Freedom in Christ, Part 2 (Galatians 1:1–5)

• today on grace to you we don’t fear death we don’t fear what the world brings we have no fear of the enemy we have no fear of Satan we have no fear of demons we have no fear of whatever happens in life because we are at peace with God our eternity is settled and we’re eager to be in his presence what in the world makes us so embarrassed about the gospel for I determined to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified [Music] [Music] we are looking at the book of Galatians and I’m very very thankful to be coming
• to this wonderful book you can open your Bible to the book of Galatians if you will we’re still just working our way through the introduction the opening five verses uh that’s very important as Paul sets things uh down as a foundation for what he has to say let’s read the text Paul an apostle not sent from men nor through the agency of man but through Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised him from the dead and all the Brethren who are with me to the churches of galatia grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ who
• gave himself for our sins so that he might rescue us from this present evil age according to the will of our God and Father to whom be the glory forever more amen that is his introduction and as I told you a couple of weeks ago this is the only letter of the 13 that he wrote in which there is no Commendation of the Galatians I’m sure there were things that could have been said commendably about them there must have been some faithful people Paul always did that but not here and the reason is he is in one mad rush to attack this