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This is a sermon on Gal. 5:13-15 For you were called to freedom, brethren; only do not turn your freedom into an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. 14 For the whole Law is fulfilled in one word, in the statement, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” 15 But if you bite and devour one another, take care that you are not consumed by one another.

Gal. 5:1-12: It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery. 2 Behold I, Paul, say to you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will be of no benefit to you. 3 And I testify again to every man who receives circumcision, that he is under obligation to keep the whole Law. 4 You have been severed from Christ, you who are se...

Gal 4:21-31 21 Tell me, you who want to be under the law, are you not aware of what the law says? 22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman. 23 His son by the slave woman was born according to the flesh, but his son by the free woman was born as the result of a divine promise. 24 These things are being taken figuratively: The women repre...

Gal. 4:12-20: I beg of you, brethren, become as I am, for I also have become as you are. You have done me no wrong; 13 but you know that it was because of a bodily illness that I preached the gospel to you the first time; 14 and that which was a trial to you in my bodily condition you did not despise or loathe, but you received me as an angel of God, as Christ Jesus Himself. 15 Where then is that...

Paul rebukes the Galatians for their return to legalism Gal. 4:8-11: However at that time, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those which by nature are no gods. 9 But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how is it that you turn back again to the weak and worthless elemental things, to which you desire to be enslaved all over again? 10 You observe days and mo...

We are sons and daughters in God's Kingdom. the passage For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. 27 For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29 And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s de...

A sermon on Gal. 3:19-25: 19 Why the Law then? It was added because of transgressions, having been ordained through angels by the agency of a mediator, until the seed would come to whom the promise had been made. 20 Now a mediator is not for one party only; whereas God is only one. 21 Is the Law then contrary to the promises of God? May it never be! For if a law had been given which was able to im...

the promise to Abraham stands in Christ (Gal.3.15_18).m4a A Hands-Tied Experience Imagine if I was preaching in a straight jacket right now… I would illustrate our tendency to return over and over again to the constraints and strictures of the Law instead of enjoying the fact that we are "Free to Enjoy" the new life God gives us. We limit ourselves by thinking we are saved by keeping the law. We l...

The Law Curses but Jesus Saves (Gal. 3:10-14)

A sermon on Galatians 3:6-9 specifically about how we are justified in Christ

The Galatians Conversion, Saved by the Holy Spirit, Live by the Holy Spirit (Gal. 3:1-5)

This is a sermon on Gal. 2:19-21 and living by the Holy Spirit.

This is a sermon on Gal. 2:11-19 about Paul confronting Peter on hypocrisy and reaffirming salvation by grace alone.

Guest preacher: The Promised Prince: Pastor Kobele

Christmas Eve: Ponder this: The POINT of Christmas is that We NEED a SAVIOR (Luke 2:1-7)

This is a series of meditations around the cantata verses

This is the basic Christmas message from Matthew 1:18-25 on children's Sunday

This is the second sermon on keeping Christ in Christmas on Matt 2:1-12

This is a sermon by Doug Pollock about his book, "God Space." This is about creating spiritual conversations

This is part 1 of my Christmas series on keeping Christ in Christmas

A sermon on Galatians 2:1-10

This is a sermon on Gal 1:11-24

This is a sermon on Galatians 1:6-10

This is a sermon on Jesus' temptation but also spiritual warfare

This is a sermon introducing Galatians. Paul's themes include salvation by grace alone. Gal 1:1-5