the OTHER
The two paths (High Level)...
SLIDE:
Spiritual Freedom & Spiritual Slavery
At the deepest level...
SLIDE:
Spiritual Freedom (Jesus) & Spiritual Slavery (you)
And IN CONTEXT for the Galatians - That if the Galatians chose to RECEIVE circumcision as a MEANS of salvation...
That they would be SEVERED from Jesus Christ and CUT OFF from His grace!! - And ALL ALONE!
And just so you don’t take MY word for it…let’s look at what God said last week...
And by DOING SO - by choosing circumcision - they would be:
going back UNDER the law
NOW accountable for the WHOLE Law
And obligated to KEEP the law - perfectly!
NOW - we have to remember - putting ourselves in the Galatian’s shoes -
they are hearing 2 different GOSPELS...
each one - SEEMINGLY right
[The true Gospel preached by Paul] - Faith Alone in Christ Alone
[The false gospel preached by false teachers] - Faith plus circumcision (which was a sign of the covenant)
See - the false teaching wasn’t about adding EVIL to the true gospel!
The Galatians were being persuaded to add this - Respectable ritual to their belief structure
Which lead to - a deep contemplation on these things!
It would be like us today - talking about “NEEDING to be water baptised to be saved”.
Of course that’s WRONG - but water baptism isn’t this evil thing....and hence, the reason why some get off track!
Today - we’re going to see another argument that Paul uses to combat the false teaching in the churches…
and from there - consequences of ignoring Paul’s argument!
And a cool thing about today is - we’re gonna get to see this argument of Paul, play itself out in real life… (I’m excited)
Let’s get to our text...
I really like how Paul starts off this section because he does so by - TAKING the Galatians - back to when they were on the RIGHT PATH!
He says...
He allows them to know -
You WERE on the RIGHT path...
But NOW - there’s a problem!
NOW - Paul’s saying - - you’ve slowed your RUN - to a STANDSTILL!
Remember - they’re at the FORK in the ROAD....
Between FREEDOM…and SLAVERY...
Freedom in Faith alone in Christ alone...
OR
Slavery to death - a reliance on SELF to get to God!
And Paul’s gonna point to his first argument (today)- and it’s a big one!
Read v7...
The “him” here is referring to God!
And it brings us to our first point today...
SLIDE: God’s Word Understood: The Basis for All Truth
God’s Word Understood
The world would do well to understand this!
God’s word - understood - is the basis for all truth!
What did Paul say?
This persuasion is not from God.
Paul’s saying - God is not persuading you AWAY from what I taught you...
I gave you God’s TRUTH - therefore - this persuasion you’re hearing is in CONFLICT with God’s truth!
And this is an IMPORTANT point for Paul to make...
BECAUSE...
Circumcision had always had a place in God’s plan…and the gentiles KNEW IT!
What was NEEDED in Galatia at this time was this - KNOWLEDGE - of the Truth
The Judaizers didn’t have this KNOWLEDGE...
Paul here speaking of his Jewish kinsman...
And the Judaizers - teaching out of their ignorance - DON’T have the KNOWLEDGE Paul speaks of here!
But ignorance in a certain context!
Ignorance of WHERE TRUTH RESIDES!
God’s Word!!
So question - is it really the Judaizers fault?
Would they have KNOWN about FAITH ALONE by looking at the OT?
So what could Paul have pointed to in the OT scriptures to say TO THOSE JUDAIZERS… - SEE, Faith Alone…apart from WORKS?
Faith brought righteousness...
See - Faith alone is not just a NT teaching!
There was evidence in the OT that Paul could have pointed to...
And the Judaizers were accountable to this TRUTH...
And this truth absolutely applies to us today!
If you think about the various RELIGIONS of the world today...
The apostle Paul would have this same response to them today!
“The persuasion that came to you was not from God”
SEE - Paul’s ARGUMENT is ALL ABOUT the Authority of Scripture (God’s Word)!!
God’s Word understood - is the BASIS of ALL TRUTH!!!
And because that’s true - those who have embraced a false religion - have done so...
BECAUSE they [DON’T] see God’s word as the FINAL AUTHORITY!
NOW - I said earlier that we’re going to get to see - this ARGUMENT of Paul’s played out in real life...
I have a video clip I’d like to show you - I don’t normally do this - BUT - this clip fits SO WELL into what we’re talking about here...
Let me set it up - Jeff Durbin is a pastor in Arizona - and he often ministers to the Mormon community.
He’s talking to some mormons in this clip...
And they’re beginning to discuss the IDENTITY of Christ...
And how Mormons believe in a different Christ than Christians do...
The mormons in the video - they don’t believe the differences are a big deal...
But Jeff’s going to show them that it IS a big deal.
See - these mormons want to be known as - Christians
Yet - Jeff is going to take them to God’s word...
As background - Mormons believe...
God used to be a man…and that we can become Gods one day
So they believe there are actually millions of gods and that there will be millions more FORMED in the future…as mormons over time attain godhood.
Let’s see how it plays out...
VIDEO CLIP: Apologia Talk with Mormons...
(13:20 - No other gods)
(14:45 - Because of Joseph’s revelation you have to say that)
(15:00 - Base all belief on Joseph Smith)
(18:55 - Dad analogy)
Did you hear it?
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