Dave Gudgel - November 19, 2017
Too Valuable to Lose - Galatians 5:1-13a
There are a lot of things in life that we can lose - keys, teeth, cell phones, hearing, job enthusiasm, health, friends, loved ones. Some of those things are more significant than others. Some can be replaced, while some can’t. But whichever they are, for the most part, we don’t like losing things.
This week, in our ongoing Galatians message series, we are focused on a spiritual matter that’s too valuable to lose. But unfortunately, the probability of losing it is high. Especially if one fails to do what Paul calls to his hearers’ attention in this letter.
This week we’ll see what we must do if we hope to hold on to and benefit from this thing that every believer needs, so we can live in the abundance of what the Lord wants for His children.
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This Week's Sermon: "Our Only Boast"
We may not freely admit it, but all of us are adept at one thing: boasting. We boast every day, whether publicly or privately, about seemingly anything and everything: family, possessions, abilities, achievements, grades, social connections – you name it. You may even be inwardly boasting right now about the fact that you don’t boast as much as other people do!
The point is that we all boast about, or take pride in, something. And what we choose to boast about actually says a lot more than we realize about who we are at our core, about what we really value, what drives and defines us, what validates us and makes us feel more significant, and even what gives us hope.
There are lots of things – even legitimately good things – about which we can choose to boast. But can you say that you are daily boasting in the one thing that matters more than anything else in life?
