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: Galatians 2:19-21 Theme: If we depend on the law, then Christ died for nothing. Key verses: “The law has provided the means to end my dependence on it for righteousness Now I have found freedom to truly live for GOd. I have been crucified with the Liberating King–I am no longer alive–but the Liberator ...
Text: Galatians 2:14-18 Theme: We are sinners no matter who we are or how good we act. Key verses: “But we know that no one is made right with God by meeting the demands of the law. It is only through the faithfulness of Jesus the Liberator, that salvation is even possible. This is why ...
Text: Galatians 2:6-14 Theme: Don’t fear men’s power and influence. Key verses: “It makes no difference to me (or to God for that matter) if people have power or influence. God doesn’t chose favorites among His children. Even the so-called pillars of the church didn’t contribute anything to my understanding of the good news” (v. ...