What is at Stake? The Gospel!

What is at Stake? The Gospel!
Sermon 1 in the Galatians Series

          Galatians 1:1-12

I. The Author and Audience 1:1-2

II. The Greeting 1:3-5

A. Paul’s Trinitarian Emphasis 1:3-4; 3:2; 3:3; 3:14

B. The Motivation of Redemption
According to the will of our God and Father

III. The Date

IV. The Threat 1:6-7

See Acts 15:1-5
An attempt to mix the law and the gospel.
Christ plus anything is legalism and false religion.

V. Paul’s Authority 8-12

A. Don’t Believe Me if I Change My Message! 8-9

It’s a terrible thing to believe error.
It’s even worse to teach error – Mark 9:42

B. Paul Is not a Man-pleaser 10

ESV -- For am I now seeking the approval of man or of God?
Or am I trying to please man?

C. This Gospel Was Revealed by God Himself -- 11-12

           A heteros gospel which is not an allos (or another) at all.