Aug. 09, 2026

Birth Stories

TENS machines that simulate ______  __________

Brief review of the setting for Paul's letter to Galatia

The false gospel of "Jesus plus" doing good works

Up to now, Paul has been fairly _______ in his letter

V 12 Paul's tone softens. Galatians 6:1, When going to restore correct a believer do so with a ________ ________ (and Proverbs 15:1, how a soft answer turns away _________ )

V 12 He calls them _______ ... v 19 he calls them ______ __________

V 13-15 It seems Paul hadn't planned on going to Galatia but went there because of an ___________

A bit about Paul's physical appearance (from 2 Corinthians 10:10 and early church records)

They weren't turned off by Paul's appearance, but treated him like an angel (v 14). In a way, Paul was an angel of God because angel means ____________.

One reason they loved Paul was his being the bearer of the Good News (see Isaiah 52:7, Romans 10:15)

V 16-17 Paul wonders how he now seems to be their ______. Their change toward Paul is the result of the _____ _______

How were they so easily led astray by the Judaizers?

It's not that good works are not important in a Christian's life. We were ________ to do good works (Ephesians 2:10) and good works is a sign you have real, living ______ (James 2:26) But good works have nothing to do with our salvation.

The attraction of works salvation:

It fits the idea that there is no ________ _________ .... when it comes to our right relationship to God. It wasn't free, but very costly ,,, to Jesus.'

Good works feeds our ________ for what we have done. There is a pride in what we accomplished that allows ua to look _____ on others.

V 20 Paul wrote that he found it __________ the Galatians were making such a bad decision and that was causing Paul such great pain...this is a pain many of us here have ____________,

We all have what can be called _____ __________ (I think Jesus refers to this in Matthew 7:3-5)

We should be like King David and ask God to help us realize our ______ _______ (Psalm 139: 23-24).  We are wise if we develop trusted friendships where some people are invited to speak truth to us (Proverbs 27: 6, 9: 8)

Paul spoke up even though it seemed it was costing him . . it was a risk born out of _______.

If you feel led to talk to someone you love about an area where ______ (Galatians 6: 1) and that you can speak the truth in Love (Ephesians 4: 15). If you can't do that, consider if you are the right person to speak to the other.

Consider how open you are to hearing about your own blind spots.