Entries in the 'Be Free: A series from the Book of Galatians' category

This week we reached the final part in our series “Be Free” from Paul’s letter to the Galatians and looked at three themes from the letter as a whole. Authority Galatians deals with authority. Paul had planted the churches in Galatia. After Paul had left false teachers came in and started to undermine Paul’s teaching. [...]

This week we reached part 19 of our series “Be Free” from Paul’s letter to the Galatians and looked at Galatians 6:11-18. Paul wrote this section of the letter in his own hand and he chose to use large letters to emphasis this final part of his message to the Galatian church.  This passage deals [...]

This week we looked at a a principle and promise from Galatians 6:6-10 as part of our series “Be Free” from Paul’s letter to the Galatians. The Principle – Galatians 6:7-8 The principle that Paul writes about in Galatians 6:7-8 is that “you reap what you sow.”  When a farmer sows seed he knows which [...]

Here is the sermon audio for part 17 of our series “Be Free” from Paul’s letter to the Galatians.

This week we looked at Galatians 5:16-25 as part of  our “Be Free” series from Paul’s letter to the Galatians. The Conflict – Galatians 5:17 Being a Christian is tough. There is conflict between the flesh and the spirit. Our bodies themselves are neutral. We are either controlled by the flesh or by the spirit.Galatians [...]

This Sunday, David Sawyer preached from Galatians 5:13-15 as part of our series “Be Free.” We looked at what it means to be free. What is this freedom we have in Christ and what we should do with our freedom without becoming self-indulgent? Free from the law Our freedom is not an innate human right [...]

This week we reached part 14 of our series “Be Free” from the book of Galatians and looked at Galatians 5:1-12. We looked at three questions that can help us understand this passage. Slave or free? Galatians 5:1 tells us that we were once slaves to sin but Christ died on the cross to set [...]

This week we looked at Galatians 4:21-31 as part of our series “Be Free.” Paul uses the story of Sarah and Hagar from the Old Testament book of Genesis to highlight differences between grace and the law.  There are three things we can learn from this story. The life of Isaac illustrates the Christian life [...]

This Sunday, Sam Nair preached from Galatians 4:12-20. Paul’s mood in these verses is different from the rest of the book of Galatians. In these verses, the apostle Paul comes over as weak and broken pleading almost begging for the church in Galatia to change. Before their conversion to Christianity many in the church in [...]

This week we returned to our current sermon series “Be Free” from Paul’s letter to the Galatians.  The central theme of Galatians is all about be free in Christ. It not a case of what we do but what Jesus has done for us. In Chapters 1 and 2, argues this from his own experience, [...]