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Freedom: Free to Believe

This Sunday, we will be looking into the freedom to believe—a precious gift that we should continue to cherish and defend. As we move deeper into Galatians, Paul reminds us that our faith in Christ is what saves us, not our works or adherence to the law; and certainly, we are justified by faith alone. As we look forward to continuing learning in this series, let us reflect on Galatians 3:2, which poses the question: "I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by believing what you heard?"
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================This Week's Scripture:// Galatians 3:1-14 (NIV) //You foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified. I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by believing what you heard? Are you so foolish? After beginning by means of the Spirit, are you now trying to finish by means of the flesh? Have you experienced so much in vain—if it really was in vain? So again I ask, does God give you his Spirit and work miracles among you by the works of the law, or by your believing what you heard? So also Abraham “believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”
Understand, then, that those who have faith are children of Abraham. Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and announced the gospel in advance to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.” So those who rely on faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.
For all who rely on the works of the law are under a curse, as it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.” Clearly no one who relies on the law is justified before God, because “the righteous will live by faith.” The law is not based on faith; on the contrary, it says, “The person who does these things will live by them.”Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a pole.” He redeemed us in order that the blessing given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.

Freedom: Free to Embrace

This week, we look into how we have the freedom to embrace. In Him, we are free to embrace our identity as children of God, to embrace our uniqueness as individuals, and to embrace everyone who are different from us. As we look forward to this weekend, let us meditate on the epiphany seen in Acts 10:45: "The circumcised believers who had come with Peter were astonished that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on Gentiles."
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================This Week's Scripture:// Galatians 2:11-21 (NIV) //When Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned. For before certain men came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles. But when they arrived, he began to draw back and separate himself from the Gentiles because he was afraid of those who belonged to the circumcision group. The other Jews joined him in his hypocrisy, so that by their hypocrisy even Barnabas was led astray.
When I saw that they were not acting in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all, “You are a Jew, yet you live like a Gentile and not like a Jew. How is it, then, that you force Gentiles to follow Jewish customs?
“We who are Jews by birth and not sinful Gentiles know that a person is not justified by the works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no one will be justified.
“But if, in seeking to be justified in Christ, we Jews find ourselves also among the sinners, doesn’t that mean that Christ promotes sin? Absolutely not! If I rebuild what I destroyed, then I really would be a lawbreaker.
“For through the law I died to the law so that I might live for God. I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died for nothing!”

Freedom: Free to Resist

This Sunday, we see how Paul resisted pressure from some leaders to conform to their legalistic view of Christianity and stood firm in the truth of the gospel while defending the freedom found in Christ. As we prepare our hearts for Sunday, let us consider the message from Galatians 2:4: "This matter arose because some false believers had infiltrated our ranks to spy on the freedom we have in Christ Jesus and to make us slaves."
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================This Week's Scripture:// Galatians 2:1-10 (NIV) //Then after fourteen years, I went up again to Jerusalem, this time with Barnabas. I took Titus along also. I went in response to a revelation and, meeting privately with those esteemed as leaders, I presented to them the gospel that I preach among the Gentiles. I wanted to be sure I was not running and had not been running my race in vain. Yet not even Titus, who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised, even though he was a Greek. This matter arose because some false believers had infiltrated our ranks to spy on the freedom we have in Christ Jesus and to make us slaves. We did not give in to them for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel might be preserved for you.
As for those who were held in high esteem—whatever they were makes no difference to me; God does not show favoritism—they added nothing to my message. On the contrary, they recognized that I had been entrusted with the task of preaching the gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been to the circumcised. For God, who was at work in Peter as an apostle to the circumcised, was also at work in me as an apostle to the Gentiles. James, Cephas and John, those esteemed as pillars, gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship when they recognized the grace given to me. They agreed that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcised. All they asked was that we should continue to remember the poor, the very thing I had been eager to do all along.

Freedom: Free to Change

This Sunday, God has the power to transform even the most unlikely of us and our ways of seeing. We all have the freedom to change, to grow, and to become the best versions of us. As Galatians 1:23 demonstrates through the words and life of the Apostle Paul “The man who formerly persecuted us is now preaching the faith he once tried to destroy.”
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================This Week's Scripture:// Galatians 1:13-24 (NIV) //For you have heard of my previous way of life in Judaism, how intensely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it. I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my fathers. But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by his grace, was pleased to reveal his Son in me so that I might preach him among the Gentiles, my immediate response was not to consult any human being. I did not go up to Jerusalem to see those who were apostles before I was, but I went into Arabia. Later I returned to Damascus.
Then after three years, I went up to Jerusalem to get acquainted with Cephas and stayed with him fifteen days. I saw none of the other apostles—only James, the Lord’s brother. I assure you before God that what I am writing you is no lie.
Then I went to Syria and Cilicia. I was personally unknown to the churches of Judea that are in Christ. They only heard the report: “The man who formerly persecuted us is now preaching the faith he once tried to destroy.” And they praised God because of me.

Freedom: Free to Flourish

Speaker - Pastor Brenda Loong
Join us today as we find out what it means to be “Free to Flourish,” with passages from Galatians 1:6-12 and Isaiah 52:7. We are journeying through Book of Galatians in our new sermon series, "Freedom," and discussing what it truly means to live a life of freedom in Christ. Let us reflect with Isaiah 52:7: 
How beautiful on the mountains    are the feet of those who bring good news,who proclaim peace,    who bring good tidings,    who proclaim salvation,who say to Zion,    “Your God reigns!”
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================This Week's Scripture:// Galatians 1:6-12 (NIV) //
No Other GospelI am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you to live in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel— which is really no gospel at all. Evidently some people are throwing you into confusion and are trying to pervert the gospel of Christ. But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let them be under God’s curse! As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let them be under God’s curse!
Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.
Paul Called by GodI want you to know, brothers and sisters, that the gospel I preached is not of human origin. I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it; rather, I received it by revelation from Jesus Christ.

Freedom: Free to Live

We are looking forward to kicking off our upcoming sermon series, “Freedom,” with you in this service! Join us as we kick off with the topic of “Free to Live” where we explore the key ideas from Galatians 1:1-5 as we walk through the Book of Galatians and discussing what it truly means to live a life of freedom in Christ. In preparation for this journey, let us reflect at the very beginning with Galations 1:1, which says, "Paul, an apostle—sent not from men nor by a man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead..."
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================This Week's Scripture:// Galatians 1:1–5 (NIV) //Paul, an apostle—sent not from men nor by a man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead—and all the brothers and sisters with me,
To the churches in Galatia:Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

Refuge: Finding Refuge in God’s Unfailing Love

In this week's Church Retreat-themed service, we will explore how God offers us refuge and safety in His unfailing love. Let us meditate on Psalm 91:2, which says, “I will say of the LORD, ‘He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.’” as we continue to find shelter in God.
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================This Week's Scripture:// Psalm 91:1–2 (NIV) //Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High    will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress,    my God, in whom I trust.”

Refuge: Fleeing Into the Arms of God

Guest Speaker - Andrew Green

A Cruciform Life: Follow Up with Q&A

As we work to wrap out our series, "A Cruciform Life," we will conclude by looking at some of the questions that some of you have had after going through the series with us. As we prepare our hearts to receive from the service, let us be reminded of John 1:18, which says, "No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known."
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================This Week's Scripture:// John 1:1 //In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

A Cruciform Life: Resurrection Life

This Easter Sunday, we carry on our "A Cruciform Life" series by seeing how knowing our resurrected King impacts the outlook and direction of our resurrected lives. Let us prepare for the anticipation of Easter Sunday by reflecting on John 11:25, where Jesus said to Mary, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die…”
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================This Week's Scripture:// John 11:38-43 //So they took away the stone. Then Jesus looked up and said, “Father, I thank you that you have heard me. I knew that you always hear me, but I said this for the benefit of the people standing here, that they may believe that you sent me.”
When he had said this, Jesus called in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!”