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Galatians:Starting Over {Yet Again}
The "Professionals"
Jelly Beans…
Jelly Beans
- Temple
Jelly Beans
- Temple- The Weaker Brother
Jelly Beans
- Temple- The Weaker Brother
- Lives ruined and cut short
It makes senseI've got Scripture on itLove for the Weaker Brother
Maybe I'm right
Prove I'm not…
2 Diamantes and a Bookshelf
Do I sell?
You have to get baptizedIn order to be saved
"Repent and baptized…"
You have to get baptizedIn order to be saved
"Repent and baptized…"Even if…weaker brother
Legalism
You must do thisIn order to really follow Jesus(Even if Scriptures don't say it)
Weaker Brother- untaught
…not all possess this knowledge- 1 Cor. 8
Whatever is not from faith is sin- Romans 14:23
Professional Weaker Brother- Legalist, False or Religious Bro.
…false brothers secretly brought in…to make us slaves
Export convictions/misuse Bible
The Knowing Brother- Well-Grounded and Mature
…the mature…by constant use have trained themselves to
distinguish good from evil- Hebrews 5:14
Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation…
You have a Call on your life
…that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to
himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and
entrusting to us the message of reconciliation
With the Call comes evidenceOf God's great love
To show a watching world
With the Call comesWell-intentioned Dragons
And Hypocrites
To neuter the message
Then after fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus along with me. I went up because of a revelation
To the heart of Judaism…
To the heart of Judaism…With a (Fully) Gentile Christian
To the heart of Judaism…With a (Fully) Gentile Christian
And Jesus told him to do it!
I went up because of a revelation and set before them (though privately before those
who seemed influential)…
Issue of due respect & wisdom
…the gospel that I proclaim among the Gentiles, in order to make sure I was not running or had not run in vain
God said "Go!" check inBecause although it's rightTo refuse to change truth
To win man's favorIt's not OK to be divided
On major issues
They don't pull my stringsBut we are Family
They don't pull my stringsBut we are Family
This is the line we're walkingLegalism is wrong and…They're still Family
When we're dividedAnd undermining each other
On major issuesWe do violence to the gospel
Of our King
So God said, "Go, Paul!"
But even Titus, who was with me, was not forced to be
circumcised, though he was a Greek
There was some "conversation"
Yet because of false brothers secretly brought in- who slipped in to spy out our freedom that we have in Christ Jesus, so that they might bring us into slavery-
Jesus set us freeOne of the attacks of the enemy
Will always be to undo
What Jesus has doneAnd steal our joy and our faith
Professional Weaker Brother:Titus needs to convert
to Judaism!
Well, what about others who see his example?
Church Leaders (untaught):Maybe that's best. We don't want to cause problems and division and hurt the faith of less mature believers. We should serve one another
Mature Brother:
…to them we did not yield in submission even for a moment,
so that the truth of the gospel might be preserved for you
The moment we give inTo something besides Jesus
As our basis for righteousnessWe lose the gospel
…we did not yield in submission even for a moment…
The Professionally-OffendedCan humble themselves
And repent
Or find somewhere elseTo cause problems
To Titus can stay a Full GentileAnd everything is OK, right?
To Titus can stay a Full GentileAnd everything is OK, right?
Problem: What about Timothy?
Paul wanted to take Timothy along on the journey, so he circumcised him because of the Jews who lived in that area, for they all knew that his father was a Greek- Acts 16:3
Hypocrite…
Titus= Full GentileAmong Jewish believers
And PWB's
Timothy= Half-JewishAmong unbelieving Jews
I have become all things to all men that I might by all means save some- Paul, 1 Cor. 9I carry a cross. Here what it Looks like with unbelievers
Love gives peopleWhat they need
Not always what they want
Even if it costs to do soAnd they don't deserve it
Unbelievers need to know Jesus
Bullying legalists needTo hear "not for a moment"Because Jesus is enough
We don't give in to Professional Weaker Brothers
We teach true Weaker Brothers
We carry a cross in all of this
…to them we did not yield in submission even for a moment,
so that the truth of the gospel might be preserved for you
And from those who seemed to be influential (what they were makes no difference to me; God shows no partiality)- those, I say, who seemed influential added nothing to me
Fear of ManBeing Intimidated
Showing Favoritism
Never glorifies GodAnd sets us up for compromise
God shows no partiality
- Who God is- Supplies/Frees me- How God treats us- Who we all are in light of God's
Holiness and our great need
God shows no partiality
- Who God is- How God treats us- Who we all are in light of God's
Holiness and our need
…those, I say, who seemed influential added nothing to me
On 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
…(for he who worked through Peter for his apostolic ministry to the circumcised worked also through me for mine to the Gentiles)…
…and 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. Only, they asked us to remember the poor, the very thing I was eager to do
Unity, not UnanimityOr Clone-making
How do you know God's in this?Can we celebrate Our differences to his Glory?
The Weaker brother meansGod will call me to:
SacrificeTeach Truth to Set Free
= Great Unity and Freedom
The PWB:
ManipulationScripture-twisting
Forced loss of freedomDivision in the body over minors
The Mature BelieverGives no room to PWB's
Esp. when it becomes aMeasure of one's righteousness
But he will carry a crossFor the sake of the Call
What's the answer To Jellybeans?
"Follow your convictions, BrianAnd we'll follow ours…"
Cars and books?
Let's deal with your heartNot my possessions
Baptism or you're not saved?
…he saved us, not by works of righteousness which we have done, but by his mercy- Titus 3:5
Jesus set you free to follow himBy faith
Develop convictions, know truthBut resolve to never export
Convictions to others
Questions, CommentsDisagreements
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