Acts

Part 28: Sent to be Faithful

Sunday, June 4, 2023

Josh Weiland - June 18, 2023

Galatians: The Sweetness of Freedom

After returning from his first journey with Barnabas, Paul learned of legalism creeping into the newly formed churches in Galatia. He was angry at whoever brought it upon those churches, but also frustrated with how quickly the people there had turned away from the Gospel of grace. We learn all of this from the letter Paul wrote to those churches, the New Testament book of Galatians (which he likely wrote sometime in between chapters 14 and 15 of Acts). This week we dip out of Acts to give an overview of the letter Paul wrote to the churches of Galatia. He was clear that we are saved by faith alone in Christ alone all of God's grace alone! We're free from the law and religion. But saving faith never stays alone. The Holy Spirit produces fruit in the lives of believers as the walk in step with the Spirit.

Scripture References: Galatians 2:20, Galatians 5:1, Galatians 3:1-6, Galatians 5:22-23, Galatians 2:15-16, Galatians 1:6-9

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Sent to be Faithful

Acts 14 records the heart of Paul and Barnabas’s first journey to spread the Gospel. After being run out of Antioch, they head to Iconium where once again there is fruitfulness as they share the Gospel along with opposition to it. When a plan to mistreat and stone them surfaces, they move on to Lystra. In Lystra a crippled man is healed at Paul’s word. After witnessing the miracle, the crowds believe Barnabas and Paul to be Zeus and Hermes. When Paul and Barnabas insist they are not gods but mere men chaos ensues. Paul is stoned and dragged out of the city, assumed dead. After the disciples gather around him he rises, reenters the city then heads to Derbe the following day. Paul and Barnabas were ministering in a culture deeply divided, chaotic, and often opposed to the Gospel—not unlike our own. When the world is full of chaos, opposition, & division, our job is to be faithful and point people to Jesus, leaving the results to God. Pastor Josh also gave a helpful paradigm of “Receive, Reject, Redeem” for us to use as Christians as we interact with our culture.

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