Dan Stockum - October 22, 2017
Scanned - Galatians 3:15-25
If we are accepted by God through faith in what Christ did on the cross and not by behaving a certain way, then why are there “rules" in the Bible? If the ten commandments aren’t a check list to perform to gain favor or blessing from God, then what are they? If following the rules have absolutely no bearing on how God views us, then why are there so many of them?
At some point, every Christian ends up asking these questions. This week, we’ll look at the piece of Scripture which answers them.
From Series: "FREE"
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?
