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Preaching Outline
A.Intro
1. Very opinionated culture
a) Moive and book reviews, shows with professional opinions about what is going on, bloggers and the internet
2. As Christians, how concerned should be about other people’s opinions?
Should we be concerned with how we are perceived or what people think about us?
3. What about God’s opinion?
Do we know what God’s opinion of us is? How does God view us?
B.Historical Background
1. Paul preaches the gospel and plants churches.
2. Paul moves on and Judaizers move in.
a) Accepted the gospel, but then were led astray
b) Paul didn’t want it to get out of hand.
3. Paul writes to correct them.
a) Firm.
Not happy at all.
b) “Foolish”
c) Upset
4. Our Journey
a) Talking about doctrine, mainly justification
b) Move from the head, to the heart.
· *Stand Firm.*
· *Set free through Christ.*
· *Stand firm don’t return to slavery (working for God’s favor)*
· *Stand firm against ourselves.*
· *Stand firm against others.*
· *Stand firm on the offensive gospel.*
C. Stand Firm Against Ourselves (vs.
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1. Illustrations
a) Israelites in the desert—wanted to return to Egypt when going got tough.
b) Addictions
· Return to it because it gives “control”, something to depend on.
2. The Galatians were set free, but they were returning to slavery.
a) The Galatians were "set free."
· Heard the gospel and believed.
· When we believe the gospel, we are set free in two ways: from sin’s power and from sin’s guilt.
b) False teaching crept in, and they thought Christ wasn't enough.
· Thought they needed circumcision as well.
· In itself, not bad…the reality behind it was bad.
· Thought they needed “Christ plus.”
This was their personal contribution.
“Now I’m really a Christian.”
“Now God really loves me.”
· Add anything to the gospelàlose the gospel.
· Vs 2: “Mark my words!...”
· Add worksàyou subtract Christàon your own.
· Can’t just follow one law, you have to follow them all.
(vs. 3)
· Problem is that it can’t be done.
You can’t do it.
3. We are not very different from these Galatians (I am not very different)
a) If you are a Christian today, you are “set free."
· Heard the gospel and believe.
· We have been set free from the power and the guilt of sin.
· Salvation is ours.
We are justified.
We are God’s children.
Sons and daughters.
· Work has been doneàonly believe.
b) Think that we still need to earn God’s favor..
· So used to earning things, that we begin to think that is how God works too.
o Garden, promotion, getting good grades to graduate.
· Explicit or implicit: Little voice in our heads tells us that the good work that we’re doing is earning God’s favor.
· God will love me more if I:
o Quiet times.
Church.
Pray.
Be good.
Don’t swear.
o If we don’t do them, then we’re not really a Christian.
· When we are doing good things, we feel good about ourselves.
We feel like God should love us more because of what we do.
God doesn’t love others as much who don’t do what we do.
· Creates pride in our lives, and it is not the gospel.
· Good that we do doesn’t contribute to our salvation.
It doesn’t add to God’s love for us.
If we think that we can add to it, then we lose Christ and what he has done!
· Other problem: Debtor’s Ethic: we see what God has done for us through Jesus and we feel we need to do good works to repay him.
· think “He’s done so much…here’s how I can repay him.”
o I can go to church, be nice to people, give my money, have my quiet times and prayàmy repayment for this huge debt.
· Act out of guilt.
Think we can do something to repay God.
o 1 personànational debt.
No chance.
· Either way: It’s all about me: not the gospel.
· If we think we are are earning God’s favor by the things that we do, we’ve missed the gospel.
· If we think we can repay God for what he’s done for us, we’ve missed the gospel.
· Do this or God won’t love meàmissed the gospel (while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Romans 5:8)
· Christ died for us when we were still sinners.
That means God loved us when we were at our worst.
God’s love doesn’t change.
· Can’t repay the debt.
Working for ever.
Never be enough.
4. Everything except Christ alone is false and leads to slavery.
· Christ doesn’t need our help.
We need his.
· Christ didn’t die for us so he would be paid back.
He knew we never could.
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