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Galatians: No Other Gospel, Part 14

Final Words

The cross is offensive, but it is also glorious and sufficient for salvation.

Galatians: No Other Gospel, Part 13

The Way You Live and Treat Others Matters for Today and Eternity

Living by the Spirit means bearing one another’s burdens and persevering in doing good.

Galatians: No Other Gospel, Part 12

The War Within

Yield to the Spirit, resist the flesh, and enjoy the spoils of war won by Christ.

Galatians: No Other Gospel, Part 10

God’s Free Children

We are God’s free children. And as such, we should not rely on our flesh but rely on the promise and power of God.

Galatians: No Other Gospel, Part 9

A Personal Appeal

Paul makes a personal, fatherly, and pastoral appeal for the true gospel with three questions: 1) How can you turn back? 2) What became of the blessing you felt? and 3) Have I become your enemy by telling you the truth?

Galatians: No Other Gospel, Part 8

Sons and Heirs of God

We were held captive under the law until faith came. In Christ, we are captive no longer, but we are sons and heirs now that the time has fully come.

Galatians: No Other Gospel, Part 7

Life Comes Through the Promise

You cannot find life in simply keeping the law, so you must believe God’s promise.

Galatians: No Other Gospel, Part 6

Justified by Faith

Paul shows that justification is by faith alone through each Christian’s experience, Abraham’s example, and Christ’s exoneration.

Galatians: No Other Gospel, Part 5

Confrontation and Justification

Paul would not budge on his conviction that justification is by faith in Christ and not works of the law. This conviction, and his willingness even to confront Peter over it, protected the purpose of the death of Christ and the gospel itself.

Galatians: No Other Gospel, Part 4

The Authenticity of the Gospel

The true gospel will always be consistent with its apostolic foundation and the broader Christian congregation.

Galatians: No Other Gospel, Part 3

God Himself is the Source of the Gospel

Paul uses his life story to prove that he was not the source of his message. Four things in his conversion demonstrate that God is the source of the gospel. God is the one who consecrated Paul, called him by grace, revealed the Son to him, and commissioned him for a purpose.

Galatians: No Other Gospel, Part 2

Warning Against a Fake Gospel

All people, even Christians, tend to turn to fake gospels. Paul has strong warnings for those who preach and embrace them.

Galatians: No Other Gospel, Part 1

Embrace God’s Grace and Peace

In the first five verses of Galatians, Paul introduces us not only to himself and his original readers, he introduces us to the main theme of the entire book. Paul is compelled to assert the truth that Christians are free from the tyranny of sin through faith in Christ and through faith in Christ alone.

Christ Has Come, Part 2

Adoption: Sons and Daughters of God

Adoption is the act by which God makes us members of his family and he becomes our Father.

Marking the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation

Martin Luther helped the church rediscover the good news that we are justified by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone.

Persecution and Heresy in the Ancient Church, Part 4

The Christological Heresies

In the fourth and fifth centuries, the church faced various difficulties in understanding the incarnation of Jesus, leading to the heresies of apollinarianism, nestorianism, and monophysitism.

The Doctrine of the Trinity, Part 5

Final Reflections

In this last session, we discuss the trinity as it relates to worship, prayer, love and inclusive language.

The Doctrine of the Trinity, Part 2

The Divinity of Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit

The New Testament teaches that Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit are divine.