The Fight for Grace

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• The Fight for Grace
• Galatians 11-5
• What if God were to write you a letter?
• I. Whats the background of the letter?
• A. Author The Apostle Paul
• B. Recipients Church in Southern Galatia
• C. Date After 1st missionary journey
• II. Why was it written? To counter Judaizing
  legalism
• A. An attack on the adequacy of Christ.
  (221)
• B. A misunderstanding of Gods plan for the
  law. (319-25)
• C. A capturing of the gospel by a national
  and racial message.
• III. What is Pauls argument?
• A. The essence of Christianity is not living
  by the law.
• B. It is living in trust in Christ alone for
  our salvation.
• C. It is living in dependence on the Holy
  Spirit alone for our sanctification.