Galatians 1-2

Praise forever to the king of kings. Are we thankful for what Jesus has done for us? We got to Motley Crue over here, the Henry plan, Gibson, plan Henry, from Henry, the ren Henry, come up here. Henry is being deployed. After our service today.

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That's all right. Henry's being deployed where to Africa Africa. I knew that, but I'm just want to make sure you knew where you're going, but his family is here today. After service this morning, we're going to have a little gathering downstairs. So Come on down. Bring some food, though. But that we want to just pray for Henry. Pray for God's Direction, protection over him and pull the family as he's away. But for Henry, as he goes off to, let's have a moment this morning and pray. Father, we praise a day. That is Henry is employee that you watch over him and just protect him the men that he was with the women that he's with all those that are there just watch over a military. But father today is we recognize Henry and his service to our country. We ask your blessing upon him and upon his family Left Behind as they are here. Taking care of the Home Fires. Father, we just pray for guidance and direction. In every aspect in Jesus name, we pray. Amen. Not before I let him go sit down this young man. Twenty-some years ago, came into our church and we get this story straight. He bitched the nursery worker. You remember that you probably don't remember that but with Grace Grace Curry, could you imagine somebody biting Grace Curry right? Trace Curry but those she remembers that and she still loves you. All right, so careful who you B.

Grab your bible telling me this morning to Galatians chapter one, we're going to look and I threatened a couple weeks back that I may go through the Epistles over the summer and we're going to do that because it deals with the church that deals with the Apostle Paul and the things that he has founded within the church, the things that he is taught the things that he has shared. And now as he makes that second missionary journey around, he he hears that there's things going on in the church that just shouldn't be happening. They have fallen away from the faith. So to speak, the church is at Paul founded in the Roman province of galatia. We're being invaded by false teachers and false teachings of philosophies of the world. Where is creeping in? Some of those were the same philosophy that Paul had refuted in the Jerusalem Council and Acts chapter 15. When we go back and we're not going to take the time today to read that, we call these people judaizers because they try to bring the Christians back into the bondage of the law. The law of Moses, when Christ died on the cross, he removed that bondage. He remove that, and Grace has been installed. Paul wrote this letter to magnify God's grace. He wrote this letter to explain the freedom of God's people. Because of that Grace. I don't know about you, but I'm thankful. I am thankful for the grace that God has bestowed upon us. I'm going to turn over to glacial after 5 and just read this one. Versus Paul says this about Grace standfast therefore in the Liberty by which Christ has made us free and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage. I might say that, I think most of us here today, enjoy Freedom. We enjoy Liberty. Can I get an amen for that? we don't like rules and regulations and I shared this I think Wednesday night at Bible study, when I went to Bible College my wife and I we had an orientation just like most colleges will have all the freshman orientation and one of the leaders of the college a guy by the name of our old wood worth Got up there and he shared with us when we started this school, we had no rules. We have rules today because you broke them.

Is it okay? Well how can you break rules if you don't have any well there were things that we're going on. That students were doing that. They said okay we can't do that. So here's a rule, you can't do that. So here's our rule. We don't like rules. We know that they're there. Many times for our security for our safety. To keep us alien in a certain area position. But overall, I would say, we we like to be free. We like the Liberty that's before, and this is what Paul is trying to say it in that relation fibers, when Stand Fast in the Liberty, with which Christ has given you in that freedom of service, no longer bound to the law, having to do the sacrifices, having to the things in which they the Old Testament, we see happening over and over, that was still happening in these days. Those who just had a hard time, releasing the old ways. And it happens, I find the older I get the harder it is to release the old ways, right? That's who we are. But Paul is writing this and you talk about this Christian Freedom, that it's a liberty, this Liberty that we have to become all that you can be in Jesus Christ. Scripture says I can do all things through Christ. Who strengthens me all things through Christ. Who strengthens me to do good or evil? Yet to make choice of evil is not to use but abuse that freedom Francis de Sales. Made that statement. Let me read it again. We have freedom to do good or evil yet to make choice of evil is not to use but to abuse our freedom is. Look at this passage your Galatians chapter 1, as we begin to look at you saying, this is a personal affirmation of Paul's life. The Apostle Paul who at one time was named Saul of Tarsus, go back to the book of Acts, you can read about Saul of Tarsus, he was out, persecuting churches, he, he was looking for names of families that he can take it and he could persecute because they they claim to be followers of Christ. God got ahold of Saul of Tarsus and Acts chapter 9 blinded him on that Damascus Road. And saw ask that great important was a lord. What would you have me to do? And he came to face, then he was sent to a man by the name of ananias impacting, Angel went to ananias and said hey Saul of Tarsus is coming to you, you're going to take care of him, you got a house and feed him. You going to Mentor him and of course it's like you. And I would do we would say, hey what we've got on things, don't we? God knows everything there is to know about you and about me we can inform him about anything that he doesn't already know about. And God says in a nice. Yes he is a chosen vessel to do a work for me. He will have to suffer many things for my namesake Saul of Tarsus the persecutor now becomes Paul, the Apostle, the persecuted. He then goes about and he begins to start churches all across the region and many missionary Journeys that he went on. He had been to Valatie. Now, he's returning back because he's hearing some things that are going on in the church, in galatia, he's not happy. Look what he says, verse 1 through verse five, Galatians chapter 10 in the possible, not from man, nor through, man. But through Jesus Christ in God, the Father who raised him from the dead and all the brother and who are with me. Grace to you and peace from God, the father and our Lord. Jesus Christ who gave himself for our sins, that he might Deliver Us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father be glory forever and ever Amen. A key phrase that I think is important for us. He might Deliver Us from this present, evil age. How evil? What are the Ben, how evil do you think it was all the churches were being persecuted? Believers were being persecuted. They were being stoned to death. They were being hung, whatever it would take to get rid of this gospel message, Paul, Saul of Tarsus was a part of that, Now he's coming back and he say, listen, we're in the evil age and there's some things going on. The gospel was much more than just a message, he preached. It was a miracle that he experienced. It was a miracle that came into his life when God blinded him on that Damascus Road and God saved him. When he said Lord, what would you have me to do? That's a great question. We all need to ask. Lord, what would you have me to do? Here's the problem. Sometimes, when we ask that question, we get an answer. We don't want God tells us and directions on what we should do and then our next a wall or die. I don't want to do that. And God my God, he does not also give you the ability to accomplish. You may not be able to do it as you think you should. You may not be able to do it in her rightly fashion as you think, but if we're doing God's, will he will guide us and he will direct us to get it done. The gospel is the power of God unto salvation of what Romans 1:16 tells us the gospel is the power of God unto salvation.

And when it gives us at Salvation, it brings freedom. I want is a stop just for a second this morning and think of that moment that time in your life when you said yes to Jesus that moment that time in your life, when you gave your life in Lord, be my Lord be my savior guide. Me and direct me. You remember that moment? You remember that time I'm assuming that it was a peaceful time because you're seeking God's guys, you seeking God's Direction and when he says, hey here's what you need to do the burdens of the world fall apart in the freedoms. The pressures of the world fall off of our shoulders, the freedoms are there.

when Paul trust in Christ, he became a free man. The shackles of sin, the shackles of this religion, religious, or legal, istic religion, that he was in fell apart. They were broken. Have you been there? Do you know what the problem is? We live in a world where we get free of those birds but we pile other burdens on, don't we? We get free of the trials and tribulations but we bring other trials and tribulations into our life by how we live and what we do, the the things around us. Paul's giving his personal affirmations and listen. He who gave himself for our sins that he might Deliver Us from this present, evil age, the same God that was able to deliver them from that. Present evil age in the same God that can Deliver Us from any other present evil age around us. My favorite verse, I've gone to lately Romans John 14:27. Where Jesus says, peace, I leave with you. My peace. I give you. Not as the world gives give I unto you. The world's pieces messed up. Amen. God's peace is pure. That's the piece he wants us to have that's a piece he wants us to live with. So we see that this gospel was important fall. It was more than just a message, keep resetting. He lived it. The treasure that he guarded. Look what he says in verse 6. I Marvel that you are turning away. So soon from him who called you in the grace of Christ, to a different gospel, which is not another, but there are some who trouble you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ. But even if we or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have. Preached to you, let him be accursed. As we have said before. So now I say, again, if anyone preaches any other gospel to you, then what you have received, let him be. Accursed, he says it twice. Why do you think he says that twice? He wants us to pay attention to listen up. I grew up in an age where when my mom and dad told me to do something I needed to do it then if they told me twice, it was usually too late. Right? Listen, the first time do it. They tell me again, I'm in trouble. He said, Hey listen, I said I want, I'm going to say it again. If we are an angel parent, preach, any other gospel to you than what we have priests, do you let him be accursed. Be careful. What is being preached? If is not the word of God. Be aware. Otherwise, it says let him be accursed first night. He goes on his heads as we have said before. So now I say, again, if anyone, preaches is Gospel that you have, let him be accursed for, where do I now for Wayne man? Or God, do I seek to please men for. If I still, please men. I would not be a bond servant of Christ, but I make known to you brother. The gospel, which was reach by me, is not according to man. For, I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but it came through the revelation of Jesus Christ, for you have heard of my, former conduct in Judaism. How I persecuted the Church of God beyond, measure, and try to destroy it. And I advance in Judaism Beyond many of my contemporaries in my own Nation, being more cheating Lisa, Salas for the traditions of my father's But when it pleased God who separated me from my mother's womb and call me through his grace to reveal his son, to me that I may preach him among the Gentiles. I did not immediately confirm with flesh and blood nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were possible before me. But I went to Arabia and returned again to Damascus. Pause a listen. When God called me, I listened. When God called me, I did what he was calling me to do. I didn't have to get confirmation from those around. I didn't have to find out from other man or be taught I allowed God to teach me. Years ago, when I was in Bible College, I worked in a hospital for the five years. I was in there for your Bible College. Figure that one out. No, there was a year in there where I I dropped out, I I stepped aside cuz I didn't know that. This is what I wanted to do. I knew is what I'm supposed to be doing but I didn't want to do it. Anybody else been there? Lord. I know what you want me to do. I just don't want to do it. That's not what I want to be doing in life. So, I sat down a college for a year and sort of got my life, straightened out with God and, and try to find out, Lord of this is what you want me to do. Then I want to do it for you. Not because my father being a miniature wanted me to do it, not because anybody else around me is asking me to do it. I want to know what you want, and I want to do it for you. Working in that hospital, we had some great conversations with my boss and my boss would talk to me about other ministers. Our future ministers who have come to the hospital and work there and in some who are just total jerks in the idiots, I guess in life and left a bad testimony behind and others who came and we're doing the best that they could father's. He didn't even know what their purpose was.

He says, there are people in this world that are called by God and there are people in this world that are called by men. And here's what he said to me. He says quiet, I perceived I perceive that you are called by God. That's a big pressure right there.

And I knew that this is what God and I was working out, because it's what my father wanted, is not what I wanted and here. Here we are. I still don't know if I do it right. I know I don't do it well, but I do the best that I can for God. She is not my responsibility, it's not my responsibility to do it at somebody. Else says, it's my responsibility to do it as the word says, and the word is the same yesterday today and forever. There's one interpretation of God's word. Many applications. So, the interpretation is the same, the application might be different for me than then, for you, when God is calling you and you say, Lord, what would you have me to do? Do, do what I called you to do, for me? It was to be in the ministry for you. It's whatever vocation you may be in that, God has called you to Do it to his honor, do it to his glory. And when you do that, there's peace. Go to 1st Corinthians chapter 15. Look at verse 1, through verse 11, 1st Corinthians, chapter 15 verse 1 through verse 11 of the Apostle. Paul says this more over brother and I declare to you the gospel, which I preached to you which also received in which you stand by Weezer also, you were saying, if you hold fast that word, which I preached to you unless you believed in vain So that's the question we got to ask. Do I believe it or do I not? Am I holding fast? What God has preached to me? Or am I believing in vain verse 34? I delivered to you. First of all, that, which I also received that Christ died for our sins, according to the scriptures and that he was buried in that he rose again the third day, according to the scriptures and that he was seen by cephas then by the 12. And that he was seen by over 500 Brethren at once of whom the greater part remain for the present. But some have fallen asleep. Me, some have died. And after that he was seen by James, then by all the apostles, then last of all he was seen by me also as by one born out of due time. Brian. The least of the apostles who am not worthy to be called God, but by the grace of God, I am what I am. And his grace towards me was not in vain, but I labored more abundantly than they all yet. Not I, but the grace of God, which was with me, therefore, whether it was I, or they. So we preached and so, You believe. Little different commentary. Then he's talking about his own life. As a judaizers, as one person who knew the church I was climbing the ladder. I was important I was going after names. I was asking for names to to persecute and then he becomes in the policy says I'm one of the least I'm not even worthy to be here. The whole different mindset, a whole different ball game where he's at. But the key that he's throwing out of this, the gospel is to be presented. The gospel is to be shared. The gospel is to be guarded, not water down, not cheapen See when we water down, is because we don't like what it's saying.

Can you believe that as a pastor, when I share the word of God, some people get mad at me. How many would believe that? Would you believe that?

And if I'm sharing the word of God and they get mad at me, here's what I do not going to like it when I say this, but here's what I say, they're not mad at me, if if it's making them mad, they're not mad at me. They're mad at the Holy Spirit. If I'm sharing the word of God is truth, they're mad at the holy spirit because it's the holy spirit that brings upon conviction, not Pastor Clyde.

I can't bring conviction. I can just hear the word, share. The word as God would have it not water down not. So I can't really say if I said that way, oh, someone's always going to be mad. So here's how I get away. You may not like it, I didn't write it. But God said it and here it is.

Listen up. Listen up I said listen up twice, listen up, right isn't what he's telling us in the word. It's a gospel. The gospel is a treasure, to be guarded, but today, the 21st century. What do we say? Well, you know, it doesn't go with my lifestyle. The Bible is not supposed to go with our lifestyle. Our lifestyle supposed to go with the Bible. He says he hears the word of God.

The Bible. You remember what that stands for, right? Bible basic instructions before leaving Earth.

I mean, I got to follow this, you should Pastor have you read it? I have. Pastor dee. Do you agree with everything? I agree with it. I don't like it.

Human right. I strive to do the best that I can in my life. The world's going all kinds of things at us. And we're not really sure which way to go stay on the path with God.

I share this story this morning. Got a few me and looked at what I didn't do it on purpose but Anybody drive the church from the north this morning? You see? A dead squirrel squashed on the side of the road or in the middle of the road, actually. 5:36 this morning as I'm coming to church this squirrel decides to come out from my right, get in the middle of my lane and decided to go back this way, but then decided to go back this way and then decide to go back this way. And did that a few times and went back that way, and I thought I was clear, I even slow down, I wasn't going that fast anyway. Slow down. And then I hear from Tom.

And I look in the rearview mirror. And there's little squirrel.

You know what? That reminds me of Austin's Christian sometimes. Lord, I know what you want me to do about all the way up.

And we get hit me wonder what just happened. Have you been there? I have What just happened? The thing is for that squirrel. Somebody told me this morning at two or three more, you might have a meal. I'm not thinking squash squirrel is. The mail I want to have today.

We getting the world like that and we, the world is pulling this one way and then we're not sure which way to go, because we just can't make up her mind Jesus. Let this mind be in you, which is also in Christ Jesus. Have the mind of Christ Lord. What would you have me to do the password? That question and get an answer with an asterisk? Next question, you heard more than what we had me to do? I don't know. Is my answer. Cuz I don't know the Lord white. Okay, what was the devil want me to do? We usually know what that one is. And when we know what the devil wants to do, do the opposite. That's pretty safe. Posing. This gospel needs to be guarded, the gospel lost one. Verses 18 through verse 24, chapter 1, the gospels a tie that binds God's people to gather it brings us together. So it divides, why? Because we all have our ideas in our thoughts and what he say. But what did I say? There's one interpretation many applications when we interpret the word of God correctly. And that's not just picking up the Bible, reading it because sometimes that could be quite confusing. If your hand offends, you cut it off. Who's done that? My hand hurts. It's one of my friends. Me today. I'm not cutting it off. He's sharing some things of the old ways, the old life that listen. If you're a thief and you continue this, continue to steal continue, still going to cut your hand off. Others will know you're a thief And maybe then that will stop you from stealing. That's the point. Got to go a little deeper in the word of God than just reading it. Verse 18 through verse 24. Look what he says Paul said, then after three years, I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter and remain with him, 15 days, but I saw none other, none of the other Apostles except James the Lord's brother. Nakasone the things which I write to you indeed. Before God, I do not lie afterward. I went into the regions of Siri and solicit. I was Unknown by face to the churches of Judea which were in Christ, but they were hearing Only He Who formerly preaches to us or persecuted us. Now, preaches, the faith, which he wants to try to destroy, and they glorify got to make. They didn't know anybody by my face but my they knew me by my reputation in that true. I'm not from this area, I guess I'm 30 years from this area. I don't know what that means, but I was born in Texas and live in Kansas, and Oklahoma, and Missouri and back to Kansas. And then here we are in New York. Many of you grew up with one another, you know, people in the community, you know, past lies or histories. You can probably tell some stories that somebody else may not want to hear. Stories, might be able to be told about you that you don't want to be shared. They Know Who You Are. They knew who Saul of Tarsus was a new. Who Paul the Apostle was even though got to change his name from Saul to Paul. They didn't know him by his looks, but they knew him. By persecuting the church. And look what you're doing for him. They glorified God. In me, they were thankful that God could take this person who was persecuting the church changed his life. And make him a pillar. In the church. One who was important sharing the gospel with others? There's not one of us that God can't do the same thing with. Maybe you've never persecuted other believers, you never persecuted people. But man, we have done things that we know we shouldn't have done. And because of those sins in our lives, Jesus Christ died on that cross shed his blood, that whosoever believes in him. Will not perish, but have everlasting life. In that nice, when did a wonderful thing for God to do while we were yet? Sinners, he did that for you and for me

Again John 14:27 peace, I leave with you, my peace Muses at Camp to you. Not the world's piece, my piece, which is pure Wizards, Peaceable and passes all understanding

Remember a few weeks back, I talked about when I was a child and I was sitting under that tree and was just very comfortable having a wonderful day, looking up the blue sky and Texas and the and the clouds and just in that moment of man, this is relaxing, I can do this for like a Huck Finn moment.

And then my sister yelled at me and said, hey mom, when she was, I had to go in and see what mom wanted. When I got done doing whatever my I went the first time I didn't have to get called twice, right? When I got back from doing whatever, mom wanted me to do. I tried to recreate that moment under that tree in the same position, I couldn't get the same comfortable position or the same feeling that I had. Earlier. and sometimes when we go through life and our Christian walk, we we had these feelings that were waiting for and that feeling that we had when we accepted Christ as our Lord and savior. When all things pass away, All Things become new where washed clean white as the driven snow. And we try to recreate that we can't. You know why it's already happened? What we've become a child of God, when we truly believe unless we believe in vain that mean, we really didn't truly believe. When we truly believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, the lord save me. He will, he does. And we become a new person and all those pressures of Life at Falling Away. What am I remember doing that? I was seven years of age. Going to church Sunday night Sunday, night church went Sunday morning went Sunday night, Wednesday, night, had revivals during the summer that we had to go to. And was there every time the doors were open. I was in church. That happens when your dad's a pastor

Now, it's hard to get people to go to church. We got too busy. The things of the world. Are giving us that squirrel moment, right? Lord. What would you have me to do? It will stay over there on the side of the road and like, any human being squirrel. Look both ways and you see a car coming, head back to the woods.

The gospels a tie that binds saw the enemy became Paul, the brother in Christ. He was able to fellowship with the people that he wants persecuted. Oh, what kind of forgiveness is that take? Christians May disagree on minor matters, matters of interpretation organization but we need to agree on the gospel. Message says the word of God. Genesis chapter 2 organization, Shepherd to rather we see Paul looking at life in different ways. He he looks at Life as a runner. He looks at Life as a steward. He looks at life is the Watchman in the Destroyer. We're going to reach these fourth conclusions, real quickly here in the next few minutes. Then, after 14 years, I want up again to Drew some. So it's been a while. With Barnabas and also took Titus with me. And I went up by Revelation and communicated them the gospel which I preached among the Gentiles. But privately to those who were reputation, let's by any means I might run or had run in vain. Yet not even tied, as he was with me being a Greek, was compelled to be circumsized, and this occurred because of false brother. And she can we brought in who came in by cell to spy on our Liberty, which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage to whom. We did not yield submission even for an hour that the truth of the Gospel might continue with, you can use what Christ has done for us but hey, let's go back to the old ways were where we have to work for it, where we had to sacrifice, do all the work. And Jesus said, no, it's done. I am the Supreme sacrifice, I paid the price for you. All you have to do now is believe and want you believe. Serve. It's not serve them believe. It's not do the work, then believe, it's believe, and then serve also, I don't want to be a man. Running a race running and band has got to be a purpose, is got to be a reason, there's got to be in endgame to this thing. They were sure he was on the right track. He was sure that he was headed for the right goal in his life. The judaizers want to get were trying to move the church backwards to the old ways.

You want to go back to the old ways. Here's what I remember about the old ways of being raised in church. In Texas. In an old church building that when you walked in the front doors of the church building underneath the Belfry you could smell what was in the belfry. Have you been there? I'm not talking about the Bell. Talk about the bats. And every now and then in that church, the bats would come out and begin flying around. Anna, my father, the minister as he's preaching and people are watching the bats. Write would make a statement as he standing behind this big pool. But he said, okay, folks, listen, yes, there there's a bad loose in the auditorium and I know you see it, but don't worry about how they got a built-in radar and they won't hit the floor.

And yes, the whole crowd laughed. What we say, sometimes it's hard to live out especially when it's coming, right at us. I remember those days I remember sitting in church not being too cold but being too hot because it's a hundred and some degrees outside already at 10 on a Sunday morning. And that church is soaked up that he'd and the fan that you're in there, Fanning yourself with cuz we didn't have air conditioning your Fanning yourself with a fan. With a picture of Jesus on one side, in the name of the funeral home on the other,

If you going to go here you might be seeing this guy here. Remember those days? I don't want to go back to those days. I like air conditioning. Okay, yes, I'm you know, like it. I know you're cold. I like, Not smelling the bats. I like where God has put us today. As he says the Esther for such a time as this. What are we doing with the moment? What are we doing this time pulsing? I don't want to run a race, I want to be the runner that God wants not running in vain. Versus X reversed ending talks about being a good Steward, look what he says. But from those who seem to be something whatever they were, it makes no difference to me, God shows, personal favoritism to no, man for those who seem to be something added nothing to me. God shows personal favoritism to no man. He looks at us all the same. I'm no, greater than anybody else. I may be the pastor of hoosic Valley Community Church, but that, and two bucks might get you a large cup of coffee at Stewart's. I think it's a little more than two bucks these days.

That means nothing. In fact, I'll share another story that I have shared this morning. This past week, I went to the Lowe's and I bought some flooring. I bought the five boxes of flooring and some other things and and I walked out and I got home. And I looked at my receipt, and I realized that the place had already only charged me for four boxes of flooring. And this is not just a Lowe's close by. This is a Lowe's up in Queensbury cuz I had to be up in Queensbury this week. That's all I'll just kill two birds with one stone. I'll stop there. And go do what I got to do. When I get home, I realized I got four boxes. Or five boxes for the price of 4. And God good. The Human Side. Spiritual sizes But Clyde, does she know the Angels Clyde? You know, that's stealing but I didn't do it in Clyde if it was your business, what would you want? But don't you know the cost of gas to go all the way back to Queensbury. I'll be making a trip to Queensbury this week.

The battle was real. But then, did you notice I'm wearing my old a pair of glasses because the pair that I had on while I'm having this battle breaks

and where do I get these glasses repaired?

Road trip.

But you know what? Wouldn't let me not do it. My heart. because if I'm willing to do that, the little things, What else am I willing to do? See, there's a Biblical principle there. That God tells us. If you take care of the little things, the big things will take care of themselves, but if you ignore the little things, they begin to build up and become something major. That's true. So that's why you're really going back to Queen. Yeah. I'll be going back. get my glasses fixed and pay for that extra box of flooring that I didn't get charged for and guess what? I'll sleep. Well, Cuz I know I did the right thing. The Watchmen, we are Runner, got to Stewart. Now, he's talks about to watch my verse 11, through verse 14. Give me five more minutes. We'll be done now. And Peter could come to Antioch. I was told him face to face because he was to be blamed for before certain men came from James. He would eat with the Gentiles, but when they came, he withdrew, who separate himself during those who are the circumcision and the rest of the Jews, also play the hypocrite with him, so that even Barnabas was carried away with their hypocrisy. But when I saw that, they were not straightforward about the truth of the Gospel. I said to Peter before the mall, if you being a Jew live in the manner of Gentiles and not as the Jews, why do you compel Gentiles to live as the Jews? He said hey don't be a hypocrite because you've been circumcised and you're eating with the Gentiles. When you do friends come in they see you don't change like they can't see me doing this. How often do we do that? Be who you are, don't act one way and do something else. That just good stuff. It's watching me in the Watchman and pulsing I'm being the watch because I'm watching how you, you're a hypocrite in your life. You say one thing. But you do something else and Paul was not afraid to confront the Apostle Peter and when Peter moved away from the truth of the Gospel,

He called him on it. Eternal vigilance is the price of Liberty. Sol says, Wendell Phillips. That applies to our spiritual Liberty as well and then look. Lastly of verses 15 through verse 21. We see the Destroyer comes in Brother and I speak in the manner of men, though, it is only a man's Cub that yet. It is confirmed. No annuals or ads. I'm in the wrong passage. Let me get over the chapter 2 and verse in chapter 3 right there. First 15, we who are Jews by nature and are not Sinners of the Gentiles. Knowing that a man is not justified by The Works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ that we might be justified by faith in Christ and not by The Works of the law for by The Works of the law. No flesh shall be justified live while we seek to be justified by Christ. We ourselves also or found Sinners. It's Christ there for a minister of Saint Andrews at certainly not For if I build again those things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor. For through the law. Before I threw the Lord died to the law that I might live to. God, I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me and the life, which I now live in the place, I live by the face in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. I do not set aside the grace of God forever. Isis comes through the law, then Christ, died in vain If our Salvation comes through the law, what he saying is, if we have to work for it, then that thing that Christ died on that cross was a stupid thing to do. He died in vain. But our Salvation doesn't come through working for it or salvation come to the shed blood of Jesus Christ. He paid the price for whosoever believes in him shall not perish but have everlasting life. It's more than just ahead and always goes. The devil has a head knowledge, is having a relationship with him. It's filling the vessel that he is giving us with a fruits of the spirit and the things that he has given us to fill our vessel with, not the things of the world.

Walk out of this place today knowing what path you're taking with God. Don't allow those squirrel moments in your life. They can be deadly. Follow God, he takes down the right path. Father we thank you, we. Thank you for your goodness, your mercy and your love. We thank you for each and every one that you have gathered here this morning for this purpose. And for this reason to hear the word of God, we pray that the word of God does not come back void. You say it will not, it goes out and it lands where you wanted to land. Father helped that word to grow in the hearts and then lies of each and everyone. You know, the bird is on his life, you know, the needs that we all have helped us ale those birds at your feet Supply. Those those needs as only, you can and guide us from this day forward. And once again, father God today, We lift up Henry run, is he just getting deployed? We pray for safety. We pray for direction. We pray. That you be with his family left here behind. Give them all. Peace and understanding until they meet again, and we give you the praise in Jesus name.