Discipling the Mind (Colossians 3:1-10)
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God is training you to be more and more like Jesus by renewing your mind.
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Whose Job is Discipleship?
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God is the chief discipler, who uses church officers, the congregation, and you to accomplish his goal of restoration in you.
Read MoreWhat is Discipleship?
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Discipleship is the restoration and perfection of the image of God in us.
Read MoreBearing One Another’s Burdens (Galatians 6:1-18)
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True faith leads to humility and service of others.
Read MoreLife in the Spirit (Galatians 5:16-26)
/The Christian Life is lived out in the Spirit of God.
I. There's a War Going On
A. The Two Sides (5:16-18; cf. Genesis 1; John 1:14; Deu 1:30; Zec 4:6)
B. The Works of the Flesh (5:19-21; cf. Rom 1:19, 32)
C. The Fruit of the Spirit (5:22-23)
II. Road to Victory
A. The Crucified Flesh (5:24; cf. Gal 2:20, 6:14; Rom 6:6-7)
B. Living by the Spirit (5:16, 18, 25)
C. Walking Together (5:26)
Glawspel? (Galatians 5:1-15)
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When it comes to your standing with God it is either all of grace or all of works, there is no middle ground.
Read MoreIsaac and Ishmael (Galatians 4:21 - 5:1; John 8:31-38)
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Isaac and Ishmael serve as object lessons to us of the difference between the works of man and the work of God—one leading to banishment and the other to inheritance.
Read MoreNo Turning Back (Galatians 4:1-20)
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Resist the temptation to go back to your former way of life because you will once again be enslaved.
Read MoreWhy Then the Law? (Galatians 3:15-29)
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The Law was not added to change the way of salvation, but to teach us of our need for it.
Read MoreNot Under the law (Galatians 3:10-14)
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Jesus submitted himself to the law in order to deliver you from it.
Read MoreConsistency (Galatians 3:1-9)
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The Galatians’ own personal history and the history of Abraham ought to teach them the gospel is of grace not works.
Read MoreConfronting Peter (Galatians 2:11-21; Acts 10:1-35)
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The gospel unites sinners to Jesus Christ and, therefore, to each other even if they are Jews and Gentiles.
The Jerusalem Council (Galatians 2:1-10; Acts 15; Leviticus 17-18)
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The counsel of the rest of the apostles is no different than Paul’s and is rooted in the very teaching of Moses.
Read MoreAuthority (Galatians 1:11-24)
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The only gospel that can offer hope is the one that comes from God.
Read MoreThe Fourth Commandment (HC 103)
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What does God require in the fourth Commandment? (HC 103)
Read MoreThe Third Commandment (HC 99-102)
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99. What is required in the third Commandment?
100. Is the profaning of God’s name, by swearing and cursing, so grievous a sin that His wrath is kindled against those also who do not help as much as they can to hinder and forbid it?
101. But may we swear reverently by the name of God?
102. May we swear by “the saints” or by any other creatures?
Read MoreThe Second Commandment (HC 96-98)
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The Ten Words continue to instruct us how to live with God and our neighbor.
Read MoreThe First Commandment (HC 94-95)
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You must acknowledge that there is a God and you are not him.
Read MoreWhat is a Good Work (HC 91)
/A good work is one which meets the right standard, for the right goal, with the right motive.
I. THE RIGHT STANDARD
A. The Threat of Relativism
B. The Demand for Autonomy
C. Man or God? (Acts 4:19-20; 1 John 3:4)
II. THE RIGHT GOAL
A. The Right thing for the Wrong Reason
B. All for the Glory of God (1 Corinthians 10:31)
III. THE RIGHT MOTIVATION
A. Anything not of Faith, is Sin (Romans 14:23)
B. Delight in God