8-14-11 Backsliding Into Legalism Galatians 3:1-14

Backsliding Into Legalism

Galatians 3:1-14

The Instinct to Work Your Way into a Positive Relationship.

The Problem of Working for God's Relationship. (Galatians 3:1-14)
Paul's Argument for A Faith Relationship:
* People's Experience (vs. 1-5)
1. The Believer's Experience with Christ. (v. 1)
2. The Believer's Experience with the Holy Spirit. (v. 2-4)
3. The Believer's Experience with the Father. (v. 5)
* God's Scripture (vs. 6-14)
1. Positive Proof from the Old Testament. (vs. 6-9)
2. Negative Proof from the Old Testament. (vs. 10-12)
3. Positive Hope in Jesus Christ. (vs. 13-14)

The Christ-follower's Efforts to Prevent Deception.
* Remember the Cross
* Remember the Beginning and Think About It.
* Remember True Experience
* Remember the Scripture
* Remember the Cleansing

It is faith alone that justifies, but faith that justifies can never be alone.