Series – GALATIANS: I FOUGHT THE LAW AND GRACE WON
Message: “Closing Argument for Grace Alone”
Galatians 6:11-18
The three-point strategy of Paul’s closing argument against the legalists:
wrong motives. (vv. 11-13)
God doesn’t just evaluate what we do, but why we do it.
Sources of peer pressure for the Judaizers:
1. Other legalistic Christians
2. Jewish friends and relatives
3. The Roman government.
the cross. (vv. 14-16)
The Christian life isn’t about effort as much as it’s about identity.
Our boasting shouldn’t be in what we do for God, but what He’s done for us.
the marks. (vv. 17-18)
Persecution for Christ’s sake is a privilege and an authenticator.
Better to bear the scars of trusting Christ than the shame of pleasing man.