Sermons on Legalism (Page 2)
Galatians 1:1-5
The Charter of Christian Liberty There are three Bible books that are preeminently “Gospel” books, i.e. they emphasize above all else the good news that Jesus Christ came to save sinners through His death on the Cross. Those books are John, Romans, and Galatians. Today we are going to begin a four-month study of the Book of Galatians. Without doubt one of the most eloquent speeches of the twentieth century was Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech on the Mall…
Galatians 3
How to Turn Legalistic Homes and Churches into Havens of Grace Jean Jacques Rosseau began his famous treatise, The Social Contract, with these famous words: “Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.” I would like to paraphrase that slightly: “Man is born‑again free and yet everywhere we see him going back to the chains that bound him before his conversion.” I see two common kinds of slavery among Christian people. One is a slavery to worldliness–materialism, sinful pleasures, and spiritual…
Galatians 5:1-12
The Only Thing that Counts I heard about a preacher of the last century who preached on the same text, John 3:16, every Sunday for five consecutive years and never preached the same sermon. Well, I’ve been accused of preaching the same sermon for the past three months, only from four different chapters. And in a sense that’s true. Virtually every paragraph of the Book of Galatians from the first verse has employed a different way of saying the same thing, namely that…
Galatians 5:13-18
And Now for the Rest of the Story . . . Paul Harvey had a wonderful way of telling stories. He led you along thinking you knew exactly where he was headed, and then before you knew what hit you he would introduce a surprise ending with the phrase, “And now for the rest of the story . . .” In a sense that’s what the Apostle Paul does here in Galatians. For five chapters he has been denouncing legalism and pressing…
Galatians 6:11-18
The Heart of Our Faith Introduction: It’s been a long and somewhat methodical journey through the Epistle of Paul to the Galatians. Six chapters in six months! But it’s been an exciting trip. The topic of God’s grace is dealt with so forcefully and effectively in this book that one cannot escape the overwhelming truth that no matter how great and noble one’s effort, no matter how carefully one observes religious rules and regulations, no one can get right with God or stay right…
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