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Section 2 Breaking Hell’s Spells. Part 5 The Charmed Church. Galatians 3:1. NKJV - O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you that you should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed among you as crucified ?
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Section 2 Breaking Hell’s Spells Part 5The Charmed Church
Galatians 3:1 • NKJV- O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you that you should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed among you as crucified? • NLT - Oh, foolish Galatians! What magician has cast an evil spell on you? For you used to see the meaning of Jesus Christ's death as clearly as though I had shown you a signboard with a picture of Christ dying on the cross.
Bewitched is the act of casting a spell, to charm, to fascinate, and to please to such a degree as to take away the power of resistance. Galatians 3:1
Acts 14:14 -15 • 14 But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard this, they tore their clothes and ran in among the multitude, crying out 15 and saying, "Men, why are you doing these things? We also are men with the same nature as you, and preach to you that you should turn from these useless things to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and all things that are in them.
Church Charm # 1 Honoring Men Above God
Church charm # 2 Believing You Can Earn God's Grace
Paul said, "I am afraid for you, lest I have labored for you in vain.” Galatians 4:11
Oh, foolish Galatians! What magician has cast an evil spell on you? For you used to see the meaning of Jesus Christ's death as clearly as though I had shown you a signboard with a picture of Christ dying on the cross. Galatian 3:1 NLT
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith--and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God--not by works, so that no one can boast. Ephesians 2:8-9 NIV
Today the church is being charmed to believe that Jesus saves, but not Jesus alone.
Church Charm # 3 Opinions of Man Over the Agenda of God
Church Charm # 4 No Need to Change
8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith--and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God-- 9 not by works, so that no one can boast. 10 For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. Ephesians 2:8-10 NIV
Three steps in these three verses:We are saved by grace, through faith, and for works.
In the New Testament the word church is translated from the Greek word ekklesia, which means the calledoutones.
Our mission is not to go to church. Our mission is to be the church.
Church Charm # 5 Competition Between Churches
A Gospel Strong Enough to Save the World There is only one gospel strong enough to change the world, and that's an undiluted gospel.