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So we come today - to the final sermon on Galatians.
Today will be a RECAP of the entire book.
Even so - I don’t anticipate it being longer than last week’s sermon…
…but still - we have much to get to - so let’s get into it.
The Book of Galatians was written - if you remember - due to an ISSUE in the churches there.
False teachers had come into the churches and begun teaching that Gentile members - needed to FIRST be physically circumcised...
…in order to BE SAVED!
NOW - Paul - HEARING of this...
Knows that he’s going to need to lay some groundwork in this letter...
And what he does is - He appeals to his apostleship.
Verse 1...
Paul knows that the people in the churches - are being SWAYED in their thinking - TOWARD a FALSE GOSPEL!!
And so he wants to HIGHLIGHT some things - REMIND the people WHO he is and upon WHAT AUTHORITY he writes!
He wanted to remind the people that....
SLIDE: Paul’s Apostleship: Founded on the Authority of Christ
Paul’s Apostleship
IN CONTRAST - to the authority of the false teachers!
Paul wanted to ELEVATE the reality that he had been SENT BY GOD…NOT by man.
That HIS message - was THE message - of God.
And what we see RIGHT OFF THE BAT in this book - is that there’s gonna be a showdown between...
Paul’s Message
The False Teachers’ Message
Paul needed to REMIND the Galatians that there was - ONE TRUE GOSPEL!
Which means ...
SLIDE: The Gospel of Jesus Christ: Exclusive
The Gospel of Jesus Christ
· Paul says – Not that there is another gospel!
· There is NO OTHER source of – ETERNAL good news!
· We MUST – get this right!
· The Gospel of Christ – is the GOOD NEWS of Christ…
ALL mankind is in rebellion against God.
· DEAD in SIN
· NOT ALIVE – Spiritually – in SIN
· Not Able to please God
· Not ABLE to understand spiritual things…
· SO Jesus Christ…empties Himself – and takes on the form of a servant…
· Jesus lived a PERFECT life…
· NEVER sinned
· Shed His blood for the forgiveness of sins…
· Was crucified, DIED, was buried…
· And on the 3rd day – ROSE from the dead…
· He’s ALIVE today…
GOSPEL!
THE ONLY Gospel!!
And BECAUSE that’s true - the Galatians needed to know...
SLIDE: The Gospel of Jesus Christ: Judges All Men
The Gospel of Jesus Christ
The STANDARD has been set!
“Even if [I] preach another gospel....let me be accursed!”
Paul HIMSELF would be JUDGED by what he preached!
“Even if AN ANGEL - FROM HEAVEN…preached another gospel - let him be accursed!”
Even angels will be weighed on the scales of the Gospel of Christ!
ALL MEN - ALL CREATION - judged according to the Gospel of Jesus Christ...
And so OBVIOUSLY Paul was not out to PLEASE man!
He was only about pleasing God…and so his message would align with that desire.
Paul needed to GET the Galatians to understand WHY they needed to EMBRACE HIS message - as the TRUE GOSPEL!
....the TRUE good news!!
Paul wanted to VALIDATE the Gospel...
WHY believe?
Because Paul knew...
SLIDE:
Paul’s Message:
God’s Message: Not Our Own
God’s Agenda: Not Our Own
God’s Love: Not Our Own
God’s Glory: Not Our Own
And what’s interesting - Having now gone through ALL of Galatians...
We NOW KNOW that if we apply this slide to the False Teachers...
…And we just start with the BOTTOM point...
It would read:
Not for God’s Glory: But Their Own
and because that’s true...
Not from God’s Love: But Their Own version
And because THAT’s true...
NOT God’s Agenda: But Their Own
And because ALL of that’s TRUE...
Not God’s Message: But Their OWN message!
But Paul says -
See Paul needed to let the Galatians KNOW - that any message OUTSIDE of HIS message - was NOT the Gospel!
NOT from God!
And therefore - a FALSE gospel.
It was the TRUE Gospel that Paul was constantly holding UP and HIGHLIGHTING!
Paul was constantly revealing different ANGLES to the Gospel...
Different ASPECTS of the REAL gospel!
UNLIKE the False Gospel...
SLIDE:
The True Gospel:
Aligns with the Message of the Apostles
Sifts All Men & All Beliefs
Is Displayed in Our Living
Aligns with the Message of the Apostles:
Paul aligned HIS message (the one he previously preached TO the Galatians - with the message of the apostles) <— the men who lived and walked with Jesus Himself
Sifts All Men & All Beliefs: This means that a DISTORTED view of the Law, will lead to a Distorted (false) Gospel
Is Displayed in Our Living: That for those around us - who should be HEARING the gospel from our lips - they should also SEE the gospel in our hands and feet.
• The Gospel Displayed in our Living - is a Gospel validated in the hearts of those watching us...
• And so Paul REINFORCED the connection between his message and Christ’s!....
• AND in doing so -
• He shines a spotlight on the ERROR of this False Gospel!
All throughout the early portions of Galatians - we see Paul giving ARGUMENT after ARGUMENT as to WHY the Galatians needed to trust in what Paul had previously TAUGHT them...
And his next argumentation dealt with how he had previously HANDLED the Gospel - in the past - for the BENEFIT of the Galatians!
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