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Last week we talked about the persecution Paul faced at the hands of the unbelieving Jews in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. Since we left off, Paul and Barnabas finished their journey. They travelled back the way they had come, revisiting each city they had visited prior, until they got back to Antioch,…

So as you know - for the past few weeks - we had stepped out of the book of Galatians... In order to walk thru a short Easter Sermon series focusing on the Gospel... And now today - we jump back into Galatians... But before we just press on ahead - let’s look back a bit to get ourselves REACQUAINTED…

Jesus VS Paul there are unbelievers that are pushing the difference between Jesus and Paul I have listened to their podcasts there are also Gay theologians/ Pastors who also push this heresy their claim is Paul is preaching a gospel that is contradictory to Jesus Gospel Paul preached by grace through…

The Ten Commandments When we look at the Ten Commandments many people think they are out of date and do not apply to them because they are under the New Covenant, they are under grace. But these commandments are the general foundation for the more specific laws. There are 613 laws that stem from these…

The first few verses of Proverbs 3 —the first 12 verses—are a set of six couplets; 6 sets of two verses, following a pattern (A, B. A, B. A, B. etc). So we’re going to focus on the odd verses, and then the even verses. Proverbs 3 teaches us about being in relationship with God—our obligations and His.…

“The Firm” by John Grisham - a few selected paragraphs do not make for a full reading and details Do we do that with the Bible at times? Bounce around reading sections based a topic we’re studying? What if we took a book of the Bible and read it from beginning to the end and discover the flow of information…

Right belief produces speech and behavior that bears God's Approval.

Welcome Prayer Introduction: Jesus commands unity in the Body of Christ. Yet, the Body is often divided by politics, doctrinal differences, worship styles, and social and ethical issues. These divisions erode the unity that Christ desires for his church. While Jesus commands unity, it should never come…

Hey at the end of our service we’re going to do something we haven’t done in nearly 6 years, and that is vote to affirm a new elder of Gateway Chapel, and I’m just going to keep you on pins and needles as to who that is... Doug Eash. We’re going to have a vote to affirm Doug, we’ll go through the whole…

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. CONTEXT I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel— not that there is another one,…

ILLUST Where are you from? Who’s “from” the farthest away? Can you tell when people “ain’t from around here”? Where are you going? The most important question you need to answer Seeking and Finding Jesus READ John 7: 32-52 (v. 53 part of 8) 1) Jesus’ Origin and Destination In question: Where He is from?…

INTRO Last week we talked about inward faith . Paul talked about Jews and Gentiles, now he puts them all together. He will use the phrase, “no distinction” The world today separates everyone into categories. Jesus cut through the distinctives and laid out a Gospel that is Universal. The gospel of Christ…

A False Teacher is one who does not teach the true gospel of grace through the work of Jesus Christ. Someone who teaches the true gospel may teach other false things, but is not a false teacher. Paul is warning Timothy of the false teachers in Ephesus. These were teaching myths, and genealogies, turning…

If we are not careful, there comes a time in our desire to live Christ-honoring lives when we establish rules to live by that may be helpful, but are not scriptural mandates. What happens from time to time is churches might take an application of a biblical principle and make it the biblical principle.…

Thus far we’ve seen that Christmas is a time to acknowledge the life giving divine intrusion of God’s Grace (His Unmerited favor to His people) Also, Christmas is a time to reflect upon and declare the hope of reconciliation betwen man and God through a child who would be born both truly man and truly…

Introduction: What we believe about the Bible is key to our faith. It is key to understanding the gospel that the Bible reveals to us. How authoritative is it? What does it say about God and about us? Do we trust it? These are all questions we need to explore. Today, I want to ask you another question,…

Introduction Paul here turns his attention away from everyone like he has been talking about and to the Jews in particular. Remember Paul has just finished saying that because of the wrath of God people have been turned over to their own desires of the heart. Turned over to the way of the beast. Romans…

Acts 15 was the great Jerusalem conference- there the dispute of the necessity of following the law, in particular circumcision, was settled. The believers were free from the law in Christ- they had a liberty in Christ that could not be bridled. For some, like Peter, who had been orthodox Hews their…

On February 26 the Portland Trail Blazers played and defeated the Houston Rockets by a score of 131-114. The remarkable part of this game was the all-star player for the Trail Blazers, Damian Lillard, scored 71 points in a single game without overtime. This is an impressive feat that you could boast…

Intro Those of you who know what kind of a student I was like would understand that I was a perfectionist in the sense that I tried my hardest on every single assignment. I would often take the hardest teacher so that I could learn more. It was under one of these teachers, my high school English teacher,…

Lesson #21. The Role of Baptism and Communion: The Sub-Doctrine of Salvation - Part 2 In this lesson, we answer four of the most asked questions about the role of baptism in the process of salvation. Introduction - Review - Major Doctrines 1. Inspiration of the Bible - II Timothy 3:16 2. Divinity of…

Introduction: It’s all about the Gospel | Romans 1:1-17 Doctrine of the Gospel | Romans 1:18-8:39 Divine Plan of the Gospel | Romans 9-11 Duty of the Gospel | Romans 12-14 Dedication of the Gospel | Romans 15-16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation…

Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. Sowing and Reaping very simply means: The effort we put forth will dictated the outcome it brings Our present actions are not trifles, for they will decide our everlasting destiny. Everything we do is, to some extent,…

John’s Baptism Context context context John is preaching a shock and awe sermon repent or burn Turn to the Messiah or go to hell you snakes need to turn around and flee the wrath of God the axe is ready to chop you down because of your bad fruit then John says he is unworthy to untie the Messiahs sandal…

Have you ever had to place your little one in someone else’s care? For most young families today, it is a normal occurrence. Every day parents entrust their children to the care of others in early childhood learning centers and schools like ours, while they are at work. We entrust our children to the…