Good Morning “By The Spirit Livers.” Today we are in Galatians 5.As Paul continues to urge the Galatian church’s to turn back to the Gospel, he urges them to live by the Spirit instead of the flesh. What does that even mean?  Paul goes on to give them examples of acts of the flesh:“The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, disco...

Good Morning “Freed Men and Women.”  Today we’re in Galatians 4.Paul continues to address the Galatians. The Galatian believers were Gentiles, confused by the Judaizers and beginning to add the “Law” to their Christian faith.  Paul is saying that the Law was just as useless for attaining right standing before God as their former lives in pagan idolatry. They were trying to mesh Christianity with o...

Good Morning “One in Christ”! Today we are in Galatians 3!Paul continues to address the purpose of the law and the means by which we must be saved.  The purpose of the law was never to save, but to define and incite sin (Romans 7:5-8).  Jesus Christ was promised long before the law was given.  The law did not somehow erase Gods promise, it doesn’t work like that.  On the contrary, the law simply s...

Good Morning “Crucified.”  Today we are in Galatians 2.Paul, dealing the issue of Justification reminds us in this chapter that we are justified by Grace through Faith in Jesus - plus nothing.  Some were hanging on to their Jewish Customs, feeling good about themselves as a result, and expecting converted Gentiles to live by them as well.We all seem to have this innate desire to feel better than, ...

Good Morning “REAL Gospel Receivers.”  Today we start Galatians chapter 1The church’s in the region of Galatia were similar to the Church in Corinth in that they too had begun to believe a corrupted, changed Gospel.  In the time in which we live, making the Gospel, even God, into what we want Him to be - seems to be common place.  There is nothing new under the sun.  We weren’t the first to do thi...