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 ...
Text: Galatians 3:15-20 Theme: God’s promise to Abraham trumps the Law Key verses: “Brothers, let me take an example from everyday life. Just as no one can set aside or add to a human covenant that has been duy established, so it is in this case. The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his ...
Text: Galatians 3:10-14 Theme: Our faith in Christ connects us with Abraham’s promise. Key verses: “Clearly no one is justified before God by the law, because, ‘The righteous will live by faith\'” (v. 11). “Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us…He redeemed us in order that the ...
Text: Galatians 3:1-9 Theme: Only faith justifies us like Abraham was. Key verses: “…Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? Are you so foolish? Having begun in the Spirit, are you now being made perfect by the flesh?” (v. 2-3). “Therefore know that only those ...
Text: Titus 3:12-15 Theme: As a family of faith, we must be ready and willing to meet other people’s urgent needs–not just our own. Key verses: “As soon as I send Artemas or Tychicus to you, do your best to come to me…Do everything you can to help Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their ...
Text: Titus 3:8-12 Theme: Controversial discussions that don’t lead one to do what is good are foolish. Key verses: “…I want you to stress these things, so that those who have trusted in God may be careful to devote themselves to doing what is good. These things are excellent and profitable for everyone. But avoid ...