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Be Free: Week 1
The Apostle Paul opens the letter to the Galatians on a mission to bring their focus back to the true gospel. He recounts his former way of life as a testimony to point to the grace of God.
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Be Free: Week 2
The Galatians have turned from the true gospel of Jesus Christ and are believing in false gospels. Anything added to the finished work of Jesus Christ has no place in the life of the Christian and the Church.
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Be Free: Week 3
Paul draws a hard line here by making it clear that you cannot serve both God and man. The true gospel says that in Christ you are approved, so if you seek the approval of man you are not believing the true gospel.
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Be Free: Week 4
Decades before Paul wrote this letter to the Galatians, he and others discussed the matter of salvation by grace alone in Acts 15. Paul’s mission from God to preach the gospel to the Gentiles was very clear and Paul knew some people would try to make it difficult for the Genti…
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Be Free: Week 5
Peter is out of step with the gospel and Paul confronted him because he is his Christian brother and Peter’s hypocrisy was affecting others. Paul does not shy away from conflict but confronts with the intent of restoration among the Jews and Gentiles and restoring the spreadin…
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Be Free: Week 6
Paul continues to confront the Galatians and their false gospels by diving into justification. The true gospel says a person is justified through faith in Jesus Christ, NOT by their own works. The Law was given to reveal your need for a Savior, not be the savior.
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Be Free: Week 7
Paul continues to press the truth of justification by faith into the letter to the Galatians to bring them back to the heart of the gospel. He uses the example of Abraham, Hagar and Sarah to prove his point about works based and faith-based righteousness.
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Be Free: Week 8
The Law was given to Israel as a map and a mirror. The Law revealed to the Israelites that they could not keep the whole Law and that they needed a perfect Savior who could. The Law exposed sin and guided life. Paul is making it clear that the Law or works never had the abilit…
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Be Free: Week 9
Paul makes it clear to the Galatians that if they know Christ as Lord, they are no longer slaves to the world but sons and heirs of God. They have been sent the Holy Spirit into their hearts and united with Christ. They do not need to live as slaves anymore because they are free.
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Be Free: Week 10
Paul is perplexed and concerned for the Galatians because they keep returning to their old ways of life. He pleads with them to remember the gospel and stop putting on their grave clothes again. They are no longer slaves but are free! The gospel not only justifies but also san…
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Be Free: Week 11
Galatians 5 is the freedom cry of the book. All of Paul’s letter has built up to this point where he says, “For freedom Christ has set us free; stand form therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.”
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Be Free: Week 12
As Paul continues to talk about what it means to be free in Christ, he makes the distinction between walking by the flesh and walking by the Spirit. Fleshly desires bring forth sin and death and if the Galatians don’t take this warning seriously their sin will overtake them. C…
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Be Free: Week 13
Paul is living evidence of grace. He was once an enemy of God with an impressive resume but the gospel changed that. The marks of Jesus on his body point to the reality that Paul did not do anything to earn salvation, and neither could the Galatians.
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Be Free: Week 14
Galatians 6 is a call to action. Paul reminds the Galatians of God's commandment to love one another, and this plays out by bearing one another’s burdens, testing his own work and doing good.
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