LIBERTY FOR LIFE (6 OF 15)
Scripture: GALATIANS 2:16-21
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Liberty for Life (6 of 15)
Series: The Lord of Liberty
Ernest L. Easley
Galatians 2:16-21
This morning we are in the New Testament book of Galatians where the Apostle Paul explains some things to us about The Lord of Liberty!!
Whatever has you in bondage today, I want you to know this morning that Jesus Christ can set you free! And it is that freedom, that liberty, that Paul is writing about to the church at Galatia.
Now in case you have been missing our Sunday night study of Galatians, let me tell you what was happening in the church at Galatia. It seems that there were some in the church called ''the Judaizers.'' And these ''Judaizers'' were trying to mix the grace of God and the Law of God when it came to salvation.
In fact, we read in Acts 15.1 what they were saying, ''Unless you are circumcised according to the customs of Moses, you cannot be saved.''
In other words, faith in Jesus Christ was not enough for a person to be saved. They were saying, ''Faith + law = Salvation.'' Friend, it is a dangerous thing to mess around with the gospel! Let me give you the salvation equation: Jesus + Nothing = Salvation.
Now when you come to Galatians 2.11, it seems that ol'e Simon Peter was acting one way around the Jewish believers in the church and another way when he was around the Gentile believers. Before the Jewish believers, his behavior was saying that salvation comes by keeping the Law. And when he was with the Gentile believers, his behavior said that salvation comes by grace!
He reminds me of that man in the Civil War who couldn't decide whose side he was one. So, he wore the pants of a Confederate soldier and the shirt of a Union soldier and when he went to war, both sides shot him!
We read in chapter 2.14, ''But when I saw that they were not straightforward about the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter before them all, 'If you, being a Jew, live in the manner of Gentiles and not as the Jews, why do you compel Gentiles to live as Jew ...
Series: The Lord of Liberty
Ernest L. Easley
Galatians 2:16-21
This morning we are in the New Testament book of Galatians where the Apostle Paul explains some things to us about The Lord of Liberty!!
Whatever has you in bondage today, I want you to know this morning that Jesus Christ can set you free! And it is that freedom, that liberty, that Paul is writing about to the church at Galatia.
Now in case you have been missing our Sunday night study of Galatians, let me tell you what was happening in the church at Galatia. It seems that there were some in the church called ''the Judaizers.'' And these ''Judaizers'' were trying to mix the grace of God and the Law of God when it came to salvation.
In fact, we read in Acts 15.1 what they were saying, ''Unless you are circumcised according to the customs of Moses, you cannot be saved.''
In other words, faith in Jesus Christ was not enough for a person to be saved. They were saying, ''Faith + law = Salvation.'' Friend, it is a dangerous thing to mess around with the gospel! Let me give you the salvation equation: Jesus + Nothing = Salvation.
Now when you come to Galatians 2.11, it seems that ol'e Simon Peter was acting one way around the Jewish believers in the church and another way when he was around the Gentile believers. Before the Jewish believers, his behavior was saying that salvation comes by keeping the Law. And when he was with the Gentile believers, his behavior said that salvation comes by grace!
He reminds me of that man in the Civil War who couldn't decide whose side he was one. So, he wore the pants of a Confederate soldier and the shirt of a Union soldier and when he went to war, both sides shot him!
We read in chapter 2.14, ''But when I saw that they were not straightforward about the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter before them all, 'If you, being a Jew, live in the manner of Gentiles and not as the Jews, why do you compel Gentiles to live as Jew ...
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