JESUS IS, NOT JESUS AND (1 OF 5)
by Ryan Heller
Scripture: Galatians 1:1-24
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Jesus Is, Not Jesus And (1 of 5)
Series: I Love My Life
Ryan Heller
Galatians 1:1-24
When I was a little kid, my parents liked to dress me up whenever we traveled. I don't know if it was just the family I grew up in, or if people used to dress up a lot more when they got on an airplane. Often, I wore a coat and tie. Dressing down for airplane ride was navy blazer and slacks. Most of the time, it was a suit for me when I traveled.
On one particular trip to the airport, I was trying to get off the escalator. But my leg was stuck; I couldn't pull it out. Man, the hem of my pant had become caught in the escalator. I was trying to move my leg, and I couldn't get it out, and I was screaming and yelling at my mom. My mom was freaking out and trying to pull me out.
Out of nowhere, this off-duty police officer runs over with a pocketknife and cuts the hem, but not before it had unraveled my pants all the way up to the mid-thigh. I mean, if it had been a little higher, it would have been R-rated. It was scary. Do you know what the police officer told my mom? He said, ''I saw a little girl who had on a long dress, and her dress got stuck in an escalator just like this, and it actually strangled her to death. I knew I had to come over and rescue your son because I was afraid something like that would happen to him.''
I'm really glad that off-duty police officer was there that day to rescue me, because there was no way I was getting out of that escalator by myself. It didn't matter how big and how strong or how hard anybody else pulled. Until he whipped out the knife... I was in the danger zone and desperately needed to be rescued. I couldn't help myself. Scripture describes an even greater release.
Galatians 1 tells us that Christ has liberated us. If you look at Galatians 1:4, it says, ''Who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age...'' God has given us His son Jesus to rescue us. The Bible says we are stuck in our own sin, and ...
Series: I Love My Life
Ryan Heller
Galatians 1:1-24
When I was a little kid, my parents liked to dress me up whenever we traveled. I don't know if it was just the family I grew up in, or if people used to dress up a lot more when they got on an airplane. Often, I wore a coat and tie. Dressing down for airplane ride was navy blazer and slacks. Most of the time, it was a suit for me when I traveled.
On one particular trip to the airport, I was trying to get off the escalator. But my leg was stuck; I couldn't pull it out. Man, the hem of my pant had become caught in the escalator. I was trying to move my leg, and I couldn't get it out, and I was screaming and yelling at my mom. My mom was freaking out and trying to pull me out.
Out of nowhere, this off-duty police officer runs over with a pocketknife and cuts the hem, but not before it had unraveled my pants all the way up to the mid-thigh. I mean, if it had been a little higher, it would have been R-rated. It was scary. Do you know what the police officer told my mom? He said, ''I saw a little girl who had on a long dress, and her dress got stuck in an escalator just like this, and it actually strangled her to death. I knew I had to come over and rescue your son because I was afraid something like that would happen to him.''
I'm really glad that off-duty police officer was there that day to rescue me, because there was no way I was getting out of that escalator by myself. It didn't matter how big and how strong or how hard anybody else pulled. Until he whipped out the knife... I was in the danger zone and desperately needed to be rescued. I couldn't help myself. Scripture describes an even greater release.
Galatians 1 tells us that Christ has liberated us. If you look at Galatians 1:4, it says, ''Who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age...'' God has given us His son Jesus to rescue us. The Bible says we are stuck in our own sin, and ...
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