Pastor's Outlines

      Freedom In Christ- 9   TITLE: Embrace the Truth, Experience Freedom! TEXT: Galatians 5:1-15 TONE: Encouragement TARGET: Believers TASK: To encourage believers to stand firm and embrace gospel truth. TEACH: Composer of Music, Daniel B. Towner (1850-1919) was the music leader during one of Dwight L. Moody’s famous revivals. He wrote, “Mr. Moody was conducting a series of meeting in Brockton, Mass, and I had the pleasure of singing for him there. One night a young man rose in a testimony meeting and said, “I am not quite sure -but I am going to trust, and I am going to obey.’ I just jotted that sentence down and sent it with a little story to the Rev. J.H. Sammis, a Presbyterian minister. He wrote the hymn and the tune was born.” “Trust and obey—for there’s no other way To be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey.”    Biblically speaking what is the relationship between trust and obedience. Or faith and works?...

      Freedom in Christ- 8   TITLE: Your Choice: Bondage or Freedom? TEXT: Galatians 4:21-31 TONE: Warning TARGET: Believers TASK: To warn believers of the dangers of living under the law. TEACH: If we truly contemplate all the other religions of the world we will soon conclude that there are really only two.   The first religion, which comes in countless shapes and variations, is the religion of human effort and merit (Tower of Babel). Those who believe they gain salvation or blessing through some set of religious requirements -something they do, fulfill, accomplish or earn.   The second religion is the religion of divine grace and mercy. Adherents of this religion forsake their own merit and rely exclusively on the gracious provision of God, which is based on what He has done for us in Christ.   TRUTH: Like a masterful attorney, he uses the Judaizers own methods of argument and biblical interpretatio...