Justified in Christ—Now Act Like It!

Sunday, October 9, 2011
Ben Janssen
Galatians: The Guilt of Legalism vs. The Gospel of Liberty
Galatians 2:11-21

Paul’s public confrontation of Peter at the church in Antioch demonstrates the seriousness of straying from the gospel of liberty, and also warns us of how easy it is to do so. This is because we innately gravitate toward a different gospel, one in which we attempt self-justification by nullifying the grace of God. But all such attempts only lead us to perpetual slavery. Only when we embrace the righteousness of Christ are we truly free.

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Galatians 2:11-21
Keywords:
conflict
good works
Grace
imputation
justification
Law of God
legalism
rebuke
sin

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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