Text: Galatians 5:16-18 Theme: The only way to overcome our worldly nature is to live by the Spirit. Key verses: “…live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature. For the sinful nature desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the sinful ...
Text: Galatians 5:13-15 Theme: The purpose of our freedom is to love others and serve them. Key verses: “You, my brothers, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the sinful nature; rather, serve one another in love. The entire law is summed up in a single command: ‘Love your ...
Text: Galatians 5:7-12 Theme: Other people can get us off track from the truth if we allow them. Key verses: “You were running a good race. Who cut in on you and kept you from obeying the truth? That kind of persuasion does not come from the one who calls you” (v. 7-8). “I am ...
Text: Galatians 5:1-6 Theme: Trusting in works means not trusting God’s grace Key verses: “If is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery” (v. 1). “…if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no value to ...
Text: Galatians 4:21-31 Theme: In Christ, we are children of the New Covenant. Key Verses: “For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman” (v. 22). “These things may be taken figuratively, for the women represent two covenants” (v. 24). “Now you, brothers, ...
Text: Galatians 4:10-20 Theme: Paul was perplexed by the change in how the Galatians alienated him and embraced no-gooders. Key verses: “You are observing special days and months and seasons and years!” (v. 10). “…you welcomed me as an angel of God, as if I were Christ Jesus himself. What has happened to all your ...
Text: Galatians 4:8-9 Theme: What should motivate us more than knowing God? Being known by God. Key verses: “Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods. But now that you know God–or rather are known by God–how is it that you are turning back to ...
Text: Galatians 3:26-4:7 Theme: Once slaves, now we are sons and heirs of God. Key verses: “You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus” (3:26). “If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise” (3:29). “…when we were children, we were in slavery under the ...
Text: Galatians 3:21-25 Theme: Faith in Christ has freed us from prison to sin. Key Verses: “But the Scripture declares that the whole world is a prisoner of sin, so that what was promised, being given through faith in Jesus Christ, might be given to those who believe. Before this faith came, we were held ...