back to indexBerean Community Church Wednesday Bible Study Galatians 5:7-12
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>> Okay. Let's everyone go ahead and take your seats, get situated so that we can pray 00:06:54.960 |
>> All right, everybody. Would you please go ahead and bow with me in a word of prayer. 00:07:00.960 |
>> Heavenly Father, we want to thank you so much, God. Just coming away from the Easter week. 00:07:06.960 |
Lord, our hearts were just fed. God, remembering and appreciating Christ, his work, 00:07:12.980 |
his presence in our lives, and the great grace that, God, we have simply through faith, 00:07:17.960 |
all on the account of your incredible work. We're so grateful. 00:07:21.960 |
And then, God, we're happy to be back in Bible study. 00:07:25.960 |
And Lord, I pray that as we are just regularly trying to study and glean, 00:07:30.960 |
would you bless us with knowledge, wisdom, and understanding. 00:07:33.960 |
But also, God, help us truly to saturate in your word in such a way that, God, 00:07:38.980 |
we are prepared for the spiritual battle. We are warned of the falsehood that exists 00:07:44.960 |
in this world and generation. And, God, that we would be strong, not in our own right, 00:07:49.960 |
but because of the word of God that is strengthening us to fight against 00:07:53.960 |
the various things that are happening in our lives. 00:07:56.960 |
And we also pray, God, that as we gather together, help us to be strong as a community, 00:08:01.960 |
joining together, Lord, spiritually, beyond just simply having our connections 00:08:06.980 |
and friendships, but let it be a true fellowship where we're encouraging each other, 00:08:11.960 |
God, to be faithful to you week in and week out. 00:08:14.960 |
We want to thank you again for this time. It's in Christ's name we pray. Amen. 00:08:33.960 |
I will glory in my Redeemer Who's priceless blood has ransomed me 00:08:42.940 |
Who was the sin that drove the bitter nails And hold Him on that judgment day 00:08:54.960 |
I will glory in my Redeemer Who crushed the power of sin and death 00:09:03.940 |
My only Savior before the Holy Judge The Lamb who is my righteousness 00:09:27.940 |
I will glory in my Redeemer My life He bought, my love He owns 00:09:36.940 |
I have no longings for another I'm satisfied in Him alone 00:09:48.960 |
I will glory in my Redeemer His faithfulness my standing face 00:09:57.940 |
No foes are mighty and rush upon me My feet are firm, held by His grace 00:10:21.940 |
I will glory in my Redeemer Who carries me on equals wings 00:10:30.940 |
Who crowns my life with love and kindness This triumph song I'll ever sing 00:10:42.960 |
I will glory in my Redeemer Who waits for me at gates of gold 00:10:51.940 |
And when He calls me it will be paradise His face forever to behold 00:11:23.940 |
Your will be done, Father As in heaven so on earth 00:11:33.960 |
My heart is drawn to self-exalt Help me seek Your kingdom first 00:11:43.940 |
Jesus was, so I shall walk Held by Your same unshaking love 00:11:53.960 |
Still my soul, lift Your voice in prayer Father, not my will, but Yours entirely 00:12:10.940 |
How in that garden we persisted I may never fully know 00:12:19.960 |
The fearful way, the cruel beat It was held by Him alone 00:12:29.940 |
Wondrous faith to bear that cross To bear my sin, what wondrous love 00:12:39.940 |
Hope was sure, there my Savior played Father, not my will, but Yours entirely 00:12:56.920 |
When I am lost, when I am broken In the night of fear and doubt 00:13:06.920 |
Still I will trust my God Yes, to one great thing I vow 00:13:16.940 |
As Jesus rose, so I shall rise Here ransomed, glory at the door 00:13:25.920 |
My heart restored, with all Your saints I sing Father, not my will, but Yours entirely 00:13:49.940 |
As we go forth, as we go forth God and Father 00:13:57.920 |
Lead us daily in the fire Let all the world see Your glory 00:14:07.920 |
In Your name be lifted high And in this game we overcome 00:14:16.940 |
For You shall seed us safely whole As Your church, lift Your voice in prayer 00:14:26.920 |
Father, not my will, but Yours entirely In this game we overcome 00:14:35.920 |
For You shall seed us safely whole As Your church, lift Your voice in prayer 00:14:45.940 |
Father, not my will, but Yours entirely Father, not my will, but Yours entirely 00:15:08.920 |
Heavenly Father, God, we just thank You for all the truths You reveal to us through Your Word 00:15:13.940 |
God, we thank You for the assurance that we can have 00:15:17.920 |
God, we know that You desire us, for us to know You 00:15:22.920 |
God, I pray that we would pursue Your truths with conviction 00:15:29.920 |
And just be ever convicted of what we believe in 00:15:35.920 |
We'll start our discussions now and reconvene at 8 01:04:41.880 |
All right, everybody, for those of you guys who are in the room, 01:04:46.860 |
please go ahead and come on out to take a seat. 01:05:28.860 |
I hope and pray that you guys had a fruitful time just preparing 01:05:46.860 |
but my guess is as we go through the passage, 01:05:48.860 |
it will kind of self-answer some of these things. 01:05:50.860 |
Let's take a moment to pray, ask God's blessing over the review. 01:05:55.860 |
Lord God, we really pray, Lord, that with all humility, 01:06:07.860 |
such a loyalty to what is explicitly stated in Scripture. 01:06:12.860 |
God, that regardless of what it means for us in consequence, 01:06:21.860 |
God, I pray that you grant to us strength as these principles apply 01:06:25.860 |
to so many different situations and circumstances of our lives. 01:06:29.880 |
Grant to us, Lord God, strength in every day to follow your word. 01:06:37.860 |
Now, by way of just review, my request is please, 01:06:42.860 |
when I ask the question, try your best to answer and review. 01:06:47.860 |
The easiest one to kind of get at is the letter so far, 01:06:51.860 |
when we have been studying the book of Galatians, 01:06:54.860 |
it has been kind of unsettling because it has been not just once 01:06:58.880 |
or twice, but almost five, six iterations of different kinds 01:07:02.860 |
of arguments trying to convince the church, and therefore, 01:07:05.860 |
sometimes the tone was very one of disappointment, 01:07:09.860 |
but all throughout, it just started with a banger of, man, 01:07:13.860 |
I am so shocked and amazed how quickly you're deserting the one, 01:07:22.860 |
Now, by way of quick review, we ask the question, but why? 01:07:26.880 |
Why is it necessary, and why is the tone so intense? 01:07:34.860 |
Just in a brief way describing why the letter has such a tone. 01:07:54.880 |
Because the Judaizers came in, and Apostle Paul is fighting 01:08:03.860 |
It's because there is a spiritual battle happening, right, 01:08:07.860 |
for the territory of the minds and hearts of the saints 01:08:11.860 |
But more, more so than that, too, if you think about it, 01:08:14.860 |
the way that Apostle Paul has been trying to convince 01:08:16.860 |
the church was, you think this is just simply adopting 01:08:25.860 |
To distort the gospel doctrine is to try and mess 01:08:28.860 |
with the character of Christ, just in the same way 01:08:30.860 |
that you would never just by your own whim decide, 01:08:45.860 |
And so there is a place for righteous indignation, 01:08:49.860 |
especially in the way that Apostle Paul puts it, 01:09:00.860 |
Because what is happening is not just messing 01:09:03.860 |
with different religions, you're deserting the Savior. 01:09:06.860 |
Okay, that's where we came from in the last segment 01:09:12.860 |
If you remember in verse 1 through 6, he said, 01:09:24.840 |
as we've been discussing the various passages 01:10:05.820 |
It's succinct and it comes to hit the main idea 01:10:14.820 |
by saying the righteousness of God is revealed. 01:10:45.820 |
Now, I'm just going to take that little phrase. 01:10:47.820 |
I don't want to go into the history of all that. 01:11:18.820 |
is because when we keep those things in mind then, 01:11:46.820 |
that as Apostle Paul over the entirety of the letter 01:12:08.800 |
You know, we should try to see a middle ground. 01:12:12.800 |
He's saying the difference is between freedom and slavery. 01:12:44.800 |
that in as much as you need to see the contrast 01:12:50.800 |
he wants you also to have the strength and courage 01:13:05.800 |
you know, everybody's all equal kind of society 01:13:19.800 |
"I wish that these people who are disturbing you 01:13:25.800 |
This is his genuine thought about how he feels 01:14:17.800 |
He's seen various spiritual fruits in their lives. 01:14:20.800 |
He's remembering how receptive they were, okay? 01:14:24.800 |
And so there's a genuine sense of disappointment, right? 01:14:30.800 |
Now, the point of this first statement in verse 7 01:14:38.800 |
"But right now, you're not obeying the truth." 01:14:53.800 |
like, "Apostle Paul, why are you against us?" 01:15:19.800 |
If it is a rhetorical question, we know the point 01:15:22.800 |
because the point is if you ask a rhetorical question, 01:15:37.800 |
When he says, like, "Who did this to you, huh?" 01:15:54.800 |
But what we know is that there are actually people 01:16:07.800 |
And I think this is the emphatic point of the passage 01:16:24.800 |
it's just a proverbial, like, a pithy statement 01:16:43.800 |
They're hindering the Church, which, if you look that up, 01:16:47.800 |
They're trying to get people to not obey the truth. 01:16:56.820 |
is they're trying to give false conviction to the Church. 01:17:11.800 |
but most often, they're going to do that with, 01:17:13.800 |
"I have conviction. This is the truth," right? 01:17:18.800 |
"This is the Word of God," et cetera, et cetera. 01:17:21.800 |
They're going to come with a lot of oomph and conviction. 01:17:25.820 |
And then what's more, this idea of disturbing, 01:17:30.800 |
is this--the literal idea is to take somebody 01:17:36.800 |
It's to discombobulate and confuse an individual, okay? 01:17:40.800 |
These are the many tactics of the opposition. 01:18:13.800 |
and just try to have all this, like, emphatic teaching. 01:18:17.800 |
He wants you to be able to distinguish between people. 01:18:41.800 |
about what are the Galatians doing, though, okay? 01:18:47.800 |
and they're doing all these different kind of schemes, 01:19:08.800 |
And there is a moment for us to ask this question. 01:19:24.800 |
"Oh, yeah, let's go ahead and obey the laws of Moses. 01:19:27.800 |
Let's get circumcised," et cetera, et cetera. 01:19:32.800 |
but first and foremost, I want to just have us 01:19:39.800 |
That could it be that what is at stake right now? 01:19:44.800 |
In some sense, if you think about even our preaching, 01:19:48.800 |
we can preach, "Jesus Christ is the Son of God 01:19:53.780 |
Did you know that there's a lot of people who'd be like, 01:20:08.780 |
You can acknowledge Jesus as an amazing rabbi, 01:20:17.800 |
That's when you all of a sudden have opposition, right? 01:20:39.780 |
and try and seek like, "Oh, is there a middle ground here?" 01:20:49.780 |
"I never want to be too emphatically on this side. 01:20:52.780 |
"I don't want to be too emphatically on this side for sure. 01:20:55.780 |
"I want to try to take like a middle ground." 01:21:17.780 |
"and you happen to say something to the extent of like, 01:21:24.780 |
If God said something very clear and explicit in the Scriptures, 01:21:27.780 |
we have to come at it with the same explicitness, 01:22:17.780 |
which is--let me pass through a couple of these real fast. 01:22:58.780 |
that there are going to be so many false teachers. 01:23:14.780 |
"in the matter about which they are boasting." 01:24:03.760 |
"disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.