Bubbles, Community, Covenants, and Blessing

Sunday, October 2, 2011
Steven Gilchrist
Galatians: The Guilt of Legalism vs. The Gospel of Liberty
Galatians 2:1-10

Paul has become aware of the Judaizers’ attempt to spy out the freedom the Gentile believers have. The gospel is on the line, and Paul is ready to fight for it. So he travels to Jerusalem, bringing with him visual evidence along with personal testimony in defense of the gospel of liberty that he preaches. From his encounter with the leaders of the Jerusalem church, we observe how the gospel is cross-cultural, and we note that it also includes the poor.

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Galatians 2:1-10
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accountability
covenants
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Series Info

Galatians: The Guilt of Legalism vs. The Gospel of Liberty

Series Description

Not long after the Apostle Paul had planted churches in the Roman province of Galatia, he heard that the Christians there had begun to drift away from the gospel. In his letter to the Galatian churches, Paul confronts the distorted gospel that they were starting to embrace, and rebukes those who were responsible for leading the church away from the gospel upon which those churches were founded. By studying Galatians we discover that the only alternative to the gospel of liberty is a “gospel” of legalism, which still tempts Christians today.

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