THE ONLY WAY TO LIVE A CHRISTIAN LIFE (5 OF 5)
by Brad Whitt
Scripture: Galatians 3:1-18
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Title: The Only Way to Live the Christian Life (5 of 5)
Series: Galatians-No Other Gospel
Author: Brad Whitt
Text: Galatians 3:1-18
INTRODUCTION
Take your Bibles this evening and turn with me to Galatians Chapter 3. We're in a series of messages on Sunday night in the amazing little book of Galatians titled "No Other Gospel." We are studying the first 18 verses tonight, as the apostle Paul shares with us "The Only Way to Live the Christian Life."
ILLUSTRATION
In the summer of 1859, a French acrobat named Charles Blondin captivated the world by performing a series of tightrope walks across the Niagara Gorge near Niagara Falls. Suspended 160 feet above the raging waters, Blondin traversed a 1,100-foot-long rope multiple times, each with increasing daring-once blindfolded, another time on stilts, and even carrying his manager, Harry Colcord, on his back.
On one occasion, Blondin approached the crowd after crossing with a wheelbarrow and asked if they believed he could carry a person across in it. The crowd enthusiastically affirmed their belief, but when he challenged, "Who will get in the wheelbarrow?" no one volunteered.
This story highlights the difference between mere intellectual assent and an active, living faith. It's one thing to believe something is true. It's another to trust your life to it.
In our Christian Walk, we are called not just to believe in Christ but to place our complete trust in Him, living by faith rather than relying on our own efforts.
QUOTE: Adrian Rogers, ""Faith is not believing in spite of evidence; it is obeying in spite of consequence."
QUOTE: Anonymous, "The difference between belief and faith is simple. Belief is knowing the parachute exists. Faith is jumping out of the plane."
In the first two chapters of Galatians, Paul, the great "freedom fighter," has been defending the Gospel.
He's not concerned about his own popularity; his concern is the truth of the Gospel. His burden is that ...
Series: Galatians-No Other Gospel
Author: Brad Whitt
Text: Galatians 3:1-18
INTRODUCTION
Take your Bibles this evening and turn with me to Galatians Chapter 3. We're in a series of messages on Sunday night in the amazing little book of Galatians titled "No Other Gospel." We are studying the first 18 verses tonight, as the apostle Paul shares with us "The Only Way to Live the Christian Life."
ILLUSTRATION
In the summer of 1859, a French acrobat named Charles Blondin captivated the world by performing a series of tightrope walks across the Niagara Gorge near Niagara Falls. Suspended 160 feet above the raging waters, Blondin traversed a 1,100-foot-long rope multiple times, each with increasing daring-once blindfolded, another time on stilts, and even carrying his manager, Harry Colcord, on his back.
On one occasion, Blondin approached the crowd after crossing with a wheelbarrow and asked if they believed he could carry a person across in it. The crowd enthusiastically affirmed their belief, but when he challenged, "Who will get in the wheelbarrow?" no one volunteered.
This story highlights the difference between mere intellectual assent and an active, living faith. It's one thing to believe something is true. It's another to trust your life to it.
In our Christian Walk, we are called not just to believe in Christ but to place our complete trust in Him, living by faith rather than relying on our own efforts.
QUOTE: Adrian Rogers, ""Faith is not believing in spite of evidence; it is obeying in spite of consequence."
QUOTE: Anonymous, "The difference between belief and faith is simple. Belief is knowing the parachute exists. Faith is jumping out of the plane."
In the first two chapters of Galatians, Paul, the great "freedom fighter," has been defending the Gospel.
He's not concerned about his own popularity; his concern is the truth of the Gospel. His burden is that ...
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