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

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, [...]

This week we reached part 10 of our series “Be Free” from the book of Galatians and looked at Galatians 3:23-29. Mark Waterfield highlighted two things from this passage a question and some wonderful truths about our identity in Christ. Do you live under “the law” or in Christ? This is a question to everybody [...]

This Sunday, Sam Nair preached from Galatians 3:15-22 as part of our series “Be Free.” Sam highlighted 4 words or phrases that Paul uses many times in this passage. Prisoner of sin Galatians 3:15-22 is a difficult passage as it talks about sin and the hopelessness of the law to save us.  Sin is not [...]

This week we reached part 8 of our series “Be Free” from Paul’s letter to the Galatians and looked at Galatians 3:10-14.  At first glance these verses look very complex but at their heart are some truths about the gospel. These verses are quite complex but in reality they are the gospel All have sinned [...]

This Sunday we reached part 7 of our series “Be Free” from Paul’s letter to the Galatians and looked at Galatians 3:1-9. In these verses Paul is “spitting mad” that the Galatians had so easily and quickly turned from believing that they are saved by grace alone. There are three things we can learn from [...]

This week David Sawyer preached part 6 of our sermon series “Be Free” and spoke on Galatians 2:15-21.