The Cross of Jesus--Our Only Boast

Sunday, December 4, 2011
Ben Janssen
Galatians: The Guilt of Legalism vs. The Gospel of Liberty
Galatians 6:11-18

These last 8 verses of Galatians, written directly from the pen of the Apostle Paul, summarize the central message of the book. Here we find what motivates our propensity to affirm legalism, the desire to avoid the scandel of the cross as well as the desire to avoid the guilt of our own sinfulness. Legalists find confidence in what they achieve, but the gospel calls us to boast only in the cross where God’s power is most visibly seen over against the weaknesses of our own sinfulness.

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Galatians 6:11-18
Keywords:
boasting
exclusivity of Christ
Grace
guilt
legalism
persecution
pride
Repentance

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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