Truth that Transforms

Main Point: Christmas is a time to celebrate Jesus’ first coming and to eagerly await His second coming.

Paul employs an Old Testament story to illustrate the contrast between the way of law and the way of grace, the way of works and the way of faith, the way of man and the way of God.

Main Point: God’s ultimate purpose for His children is for us to be formed into the likeness of Christ.

Main Point: The great and central basis of Christian assurance is not how much our hearts are set on God, but how unshakably His heart is set on us.

Main Point: Paul explains three facts of our spiritual adoption.

Main Point: Paul describes three changes that result from being rightly related to God through faith in Jesus Christ.

Main Point: The Old Testament Law was not given to secure the promise. Instead, the Law reveals our sin and points us to the Savior who obeyed the Law on our behalf and then died in our place so that we might receive the promised blessing.

Main Point: After having shown the Galatian believers from their own experience that they were justified by faith and not by works of the law (Galatians 3:1–5), Paul now defends the doctrine from Scripture.

Main Point: Paul explains the role of the Trinity in the believer's experience of justification and sanctification.

Main Point: Paul defines, defends, and applies salvation by faith in Christ.

Paul confronts Peter’s fear of man, hypocrisy, and legalism and admonishes Peter to get back in alignment with the freedom, faith, and love of the gospel.

Main Point: Paul explains his trip to Jerusalem to offer convincing proof that the apostles are committed to gospel unity.

Paul’s gospel is truly from God.

Main Point: Paul is astonished by the Galatians’ defection from the one true gospel of grace and explains the fate of the false teachers who seek to please men instead of God.

Main Point: Paul takes three steps to teach the Galatian Christians the truth about the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Main Point: Full and lasting joy is found in God’s presence.

Main Point: By means of three principles Jesus teaches and demonstrates that servanthood is essential to Christianity.

Main Point: Jesus commands the universal mission of the Church: make disciples of all nations.

Main Point: All believers are adopted into the family of God and called to walk as His children in community with one another.

Main Point: Our mission, to know Christ and make Him known, is a community project.

Main Point: The resurrection of Jesus is explained through different witnesses so that you may believe and be a faithful witness for Christ.

Main point: Jesus willingly receives the full exercise of the Father’s wrath against the sins of His people so that we can be reconciled to God and live for His glory.

Main point: At Jesus’ Roman trial before Pontius Pilate, Jesus again acknowledges that He is indeed the Messiah, the King of the Jews. Ironically, the guilty insurrectionist Barabbas is released by Pilate in the Passover clemency, while the righteous and innocent Son of God is delivered over to crucifixion. Yet, this is all part of God’s purpose and plan to accomplish His promised salvation.

Main point: Peter’s denial of Christ serves as a sobering reminder of the grievous consequences of self-confidence in spite of the best intentions. On the other hand, it is also an encouragement regarding the forgiveness of God.