GALATIANS: THE GOSPEL OF GRACE = FREEDOM FROM THE LAW - A Survey of the Bible Fellowship Bible Church Conway

Galatians: The Gospel of Grace = Free from the LawA Survey of the Bible




































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Context: Who, Where, When, and Why?
Message Slides
Galatians Chart - Wilson
Review of Galatians - John Stott
Summary of Galatians - Chuck Swindoll
Legalism, Liberty, and Liscence - Chuck Swindoll
•  Who composed Galatians?
•  Who was the original audience of Galatians?
•  When and where was Galatians written?
•  Why was Paul writing?

Content: How and What?

•  How is Galatians organized?
    Introduction: Greeting and Background (1:1-9)
Personal: Defense of Paul's Authority  (1:10-2:21)
•  Thesis: My message comes from Christ. (1:10-12)
•  Defense: I am independent of others. (1:13-2:21)
Main Idea: Justification Comes through Faith in Christ (2:15-21)
Doctrinal: Defense of Justification by Faith (3:1-4:31)
•  Thesis: The Gospel is of faith not law. (3:1-5)
•  Defense: Scripture and Human Experience. (3:6-4:31)
Practical: Defense of Christian Liberty (5:1-6:10)
•  Thesis: We are free in Christ. (5:1)
•  Application: Live in freedom. (5:2-6:10)
Conclusion: Summary, Exhortation, and Benediction  (6:11-18)

•  What is the message of Galatians?

Conviction: So What?

•  Where does Galatians fit?
- Galatians is the first letter that Paul writes and it is a passionate defense of the Gospel of Grace.
- This is Paul’s most intense letter.  He uses many extreme emotional terms to communicate his significant concern.  Yet this is a well-reasoned presentation of the Gospel of Grace.
- Behind Romans, this is the most significant of all of Paul’s books from establishing his theology of Grace.

•  What should we believe?   
- Salvation is by grace through faith in the finished and complete work of Christ.
- Fighting for the truth of the gospel of grace is essential.
- Sanctification comes as a response to already present grace and not as a result of effort to follow the rules. The Spirit plus grace transforms, while effort plus rules enslaves.

•  How should we behave?
- Passionately defending the gospel of grace.
- Consistently embracing the power of the Holy Spirit to transform us into the image of Christ.
- “Keeping in Step with the Spirit” on a daily basis, knowing that the Holy Spirit always points us to Christ, His Gracious Gift and His Righteous Life.Next Steps •  Fight boldly and relentlessly for the truth of the Gospel of Grace.
•  Keep in Step with the Spirit and refuse to be enslaved by a religion of rules.
•  Judge your spiritual growth by the fruit of the Spirit and not the efforts to be religious.This Week's Growth GuideGod’s Word is both central and critical to your spiritual growth. We invite you to utilize the Growth Guide during the week to further your application of the Truth from the message.
•. Monday - Galatians 1:1-9•. Tuesday - Galatians 2:15-20•. Wednesday - Galatians 3:1-5•. Thursday - Galatians 3:6-19•. Friday - Galatians 5:1-12•. Saturday - Galatians 5:13-26•. Sunday - Galatians 6:1-10Home ChurchOur Home Churches meet weekly to facilitate quicker relational depth, study the same passage taught Sunday to help apply Scripture in the context of community, and pray with one another.  Home Church helps our body seek God’s best for one another. Home Church Questions
1  What did you learn from Ken’s presentation of Galatians that convicts you or challenges you?
2.  Jesus gave himself “to deliver us from this present evil age” (1:4 ESV). What are the dangers we face as Christians in our age and how can they threaten our faith?
3  Paul understood his life as being set apart before he was born. What difference does it make to know that God set you apart for His purposes? As practical as you can make it, what does it mean for the righteous to live by faith (3:11)?
5.  Among the various fruit of the Spirit (5:22-23), which one do