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Do I Feel God Is My Father?
Galatians 4:1-7
After asking, Do I think God is my Father? the second question this text leads us to ask should be, Do I feel God is my Father? These verses tell us that God is discontent with only positioning us as his sons or us merely thinking we are his sons—he also wants us to feel we are his sons. He puts his Spirit in believers, and the Spirit within us cries out to God, “Abba, Father!”
Read moreSermon Notes: An Advancing Gospel Community: Craves Christlikeness (Philippians 3:12-21)
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What We Are After the Gospel
Galatians 3:23–29
Before placing our faith in Christ, we were imprisoned and guarded, as we saw in last week’s article. Let’s also think about what we become after placing our faith in Christ. What does faith in the gospel do to us?
Read moreSunday Teaching: An Advancing Gospel Community: Enjoys Authentic Christianity (Philippians 3:1-11)
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What We Were Before the Gospel
Galatians 3:23–29
In this passage, Paul will tell us what faith in the gospel does to us. When we truly believe, what happens to us? Paul will explain it to us in fairly radical terms, first by telling us what we were (the bad news) and then by telling us what we are (the good news). So, let us look first at what we were.
Read moreSunday Teaching: 04 An Advancing Gospel Community: Breaks Into Darkness (Philippians 2:12-30)
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The Law Complements the Gospel Because It Combatted Sin until Christ Arrived & Reveals Our Need for Christ
Galatians 3:19-22
Last week, we began looking at how the law complements the Gospel, the first way being that it arrived after Christ was promised - over four centuries after the promise made to Abraham and his offspring.
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The Law Complements the Gospel Because It Arrived after Christ Was Promised
Galatians 3:15-18
In a sense, there is no bigger question than the one Galatians attempts to answer: How do we relate to God? Do we experience God as a reward for good works? Do we gain fuller and more complete revelation of him by keeping more of his law as revealed in nature, conscience, or Scripture? Or do we encounter God by his grace? Do we enjoy him through faith in his promises?
Read moreSunday sermon (Part 3 of Philippians):
O3 An Advancing Gospel Community: Participates in God's Kingdom (2:1-11)
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The Gospel of Grace Brought the Spirit to Us
Galatians 3:10 -14
Through this passage over the past couple of weeks, we’ve examined two reasons the gospel of grace transfers us from curse to blessing: it shows us the way of faith and that Christ is the one to consume the curse. The third reason the gospel transfers us from curse to blessing is that it brought the Spirit to us. Because Jesus died and rose, when we believe in him, we become recipients of the Holy Spirit (cf. Eph. 1:13-14, 2 Cor. 1:22). He is God, and he makes his home in us. Paul explained this truth this way:
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