Ending with Grace: As Paul closes his letter to the Galatians, he once again highlights the importance of grace for God's people. Those who overcome in this life, will understand grace, and they will be used to do exploits.

Don't Leave Your Harvest in the Field: As Paul concludes this letter, he warns Christians about the things that can cut off the harvest of God's promises to them. Many Christians leave their harvest in the field, and Paul's words help us so that we reap the harvest that God intends for us.

Legalism Versus Lawlessness: Fulfilling Christ’s Law - While Paul clearly champions Christian freedom, he also recognizes how deceitful our sinful nature is, and how easy it is to fall into the trap of using our freedom for self-indulgent license. This message emphasizes the path of power for those who would live the Christian life.

Legalism Versus Lawlessness: Avoiding Two Extremes— While Paul clearly champions Christian freedom, he also recognizes how deceitful our sinful nature is, and how easy it is to fall into the trap of using our freedom for self-indulgent license. This message clearly spells out the danger, and helps us understand how to navigate through such traps in a way that protects us, and glorifies Jesus.

You Might Be a Legalist if: You are Offended by Blunt Language — In this section of Galatians, Paul uses blunt language to reveal the exact danger the Galatians faced when they wanted to revert to legaistic practices. Some of his langauge can be offensive; but it was necessary to shake the Galatians out of their deception. We, too, sometimes need to listen to blunt language to be shaken out of our legalistic deceptions. This message will help us confront some of the legalisms that are sneaking into our lives.

You Might Be a Legalist If: You Defend Rules that Make No Sense: Every human has legalistic tendencies. It is something that has followed us since the fall into sin. Many would love to follow rules rather than build a relationship with God. This defect in our nature will even cause people to follow rules that make no sense—but it gives people a sense of security whether it makes sense or not. The apostle Paul explains why legalism is a deadend street for Christians in this study, and helps us as we deal with our "inner legalist."

You Might Be a Legalist If - You've Become a Joyless Curmudgeon: Legalism induces poverty and steals our joy. If you have lost your joy, look around your life to see where you have allowed legalism to creep in.

You Might Be a Legalist if You Live Like a Slave: The Galatian Christians had forgotten a key fact of their existence, they were all sons of God through faith in Jesus Christ. That fact is an incredible revelation of who we are in Christ, and how we can live. If we are not living like sons, we have forgotten what we have become, and how to live in our new identity.

You Might Be a Legalist If You Enjoy a Nanny State: The Law cannot create a path to righteousness. It was a nanny to govern Israel and restrain it until the Messiah could come. Now that we have freedom in Christ, returning to a nanny, any nanny, is somewhat contrary to the Christian liberty to which we have been called.

You Might Be a Legalist If—You Believe Your Relationship with God is Based Upon Obeying the Rules: Legalism is one of the most pervasive traps into which those who are serious about their faith can fall. This trap steals power from our lives, takes our joy. Paul's message to the Galatians reminds us of this trap, and reveals how to avoid it.

Justification—God's Provision for our Desperate Need: These verses from Paul's letter proclaim the heart of the gospel. Paul not only proclaimed the Gospel, he also stood up to anyone who would destract from its truth, including the apostle Peter. In this message, we have the privilege of remembering that we are saved by grace through faith and nothing else.

Giving No Ground to Legalism: As we continue the study of Paul's defense of the gospel, we can easily see that Paul would not allow any legalism to stand in his presence. He understood how easily legalism corrupted those who fell under its power, and he spoke strongly against all those who attempted to co-opt the message of grace.

Learning From the Lord: Those who opposed Paul accused him of picking up his theology from subpar teachers, or at least of distorting what he had been taught. Paul defends himself by pointing out who really taught him. As he does, he helps us understand that we fight the same battles today that he fought almost two thousand years ago, and we have the same Lord who equips us to respond to those battles.

Defending the Gospel: The book of Galatians is the Magnum Opus of the Gospel of Grace. As Paul opens this book, he highlights the importance of the gospel, and how those who bring legalism to the table are under a curse. This entire book will fortify us so that we are not easily led astray into legalism or license, an stay firmly in God's grace.'