Tag: christian

Galatians: Sermon 8

Sermon text: Galatians 5:2-26

Sermon outline

  • Circumcision of the flesh is a hopeless endeavor (5:2-6).
  • Circumcision of the flesh removes the cross’s purpose (5:7-12).
  • Freedom in the Spirit should serve love not sin (5:13-15).
  • Circumcision of the flesh represents trusting sinful flesh (5:16-21).
  • Christians should live and be led by the Spirit (5:22-26).

Galatians: Sermon 7

Sermon text: Galatians 4:12-5:1

Sermon outline

Main idea: God’s children aren’t set free by Christ so that they can serve their old masters but so they can find true freedom with their new master.

  • We can eagerly embrace the preaching of freedom one day only to abandon it the next.
  • We can keep the works of the law while missing the story of the law.
  • We must stand firm in the freeing freedom of Christ and reject a yoke of slavery.

Unfortunately, the sermon did not record properly, so the sermon is not available online.

Galatians: Sermon 6

Sermon text: Galatians 4:1-11

Sermon outline

Main idea: If we have been redeemed and adopted by God, we ought to live like free children rather than slaves.

  • Everyone needs redemption because everyone is a slave (4:1-3).
  • Our redemption is planned, accomplished, and applied by God (4:4-6).
  • The redeemed are adopted as God’s rightful heirs (4:7).
  • If we reject the freedom offered by God, we remain slaves (4:8-11).

Unfortunately, this sermon failed to be recorded properly and is unavailable online. The title was “Adoption by the Triune God.”

Galatians: Sermon 5

Sermon text: Galatians 3:15-29

Sermon outline

Main idea: The law doesn’t last, but God’s promises to his Messiah do.

  • God establishes his covenant family through his promise of a Messiah, not through the law (3:15-18).
  • The law served good but temporary purposes (3:19-25).
  • We become full inheritance-receiving children of God through faith in Christ (3:26-29).

Galatians: Sermon 4

Sermon text: Galatians 3:1-14

Sermon outline

Main idea: The righteous shall live by faith, receiving and relying on the Holy Spirit.

  • The righteous received the Spirit through hearing with faith (3:1-5).
  • The righteous are called righteous because they have faith (3:6-9).
  • The righteous shall live by faith, relying on the Holy Spirit (3:10-14).