Sermons Christ Community Church: Daytona Beach, FL

We see three things in these three verses: The Power of Freedom (13a), The Purpose of Freedom (13b-14), and The Peril of Freedom (v15).

If, as Nehemiah 8:10 puts it, the joy of the LORD is your strength, where do you find the strength to run your race well when you are burdened with the weight of trying to earn the favor of God instead of accepting by faith the grace God gives in Christ?

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but only faith working through love. This is certainly a critical truth to understand and apply in everyday life. It is in the Bible because from the days of the Bible to the present, it is common for people to fall into a way of living that looks Christian and, in a sense, is partially Christian but it is less than w...

At the heart of this letter to the Galatians is a battle between two different claims. Some teachers claim that God will only accept you on the basis of your own obedience, your own performance. The Apostle Paul, on the other hand, claims that God will only accept you on the basis of his SON’S obedience and performance.

In this passage we glimpse two things. We glimpse the freedom of the gospel (vv12-15). And we glimpse the slavery of the law. (vv15-20)

God wants you to truly believe in the Son of God and then fully live like a child of God!

If you are a believer in Christ, you are ADOPTED. Sinclair Ferguson said: “the notion that we are children of God, his own sons and daughters… is the main spring of Christian living… Our sonship to God is the Apex of Creation and the goal of redemption.”

The message of this passage is that faith places God’s promise at the heart of everything.

We have not only died spiritually with Christ but have been raised with Him to new life now and for all of eternity. We hope in the personal and eternal God who has promised to resurrect us in the last day because we’re united to Jesus Christ. The Church not only knows the God of resurrection but is to grow in knowing the God of resurrection.

Jesus didn't rise again to patch up your old life; He rose to endit and give you an entirely new one.

God the father raised Jesus Christ from the dead. The significance of this statement can only be understood as part of a larger story. The resurrection of Jesus is not an inexplicable, random event. It is the powerful vindication of the most important person who ever lived and the most important message you will ever hear.

Christ came to deliver us from this present evil age.

These verses show us that Christ died so that by the Holy Spirit, His people would be united through Faith.

Galatians seeks to deeply press into our hearts the reality that our peace with God does not come through anything we are trying to be or do, but entirely through faith in Jesus Christ.

We are called to pursue the goal to which God calls us, and to do so with faith. The difference with spiritual life is that the goal is given by God, and the faith is faith in God. We need faith in the work of God within us, because the goal to which God calls us cannot be achieved by our efforts alone.

This passage It challenges us to consider that two things some people might find difficult to hold together at the same time are actually equally important. The first is that we are declared righteous by God, not on the basis of changes that we make in our lives, but purely on the basis of faith in Jesus as our Lord and Savior. The second truth is that God declares us righteous not so we can more...

Trusting in God's love and radical acceptance in Jesus is the only foundation for a radically new life of faith and obedience.

Would it surprise you to know that true freedom in life is to walk a particular path in life, not because of fearful compulsion but because of love, devotion, and truth?

A critical issue for spiritual freedom is unwavering clarity about the truth of the Gospel.

We who believe in Jesus can live before God with courageous, worshipful humility because he set us apart and called us by his grace and revealed his Son to us.

Whose approval matters more to you – God’s approval or the approval of people?