{"id":3581,"date":"2018-01-14T17:33:37","date_gmt":"2018-01-14T21:33:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/?p=3581"},"modified":"2018-01-14T17:33:37","modified_gmt":"2018-01-14T21:33:37","slug":"faith-alone-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/?p=3581","title":{"rendered":"FAITH ALONE, Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sermon Series by Rev. Richard Jones<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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FAITH ALONE, Part 1<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n

Galatians 1-2:10<\/strong><\/p>\n

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DIVINE COMMISSION<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Galatians 1:1-5 (ESV)
\n<\/strong>1 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0Paul, an apostle\u201d\u201dnot from men nor through man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead\u201d\u201d
\n2 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0and all the brothers who are with me, To the churches of Galatia:
\n3 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ,
\n4 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0who gave himself for our sins to deliver us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,
\n5 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen. <\/span><\/p>\n

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DISTORTED GOSPEL<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Galatians 1:6-9 (ESV)
\n<\/strong>6 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel\u201d\u201d
\n7 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0not that there is another one, but there are some who trouble you and want to distort the gospel of Christ.
\n8 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed.
\n9 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, let him be accursed. <\/span><\/p>\n

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DAMASCUS CHANGE<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Galatians 1:10-17 (ESV)
\n<\/strong>10 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a servant of Christ.
\n11 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0For I would have you know, brothers, that the gospel that was preached by me is not man\u201d\u2122s gospel.
\n12 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0For I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ.
\n13 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0For you have heard of my former life in Judaism, how I persecuted the church of God violently and tried to destroy it.
\n14 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0And I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people, so extremely zealous was I for the traditions of my fathers.
\n15 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0But when he who had set me apart before I was born, and who called me by his grace,
\n16 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0was pleased to reveal his Son to me, in order that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with anyone;
\n17 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me, but I went away into Arabia, and returned again to Damascus. <\/span><\/p>\n

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DELIGHTFUL NEWS<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Galatians 1:18-24 (ESV)
\n<\/strong>18 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas and remained with him fifteen days.
\n19 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0But I saw none of the other apostles except James the Lord\u201d\u2122s brother.
\n20 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0(In what I am writing to you, before God, I do not lie!)
\n21 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0Then I went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia.
\n22 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0And I was still unknown in person to the churches of Judea that are in Christ.
\n23 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0They only were hearing it said, \u201cHe who used to persecute us is now preaching the faith he once tried to destroy.\u201d
\n24 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0And they glorified God because of me.<\/p>\n

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DEDICATED MINISTRY<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Galatians 2:1-10 (ESV)
\n<\/strong>1 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0Then after fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus along with me.
\n2 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0I went up because of a revelation and set before them (though privately before those who seemed influential) the gospel that I proclaim among the Gentiles, in order to make sure I was not running or had not run in vain.
\n3 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0But even Titus, who was with me, was not forced to be circumcised, though he was a Greek.
\n4 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0Yet because of false brothers secretly brought in\u201d\u201dwho slipped in to spy out our freedom that we have in Christ Jesus, so that they might bring us into slavery\u201d\u201d
\n5 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0to them we did not yield in submission even for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel might be preserved for you.
\n6 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0And from those who seemed to be influential (what they were makes no difference to me; God shows no partiality)\u201d\u201dthose, I say, who seemed influential added nothing to me.
\n7 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0On the contrary, when they saw that I had been entrusted with the gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been entrusted with the gospel to the circumcised
\n8 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0(for he who worked through Peter for his apostolic ministry to the circumcised worked also through me for mine to the Gentiles),
\n9 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0and when James and Cephas and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given to me, they gave the right hand of fellowship to Barnabas and me, that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised.
\n10 <\/span><\/sup>\u00a0Only, they asked us to remember the poor, the very thing I was eager to do. <\/span><\/p>\n

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