Bad News about the Good News

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Bad News about the Good News

• Be Free
• By Warren W. Wierbse
• Galatians 11-10

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• Paul didnt open his letter with praise prayer
  for the saints as other letters. Instead, he
  engaged in a battle for the truth of the gospel
  liberty of the Christian life and against the
  false teachers spreading false gospel, mixture of
  law grace.
• Pauls approval to the Galatian Christians
• He explains his authority (11-5)
• His ministry (1-2)
• Paul, apostle
• Apostle one who is sent with commission
• Disciples learner
• Requirement for apostle witness the resurrection
  (Acts 121-22 232, 315)
• Commissioned by the Lord (Acts 91-18, I Cor 91)

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• He founded the churches in Galatia
• Smaller country or larger Roman province
• Southern part Antioch, Iconium, Lystra, Derbe
• Galatia country of the Gaul (France)
• Galatian Christians were Judaizers
• His messages (3-4)
• The gospel centers in a Person, Jesus
• Purpose delivering sinners from bondages
• His motive (5)
• to whom be glory forever ever
• False teachers for their own glory
• Stealing coverts
• He experiences His anxiety (16-7)
• Deserting the grace of God
• Abandoning liberty for legalism

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• Grace
• Gods favor to undserving sinners
• Grace gift go together (Eph 28-11)
• Perverting the gospel
• Pervert to turn about, to change into an
  opposite character
• Back into the law
• Troubling them (7)
• Perplexity, confusion, unrest
• Grace leads to peace
• We live by grace (I Cor 1510)
• stand in grace, foundation of Christian life.
• grace gives strength we need (2 Tim 21-4)
• enables us to suffer without complaining (2 Cor
  21-10)

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• Depending on his own resources living by flesh
• He exposes his adversaries (8-10)
• Judaizers- identified by the false gospel they
  preached
• Test of a mans ministry faithfulness to Gods
  Word (2 Tim. 22)
• Anathema- dedicated to distraction
• False motives that they practiced
• Enemies accused Paul as a compromiser adjusting
  the gospel to fit the Gentiles
• False teachers were menpleasers (Gal 417)
• Paul desired approval from God regardless of
  people cheering or booing
• Paul, an ambassador, not politician
• Paul, a defender of the gospel

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• Pauls Approach
• Personal (Gal 1-2)
• Doctrinal (Gal 3-4)
• Practical (Gal 5-6)
• Application
• Relationship between Gods grace Christian
  living
• Liberty, not bondage (living by grace)
• Depending on the Spirit, not flesh
• Living for others, not self
• Living for Gods glory, not for mens approval
• Grace, series of action