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Galatians Justified by Faith. Gal. 4:8-11 “House Rules” September 2, 2012. Galatians Justified by Faith. Galatians 4:8-11 “Formerly , when you did not know God,
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Galatians Justified by Faith Gal. 4:8-11 “House Rules” September 2, 2012
Galatians Justified by Faith • Galatians 4:8-11 • “Formerly, when you did not know God, • you were enslaved to those that by nature are • not gods. But now that you have come to know God, • or rather to be known by God, how can you turn back again • to the weak and worthless elementary principles of the world, whose slaves you want to be once more? You observe days and months and seasons and years! I am afraid I may have labored over you in vain.” Gal. 4:8-11 “House Rules”September 2, 2012
Galatians Justified by Faith • In groups: • Share a strange foreign custom you’ve heard about or experienced, and/or share a strange “house rule” from either your own home growing up, or a friend or family member’s rule. Gal. 4:8-11 “House Rules”September 2, 2012
Galatians Justified by Faith • In groups: • Share a strange foreign custom you’ve heard about or experienced, and/or share a strange “house rule” from either your own home growing up, or a friend or family member’s rule. Gal. 4:8-11 “House Rules”September 2, 2012
Galatians Justified by Faith Some “house rules” are designed by God’s deceitful enemy to keep you enslaved to pride, guilt and shame, and far away from freedomin Christ Jesus. Gal. 4:8-11 “House Rules”September 2, 2012
Galatians Justified by Faith Gal. 4:8-11 “House Rules”September 2, 2012
Galatians Justified by Faith • The Greek word translated “elemental spirits” or “elemental principles” is stoicheion (stoy-khi'-on) = • something orderly in arrangement: - element, principle, rudiment, a standard, a value, etc. • Luke 11:20; Ephesians 6:12; 1 Peter 5:8; James 4:7; 1 John 4:3 Gal. 4:8-11 “House Rules”September 2, 2012
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Galatians Justified by Faith “Why would you go back to such slavery?” Gal. 4:8-11 “House Rules”September 2, 2012
Galatians Justified by Faith Gal. 4:8-11 “House Rules”September 2, 2012
Galatians Justified by Faith • Identify our own “house rules” AND your motivations for keeping them… • … as an individual • … as a church body • Recognize God’s enemy is my enemy – he’s real, he’s strategic, and he’s onto me. • Satan’s subtle tactics that result in… • Stealing God’s glory • Enslaving his people • And keeping an unsaved world from wanting anything to do with Christ. Gal. 4:8-11 “House Rules”September 2, 2012
Galatians Justified by Faith Gal. 4:8-11 “House Rules”September 2, 2012