WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.160 What's up, player? 00:00:07.160 --> 00:00:12.019 You know, there was actually a band from the 70s called Player. 00:00:13.480 --> 00:00:20.400 And in 1977, they released a song called Baby Come Back. 00:00:21.620 --> 00:00:22.920 Baby Come Back? 00:00:24.719 --> 00:00:25.920 How does it go? 00:00:25.920 --> 00:00:25.960 How does it go? 00:00:27.680 --> 00:00:30.740 Any fool could see that there's something and everything about you? 00:00:31.540 --> 00:00:32.520 Baby Come Back. 00:00:34.460 --> 00:00:35.900 You can blame it all on me. 00:00:36.020 --> 00:00:36.719 I was wrong. 00:00:38.320 --> 00:00:39.820 And I just can't live without you. 00:00:42.560 --> 00:00:43.640 70s love songs. 00:00:43.760 --> 00:00:47.980 I probably heard this song for the first time in the back of my parents' Ford LTD wagon. 00:00:48.960 --> 00:00:50.840 Going somewhere on a summer vacation. 00:00:51.280 --> 00:00:52.480 But I've never forgotten it. 00:00:52.579 --> 00:00:53.880 Baby Come Back. 00:00:53.880 --> 00:01:05.460 And this song is an emotional love song in which the writer of this song is appealing to his baby to come back to him. 00:01:06.760 --> 00:01:13.560 Up until this point in the book of Galatians, Paul has been making a very dense theological argument. 00:01:13.560 --> 00:01:25.719 seeking to convince the Galatians, these Christians of various number of churches in the area in modern southern Turkey. 00:01:25.719 --> 00:01:33.700 And he is trying to convince their minds that they're no longer slaves under the Mosaic law. 00:01:34.260 --> 00:01:40.420 But they have been set free by Christ to live for God. 00:01:40.500 --> 00:01:43.200 And so he's been making this dense theological argument. 00:01:43.780 --> 00:01:47.539 And in our passage today, I'm just going to be preaching in verses 12 through 20. 00:01:47.540 --> 00:01:53.420 But in our passage today, there is a very noticeable different tone. 00:01:54.400 --> 00:01:57.940 Where up to this point, it has felt more like theological treatise. 00:01:58.700 --> 00:02:02.760 Paul now kind of switches gears to 70s love song. 00:02:03.900 --> 00:02:07.300 Because this is a very emotional appeal. 00:02:08.159 --> 00:02:10.159 It's a very personal appeal. 00:02:10.159 --> 00:02:13.560 It's a very pastoral appeal. 00:02:14.120 --> 00:02:17.000 And it flows with the whole book. 00:02:17.319 --> 00:02:21.699 Now, if you're not in the book of Galatians already, would you open up to Galatians? 00:02:22.139 --> 00:02:23.960 We're going to be in 4, 12 through 20. 00:02:24.079 --> 00:02:26.859 But if you would just flip back to 1, 6. 00:02:27.280 --> 00:02:30.240 Paul writes this to this group of Christians. 00:02:30.659 --> 00:02:35.300 I'm astonished that you're so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ. 00:02:35.419 --> 00:02:36.240 Baby, come back. 00:02:36.240 --> 00:02:41.480 And then in 4, 9, we read this. 00:02:42.680 --> 00:02:43.200 We read, 00:02:45.120 --> 00:02:49.120 But now that you have come to know God, or rather be known by God, you've been converted. 00:02:50.340 --> 00:02:51.200 God has saved you. 00:02:51.580 --> 00:02:55.320 How can you turn back again to the weak and worthless elementary principles of this world? 00:02:55.460 --> 00:02:57.240 Whom slaves you want to be once more? 00:02:57.300 --> 00:02:58.240 Baby, come back. 00:03:00.219 --> 00:03:01.340 Or in 5, 1. 00:03:01.420 --> 00:03:03.719 For freedom Christ has set you free, babe. 00:03:04.379 --> 00:03:06.219 Stand firm then, for do not submit. 00:03:06.240 --> 00:03:07.680 Again to a yoke of slavery. 00:03:07.800 --> 00:03:08.460 Don't go back. 00:03:08.540 --> 00:03:09.840 Come back to me. 00:03:11.379 --> 00:03:18.980 But what we're going to see in this passage today, this song, this section of Paul's writing, 00:03:19.379 --> 00:03:22.280 he's not just calling the Galatians back to him. 00:03:22.939 --> 00:03:27.360 Ultimately, he is calling them back to Christ. 00:03:27.360 --> 00:03:39.600 What we're going to see in these few verses is that the apostle Paul puts on a gospel clinic to love others unto Christ. 00:03:39.599 --> 00:03:42.780 And it is very instructive for us. 00:03:42.780 --> 00:03:48.819 Three ways Paul calls these Christians back to Jesus. 00:03:49.240 --> 00:03:50.959 He makes a loving appeal. 00:03:51.159 --> 00:03:52.259 We'll see that in verse 12. 00:03:52.900 --> 00:03:57.579 And then he has this loving confrontation, 12 through 16. 00:03:57.580 --> 00:04:04.800 And then he does this loving motive check in verses 17 through 20. 00:04:05.440 --> 00:04:16.400 And if I were to sum it all up, I would say Paul is persistently loving these Galatians back to Christ. 00:04:16.399 --> 00:04:20.439 And so for us, it means this. 00:04:21.239 --> 00:04:30.219 We must persevere in the risky business of loving each other to Jesus. 00:04:30.220 --> 00:04:36.060 We must love each other unto Christ. 00:04:37.320 --> 00:04:41.480 And so let's look at this loving appeal in verse 12. 00:04:42.640 --> 00:04:45.840 It's very interesting where Paul starts this appeal. 00:04:46.480 --> 00:04:50.140 In English, it starts with the words brothers. 00:04:51.200 --> 00:04:51.760 Brothers. 00:04:52.680 --> 00:04:55.240 Now, I get called bro all the time by people. 00:04:55.540 --> 00:04:56.260 Bro, what's up bro? 00:04:56.380 --> 00:04:56.680 Bra! 00:04:57.300 --> 00:04:57.580 Bro! 00:04:58.440 --> 00:04:59.640 They're people I don't know. 00:04:59.639 --> 00:05:02.279 They're people who I have a brother, Scott. 00:05:02.459 --> 00:05:03.879 He calls me bro sometimes. 00:05:04.000 --> 00:05:04.659 I get that. 00:05:05.240 --> 00:05:07.939 There's other people in this church that bro me. 00:05:08.180 --> 00:05:08.759 I get that. 00:05:08.839 --> 00:05:09.759 I bro them back. 00:05:09.899 --> 00:05:10.919 We're bros in Christ. 00:05:11.579 --> 00:05:13.899 But sometimes I'm just all out and about and I get bro'd. 00:05:14.019 --> 00:05:14.379 Hey, bro. 00:05:14.779 --> 00:05:15.199 What's up, bro? 00:05:17.519 --> 00:05:19.579 And so it can be very kind of a generic bro. 00:05:21.199 --> 00:05:23.120 Paul is being very intentional here. 00:05:24.120 --> 00:05:26.479 He means every letter of brothers. 00:05:26.480 --> 00:05:30.140 He's being very intentional. 00:05:30.140 --> 00:05:40.360 So here we have this Jewish apostle calling these Gentile converts brothers. 00:05:40.360 --> 00:05:43.620 We're all family. 00:05:43.620 --> 00:05:43.680 We're all family. 00:05:45.439 --> 00:05:47.759 We're all been united together in Christ. 00:05:48.100 --> 00:05:56.080 It's essentially saying given where we just were in 4, 1 through 7, 1 through 11, Paul is essentially saying, 00:05:56.079 --> 00:06:04.859 Hey, I too am a former slave of the law, but I by God's grace have been set free. 00:06:05.599 --> 00:06:13.180 And you Gentiles, you heard the gospel and you were former slaves to the elementary principles of this world. 00:06:13.379 --> 00:06:16.240 But you were set free as well by the blood of Jesus. 00:06:16.240 --> 00:06:18.699 And we're all family now. 00:06:19.900 --> 00:06:20.620 Brothers. 00:06:21.720 --> 00:06:28.120 We're all part of God's new family in Christ where there's neither Jew nor Greek. 00:06:29.280 --> 00:06:31.500 There's neither slave nor free. 00:06:31.660 --> 00:06:37.040 There's neither male nor female because we are all one in Christ. 00:06:37.040 --> 00:06:46.920 So Paul starts, brothers, this loving appeal by saying, recognizing what we have in common. 00:06:48.420 --> 00:06:50.660 But then what we read is this. 00:06:51.120 --> 00:06:54.140 Brothers, I entreat you. 00:06:55.420 --> 00:06:55.920 Become. 00:06:57.100 --> 00:06:59.160 Become as I am. 00:06:59.160 --> 00:06:59.600 Become. 00:06:59.600 --> 00:07:08.200 Now that word become is the first command in the book of Galatians that Paul calls these Christians to change. 00:07:08.660 --> 00:07:10.320 It's the beginning of many. 00:07:11.640 --> 00:07:14.420 And so he's saying, you've got to become. 00:07:14.660 --> 00:07:16.920 You've got to become as I am. 00:07:17.040 --> 00:07:22.580 Which means they need to unbecome of something they have been messing with. 00:07:24.480 --> 00:07:25.920 Become as I am. 00:07:25.920 --> 00:07:35.080 And when Paul requires this of them, he's not saying, hey, Galatians, you need to become Christians like I am. 00:07:35.259 --> 00:07:37.259 He's already laid down the fact that they are. 00:07:37.420 --> 00:07:45.200 If you just look up at chapter 4, verse 7, he says, so you, Galatians, are no longer a slave, but a son. 00:07:45.500 --> 00:07:48.680 And if a son, then an heir through God. 00:07:49.040 --> 00:07:51.780 They, the triune God, has saved them. 00:07:51.779 --> 00:07:59.099 So whatever Paul is saying, become as I am, it's not becoming a Christian. 00:07:59.399 --> 00:08:00.299 They're already Christians. 00:08:03.139 --> 00:08:08.039 He says, become as I am for I have become as you are. 00:08:09.699 --> 00:08:11.079 And what he's saying there is this. 00:08:11.379 --> 00:08:15.619 Hey, just as I was delivered, you have been delivered. 00:08:15.819 --> 00:08:17.500 I am what you are. 00:08:17.500 --> 00:08:20.220 We are all one family in Christ. 00:08:21.699 --> 00:08:28.980 But still, there's a difference because he's calling them to be something that he is. 00:08:31.160 --> 00:08:33.500 And what he's essentially saying is this. 00:08:35.059 --> 00:08:41.940 Brothers and sisters, you need to unbecome slaves of the law. 00:08:41.940 --> 00:08:47.720 You need to release yourself from this false teaching that has snuck in. 00:08:48.200 --> 00:08:51.360 You got to give that up and become like me. 00:08:52.700 --> 00:08:58.820 Living out the freedom that Christ has accomplished for us through his blood. 00:08:59.160 --> 00:09:00.760 And he would sum it up in 2.20. 00:09:01.240 --> 00:09:03.780 For I have been crucified with Christ. 00:09:04.920 --> 00:09:06.480 It's no longer I who live. 00:09:07.800 --> 00:09:09.160 But Christ lives in me. 00:09:09.159 --> 00:09:11.199 It's all about Christ. 00:09:11.600 --> 00:09:13.339 And the life I now live in the flesh. 00:09:13.819 --> 00:09:15.459 I live under the law. 00:09:16.519 --> 00:09:21.059 I live by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave himself up for me. 00:09:21.439 --> 00:09:24.379 Paul is saying, come, become as I am. 00:09:25.299 --> 00:09:29.819 Not living under the law, but living in freedom for Christ. 00:09:31.699 --> 00:09:33.919 In that sense, become as I am. 00:09:34.019 --> 00:09:36.039 And so, here we have this appeal. 00:09:36.620 --> 00:09:38.199 It's this urgency. 00:09:38.200 --> 00:09:40.220 It's getting close to begging. 00:09:41.640 --> 00:09:43.940 Saying, oh, Galatian Christians. 00:09:44.960 --> 00:09:45.600 Brothers. 00:09:46.520 --> 00:09:46.900 Family. 00:09:47.060 --> 00:09:47.640 In Christ. 00:09:48.600 --> 00:09:49.740 I urge you. 00:09:50.500 --> 00:09:51.800 Live in the freedom. 00:09:52.759 --> 00:09:54.259 That I'm living in. 00:09:54.580 --> 00:09:57.140 That Jesus paid for you for. 00:09:59.360 --> 00:10:00.900 Now, let's apply this. 00:10:00.899 --> 00:10:05.939 Let's apply this loving appeal. 00:10:06.740 --> 00:10:08.319 We're going to apply it in two ways. 00:10:08.720 --> 00:10:09.659 First is this. 00:10:12.519 --> 00:10:14.039 Every one of us in this room. 00:10:15.439 --> 00:10:21.720 Every one of us are going to need to be appealed to at some point. 00:10:21.720 --> 00:10:23.840 Because here's the sober reality. 00:10:24.399 --> 00:10:26.759 We are all prone to wander. 00:10:27.860 --> 00:10:31.160 We are all prone to drift away from Christ. 00:10:31.519 --> 00:10:33.320 From His grace. 00:10:33.540 --> 00:10:34.700 From faith alone. 00:10:34.820 --> 00:10:35.720 In Christ alone. 00:10:35.820 --> 00:10:36.600 By grace alone. 00:10:36.600 --> 00:10:38.899 We're prone to drift away from that. 00:10:38.980 --> 00:10:42.440 To some kind of elementary principle of the world. 00:10:42.440 --> 00:10:45.320 In which we are trying to save ourselves again. 00:10:46.100 --> 00:10:47.840 It's our default setting. 00:10:49.280 --> 00:10:52.380 And that we need to get into our settings of our heart. 00:10:52.520 --> 00:10:57.500 And switch off self-saving to Christ has saved me. 00:10:57.500 --> 00:11:05.039 But what this means is that we need Pauls in our life. 00:11:06.320 --> 00:11:09.580 Brothers and sisters to love us to Christ. 00:11:09.919 --> 00:11:14.480 By appealing to us with the gospel of Christ. 00:11:15.379 --> 00:11:20.980 So we need to be appealed to on a regular basis. 00:11:21.340 --> 00:11:24.399 But not just we need people appealing to us. 00:11:24.399 --> 00:11:27.579 To live in the freedom of Christ. 00:11:28.399 --> 00:11:31.240 We need to be appealing to one another. 00:11:33.519 --> 00:11:37.220 We must be willing to love each other unto Christ. 00:11:37.459 --> 00:11:40.319 To make loving appeals to one another. 00:11:41.019 --> 00:11:42.620 To say to one another. 00:11:42.759 --> 00:11:44.459 Oh brother, sister. 00:11:44.559 --> 00:11:46.039 You don't need to be living like that. 00:11:49.340 --> 00:11:51.340 Become as we already are. 00:11:51.819 --> 00:11:52.179 Free. 00:11:54.399 --> 00:11:55.759 You don't need to be living in fear. 00:11:56.620 --> 00:11:58.139 You don't need to be jumping through hoops. 00:11:59.340 --> 00:12:02.199 God in Christ has saved you. 00:12:04.819 --> 00:12:08.759 Now in order for us to be appealed to. 00:12:09.279 --> 00:12:11.759 Or to appeal to one another in love. 00:12:13.139 --> 00:12:16.519 It will require a certain degree of proximity to one another. 00:12:17.959 --> 00:12:19.000 To know each other. 00:12:19.000 --> 00:12:22.980 And that's one of the reasons why we have life groups. 00:12:24.019 --> 00:12:27.460 Living out what Christ has done for us together. 00:12:29.659 --> 00:12:30.740 Appealing to one another. 00:12:31.019 --> 00:12:33.019 Being appealed to by others. 00:12:34.559 --> 00:12:36.200 But before I move on to the next point. 00:12:36.279 --> 00:12:37.419 Let me just ask you this question. 00:12:38.080 --> 00:12:40.179 Why do you think Paul is making this appeal? 00:12:40.179 --> 00:12:43.379 Why is he bothering? 00:12:44.859 --> 00:12:46.379 Why is he taking the time? 00:12:48.699 --> 00:12:52.939 Because he loves these churches in Galatia. 00:12:53.039 --> 00:12:54.279 He loves these Christians. 00:12:54.519 --> 00:12:56.079 He knows many of them by name. 00:12:56.199 --> 00:12:57.639 He personally saw them. 00:12:58.039 --> 00:12:58.839 Trust Christ. 00:12:58.959 --> 00:13:01.439 He personally put a lot of work in. 00:13:01.519 --> 00:13:03.279 In order to establish them in the faith. 00:13:03.279 --> 00:13:06.319 And he wants what is best for them. 00:13:07.279 --> 00:13:09.579 And what's best for them is not Paul. 00:13:10.600 --> 00:13:11.720 But Christ. 00:13:13.240 --> 00:13:16.240 And so Paul's saying baby come back. 00:13:17.240 --> 00:13:18.579 Come back to Christ. 00:13:22.419 --> 00:13:24.319 We must love each other. 00:13:25.259 --> 00:13:26.199 Unto Christ. 00:13:26.339 --> 00:13:28.839 And now we've seen Paul's loving appeal. 00:13:28.840 --> 00:13:34.139 And that's kind of a spring for us to appeal to one another. 00:13:34.240 --> 00:13:36.840 But let's look at this loving confrontation. 00:13:37.800 --> 00:13:39.280 In verses 12 through 16. 00:13:41.379 --> 00:13:46.220 In this section Paul lovingly confronts the Christian Galatians. 00:13:46.379 --> 00:13:48.700 And he does so in the most interesting way. 00:13:49.720 --> 00:13:51.259 He uses a contrast. 00:13:52.720 --> 00:13:57.220 He contrasts their attitudes towards him back in the day. 00:13:57.220 --> 00:14:00.920 To their presence added towards him. 00:14:01.100 --> 00:14:02.800 While he's writing this letter. 00:14:05.139 --> 00:14:06.720 In 12 through 14. 00:14:06.960 --> 00:14:08.680 He's going to say back in the day. 00:14:09.259 --> 00:14:09.800 Do you remember? 00:14:10.720 --> 00:14:11.899 When I first showed up. 00:14:11.940 --> 00:14:12.720 I was in rough shape. 00:14:13.420 --> 00:14:14.759 I preached the gospel to you. 00:14:15.220 --> 00:14:16.720 And you heard it. 00:14:16.800 --> 00:14:17.300 And believed it. 00:14:17.420 --> 00:14:18.740 And there was this warm. 00:14:19.259 --> 00:14:19.700 Loving. 00:14:20.100 --> 00:14:22.220 Blessed unity among us. 00:14:23.100 --> 00:14:24.220 15 and 16. 00:14:24.220 --> 00:14:25.019 But now. 00:14:25.740 --> 00:14:27.340 It's gone from warm to cold. 00:14:28.960 --> 00:14:30.620 It's gone from loving to hostile. 00:14:31.600 --> 00:14:33.220 It's gone from blessed unity. 00:14:33.220 --> 00:14:35.340 To this kind of cursed tension. 00:14:37.340 --> 00:14:38.560 And so what he does is. 00:14:38.759 --> 00:14:41.060 He does this gospel recounting. 00:14:42.100 --> 00:14:43.860 He says do you remember our gospel story? 00:14:45.580 --> 00:14:46.879 Do you remember where we were? 00:14:47.379 --> 00:14:48.220 Do you remember what happened? 00:14:48.220 --> 00:14:51.360 And so he points them back. 00:14:51.560 --> 00:14:52.399 Back then. 00:14:52.500 --> 00:14:53.340 In verse 13. 00:14:54.100 --> 00:14:54.779 We read. 00:14:57.379 --> 00:14:58.100 You know. 00:14:58.519 --> 00:15:00.220 It was because of a bodily ailment. 00:15:01.139 --> 00:15:03.080 That I preached the gospel to you at first. 00:15:04.420 --> 00:15:05.960 It all started when I showed up. 00:15:06.000 --> 00:15:06.600 Do you guys remember? 00:15:07.560 --> 00:15:08.899 When I showed up in Galatia. 00:15:09.960 --> 00:15:11.600 I was preaching the gospel to you. 00:15:11.660 --> 00:15:12.639 And if you flip back. 00:15:12.840 --> 00:15:14.360 To chapter 3 verse 1. 00:15:14.360 --> 00:15:16.659 You get a sense of what was happening. 00:15:17.100 --> 00:15:18.840 When Paul preached the gospel to them. 00:15:18.960 --> 00:15:19.680 For the first time. 00:15:21.100 --> 00:15:21.980 Oh foolish Galatians. 00:15:22.100 --> 00:15:22.940 Who has bewitched you? 00:15:24.019 --> 00:15:25.720 It was before your eyes. 00:15:26.539 --> 00:15:29.039 That Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed. 00:15:29.600 --> 00:15:30.340 As crucified. 00:15:30.740 --> 00:15:32.800 That's a reference to his gospel preaching. 00:15:34.279 --> 00:15:36.560 The Holy Spirit was animating. 00:15:36.759 --> 00:15:38.600 Paul's proclamation of the gospel. 00:15:38.759 --> 00:15:39.899 To such an extent. 00:15:40.320 --> 00:15:41.360 That the Galatians. 00:15:41.519 --> 00:15:42.460 These Gentiles. 00:15:42.460 --> 00:15:44.820 They were thinking. 00:15:45.060 --> 00:15:46.220 It was as if. 00:15:46.460 --> 00:15:47.100 Christ. 00:15:47.320 --> 00:15:48.920 Was on the cross. 00:15:49.040 --> 00:15:50.160 Hanging before them. 00:15:50.400 --> 00:15:50.900 For them. 00:15:51.820 --> 00:15:53.300 They were impressed. 00:15:53.500 --> 00:15:54.440 By the Holy Spirit. 00:15:54.840 --> 00:15:55.820 To such a degree. 00:15:56.220 --> 00:15:56.639 That like. 00:15:56.759 --> 00:15:58.040 He died. 00:15:58.379 --> 00:15:59.379 For me. 00:16:02.580 --> 00:16:03.780 And so Paul. 00:16:03.940 --> 00:16:05.080 Originally showed up. 00:16:05.780 --> 00:16:06.980 Doing what he does. 00:16:07.780 --> 00:16:08.200 Preaching. 00:16:08.580 --> 00:16:09.019 Christ. 00:16:09.440 --> 00:16:10.120 Crucified. 00:16:10.120 --> 00:16:12.179 But you'll notice. 00:16:12.340 --> 00:16:12.860 In verse 13. 00:16:12.980 --> 00:16:14.100 He also points to the fact. 00:16:14.220 --> 00:16:15.379 That he showed up in rough shape. 00:16:16.500 --> 00:16:16.980 You know. 00:16:17.039 --> 00:16:18.399 It's because of a bodily ailment. 00:16:18.480 --> 00:16:20.159 That I preached the gospel to you at first. 00:16:21.980 --> 00:16:23.679 There's been a lot of speculation. 00:16:23.679 --> 00:16:25.440 On what this bodily ailment. 00:16:26.580 --> 00:16:26.980 Was. 00:16:27.159 --> 00:16:28.779 And when we get to verse 15. 00:16:29.519 --> 00:16:31.279 We'll do a little speculating together. 00:16:31.279 --> 00:16:34.299 But what you need to see is. 00:16:34.500 --> 00:16:36.679 Whatever this bodily ailment was. 00:16:37.319 --> 00:16:40.259 It didn't keep him from preaching Christ crucified. 00:16:41.579 --> 00:16:42.360 In fact. 00:16:43.500 --> 00:16:46.039 His difficult circumstances. 00:16:46.500 --> 00:16:47.639 Were the very means. 00:16:48.000 --> 00:16:48.959 By which God. 00:16:49.139 --> 00:16:50.120 Directed Paul. 00:16:50.480 --> 00:16:51.959 To these Gentiles. 00:16:52.379 --> 00:16:53.100 To hear. 00:16:53.419 --> 00:16:53.919 Christ. 00:16:54.159 --> 00:16:54.879 Crucified. 00:16:55.120 --> 00:16:56.279 And believe. 00:16:58.059 --> 00:16:59.939 That's how God got him there. 00:17:00.000 --> 00:17:00.899 To preach the gospel. 00:17:01.779 --> 00:17:03.199 So Paul's doing this gospel. 00:17:03.419 --> 00:17:03.720 Recrouting. 00:17:03.959 --> 00:17:05.160 Do you remember when I showed up? 00:17:05.379 --> 00:17:06.240 I was in rough shape. 00:17:06.299 --> 00:17:07.160 But I preached the gospel. 00:17:07.299 --> 00:17:07.619 And man. 00:17:07.680 --> 00:17:08.539 There was a response. 00:17:11.700 --> 00:17:12.559 Speaking of. 00:17:13.240 --> 00:17:14.220 This response. 00:17:15.839 --> 00:17:16.240 In verses. 00:17:17.019 --> 00:17:18.019 14 and 15. 00:17:18.960 --> 00:17:20.539 He describes their response. 00:17:20.539 --> 00:17:21.599 He first describes. 00:17:22.039 --> 00:17:24.160 What their response was not. 00:17:26.180 --> 00:17:27.139 And so in verse 14. 00:17:27.279 --> 00:17:27.599 We read. 00:17:27.599 --> 00:17:29.819 And though my condition was a trial to you. 00:17:29.879 --> 00:17:31.519 You did not scorn or despise me. 00:17:34.079 --> 00:17:36.679 He acknowledges that his bodily ailment. 00:17:36.779 --> 00:17:37.799 Whatever that was. 00:17:38.139 --> 00:17:38.619 Was. 00:17:38.779 --> 00:17:40.259 If you're reading out of the ESV. 00:17:40.699 --> 00:17:42.219 A trial to you. 00:17:42.459 --> 00:17:43.699 Now that word trial. 00:17:44.439 --> 00:17:46.039 The Greek word for it. 00:17:46.559 --> 00:17:47.539 Can mean trial. 00:17:47.659 --> 00:17:48.619 It can mean temptation. 00:17:48.619 --> 00:17:49.959 And generally speaking. 00:17:50.099 --> 00:17:51.500 The context gives it away. 00:17:51.500 --> 00:17:54.980 It's not necessarily super clear here. 00:17:55.619 --> 00:17:56.619 So if it was a trial. 00:17:56.799 --> 00:17:57.660 It would have been like this. 00:17:58.720 --> 00:17:59.240 Paul's. 00:17:59.720 --> 00:18:00.720 Physical condition. 00:18:01.220 --> 00:18:02.759 Was an unexpected burden. 00:18:03.119 --> 00:18:04.839 On these newly converted. 00:18:05.099 --> 00:18:05.880 Newly minted. 00:18:05.940 --> 00:18:06.799 Gentile Christians. 00:18:07.680 --> 00:18:08.660 It was a trial to you. 00:18:10.119 --> 00:18:10.680 Or. 00:18:11.000 --> 00:18:11.900 If it was a temptation. 00:18:12.119 --> 00:18:13.500 It would have gone something more like this. 00:18:13.500 --> 00:18:16.720 When I first showed up. 00:18:16.859 --> 00:18:18.079 I know I was unimpressive. 00:18:19.200 --> 00:18:19.779 And I know. 00:18:19.960 --> 00:18:20.660 That preaching. 00:18:21.259 --> 00:18:22.500 The good news. 00:18:22.759 --> 00:18:25.200 Of a crucified hero. 00:18:25.880 --> 00:18:26.779 Would have been. 00:18:27.500 --> 00:18:28.880 Off putting to you. 00:18:30.359 --> 00:18:31.220 Because you know. 00:18:31.299 --> 00:18:32.480 In first Corinthians one. 00:18:33.279 --> 00:18:34.559 That the preaching of the cross. 00:18:34.640 --> 00:18:35.519 Is foolishness. 00:18:35.579 --> 00:18:36.920 To those who are perishing. 00:18:38.099 --> 00:18:39.579 It is folly. 00:18:39.779 --> 00:18:40.440 To Greeks. 00:18:40.440 --> 00:18:44.200 And so what this could be a reference to. 00:18:44.360 --> 00:18:45.900 Is the initial reception. 00:18:46.740 --> 00:18:47.799 These Gentiles. 00:18:48.000 --> 00:18:48.500 Who were. 00:18:48.640 --> 00:18:50.240 Who were not Jews. 00:18:50.420 --> 00:18:51.940 Hearing this message. 00:18:52.759 --> 00:18:53.880 Of a hero. 00:18:54.080 --> 00:18:55.160 Who was crucified. 00:18:55.779 --> 00:18:56.660 That's scandalous. 00:18:58.460 --> 00:18:59.820 So it could go either way. 00:18:59.900 --> 00:19:00.880 Trial or temptation. 00:19:01.080 --> 00:19:01.860 But either way. 00:19:02.240 --> 00:19:02.700 Paul. 00:19:02.880 --> 00:19:04.059 Was very aware. 00:19:04.539 --> 00:19:06.240 How these Gentiles. 00:19:06.960 --> 00:19:07.980 Could have responded. 00:19:08.100 --> 00:19:08.660 But they didn't. 00:19:09.240 --> 00:19:10.420 They could have scorned him. 00:19:11.200 --> 00:19:12.480 They could have despised him. 00:19:12.559 --> 00:19:13.160 That word. 00:19:13.320 --> 00:19:13.940 Literally means. 00:19:14.100 --> 00:19:15.019 To spit upon. 00:19:17.080 --> 00:19:18.620 You could have spit on me. 00:19:20.900 --> 00:19:21.900 But you didn't. 00:19:22.779 --> 00:19:23.920 And the rest of 14. 00:19:24.720 --> 00:19:25.240 Describes. 00:19:25.240 --> 00:19:26.320 How they did. 00:19:30.220 --> 00:19:31.360 You did not scorn. 00:19:31.420 --> 00:19:32.120 Or despise me. 00:19:32.200 --> 00:19:32.900 But received me. 00:19:33.039 --> 00:19:34.180 As an angel of God. 00:19:35.220 --> 00:19:36.420 As Christ Jesus. 00:19:38.580 --> 00:19:40.259 Instead of spitting on him. 00:19:40.440 --> 00:19:42.100 They received him. 00:19:42.100 --> 00:19:44.559 As a very messenger. 00:19:44.559 --> 00:19:46.039 Of the risen Christ. 00:19:49.080 --> 00:19:50.000 Maybe another way. 00:19:50.080 --> 00:19:50.960 To say it is this. 00:19:51.840 --> 00:19:53.400 It's as if Paul was talking. 00:19:53.400 --> 00:19:54.220 To these Galatians. 00:19:54.320 --> 00:19:54.700 He's saying. 00:19:55.059 --> 00:19:56.700 Do you remember when you received me? 00:19:57.480 --> 00:19:58.440 You received me. 00:19:58.440 --> 00:19:59.559 As I was. 00:20:00.080 --> 00:20:00.400 Sent. 00:20:00.759 --> 00:20:01.900 By the risen Christ. 00:20:02.019 --> 00:20:03.380 A messenger of his. 00:20:03.620 --> 00:20:04.960 To proclaim to you. 00:20:05.180 --> 00:20:06.779 To reveal to you. 00:20:06.779 --> 00:20:08.379 The risen Christ. 00:20:08.379 --> 00:20:09.539 Who had died for you. 00:20:09.899 --> 00:20:11.039 You recognized. 00:20:11.160 --> 00:20:12.539 That it was Christ. 00:20:12.539 --> 00:20:13.339 Who sent me. 00:20:13.500 --> 00:20:13.839 To you. 00:20:17.680 --> 00:20:19.019 And what he then goes on. 00:20:19.059 --> 00:20:19.660 To point out. 00:20:21.399 --> 00:20:22.399 In all of this. 00:20:22.660 --> 00:20:22.740 Is. 00:20:23.379 --> 00:20:24.099 Is just. 00:20:25.059 --> 00:20:26.599 What was true of them. 00:20:26.799 --> 00:20:27.839 They didn't scorn. 00:20:27.940 --> 00:20:28.359 Or spit. 00:20:28.460 --> 00:20:29.440 They received him. 00:20:29.680 --> 00:20:30.519 As an angel. 00:20:30.639 --> 00:20:31.480 As Christ Jesus. 00:20:31.480 --> 00:20:32.120 Himself. 00:20:33.519 --> 00:20:34.059 In verse. 00:20:34.539 --> 00:20:34.940 15. 00:20:35.059 --> 00:20:35.400 We read. 00:20:35.640 --> 00:20:36.640 For I testify to you. 00:20:36.700 --> 00:20:37.860 That if possible. 00:20:37.860 --> 00:20:38.960 You would have gouged out. 00:20:39.079 --> 00:20:39.620 Your eyes. 00:20:39.720 --> 00:20:41.019 And given them to me. 00:20:46.079 --> 00:20:47.360 The idea there is. 00:20:47.620 --> 00:20:47.799 Hey. 00:20:49.059 --> 00:20:49.920 It could mean. 00:20:50.079 --> 00:20:50.860 You would have given. 00:20:51.039 --> 00:20:52.259 Your shirt off your back. 00:20:52.360 --> 00:20:52.640 For me. 00:20:52.799 --> 00:20:54.079 Or it is a reference. 00:20:54.079 --> 00:20:55.480 To his bodily ailment. 00:20:57.339 --> 00:20:59.000 Did Paul have an eye disease? 00:20:59.000 --> 00:21:03.940 What we see here though. 00:21:04.039 --> 00:21:04.259 Is. 00:21:05.099 --> 00:21:05.880 The Galatians. 00:21:06.259 --> 00:21:06.720 Responded. 00:21:06.799 --> 00:21:07.640 To Paul's preaching. 00:21:07.640 --> 00:21:08.400 Of the gospel. 00:21:08.920 --> 00:21:09.680 Not in scorn. 00:21:09.759 --> 00:21:10.220 And spit. 00:21:11.099 --> 00:21:12.059 But with affection. 00:21:12.240 --> 00:21:12.720 And love. 00:21:14.160 --> 00:21:14.859 Receiving it. 00:21:16.259 --> 00:21:17.400 It points to. 00:21:17.619 --> 00:21:18.799 This being a work. 00:21:18.880 --> 00:21:19.759 Of the Holy Spirit. 00:21:20.960 --> 00:21:22.019 The Spirit of God. 00:21:22.099 --> 00:21:22.859 Descending on. 00:21:22.960 --> 00:21:23.799 These Galatians. 00:21:24.559 --> 00:21:25.559 Giving them eyes. 00:21:25.559 --> 00:21:26.039 To see. 00:21:26.160 --> 00:21:26.599 And a heart. 00:21:26.759 --> 00:21:27.380 To recognize. 00:21:27.660 --> 00:21:28.240 That they are sinners. 00:21:28.359 --> 00:21:28.920 In need of a. 00:21:28.920 --> 00:21:29.220 Savior. 00:21:30.620 --> 00:21:31.539 Their very. 00:21:32.060 --> 00:21:32.460 Response. 00:21:32.860 --> 00:21:33.539 To Paul. 00:21:33.820 --> 00:21:34.720 Is an indicator. 00:21:34.940 --> 00:21:35.220 Of the. 00:21:35.600 --> 00:21:36.019 Spirit. 00:21:36.300 --> 00:21:36.820 Changing. 00:21:37.140 --> 00:21:38.140 Their hearts. 00:21:40.460 --> 00:21:41.400 To love. 00:21:42.720 --> 00:21:43.420 A Jewish. 00:21:43.779 --> 00:21:44.259 Apostle. 00:21:48.220 --> 00:21:49.620 What Paul is pointing to. 00:21:49.740 --> 00:21:49.920 Is. 00:21:50.080 --> 00:21:50.560 He's saying. 00:21:50.940 --> 00:21:51.080 Hey. 00:21:51.580 --> 00:21:52.500 Back in the day. 00:21:52.640 --> 00:21:53.680 When I first came to you. 00:21:53.980 --> 00:21:55.120 You responded to me. 00:21:55.200 --> 00:21:56.300 And you were warm. 00:21:56.560 --> 00:21:57.740 And you were affectionate. 00:21:57.740 --> 00:21:58.539 You would have given. 00:21:58.539 --> 00:21:58.579 You would have given. 00:21:58.579 --> 00:21:59.779 Your shirt off. 00:22:00.039 --> 00:22:01.019 Your back to me. 00:22:01.400 --> 00:22:02.180 That was. 00:22:02.519 --> 00:22:02.759 Then. 00:22:04.900 --> 00:22:06.579 And then he turns to now. 00:22:06.839 --> 00:22:08.000 Verses 15 and 16. 00:22:09.259 --> 00:22:10.319 And he asks. 00:22:10.480 --> 00:22:11.579 Two questions. 00:22:12.400 --> 00:22:13.940 That are confrontational. 00:22:13.940 --> 00:22:14.599 In nature. 00:22:15.759 --> 00:22:16.200 15. 00:22:16.279 --> 00:22:17.039 What has become. 00:22:17.120 --> 00:22:18.359 Of your blessedness. 00:22:19.359 --> 00:22:20.299 Where's the love. 00:22:22.599 --> 00:22:23.700 Where'd the love go. 00:22:24.700 --> 00:22:25.460 Where's the warmth. 00:22:25.539 --> 00:22:26.080 And affection. 00:22:26.400 --> 00:22:26.940 Galatians. 00:22:28.680 --> 00:22:29.680 What happened. 00:22:31.360 --> 00:22:31.799 What. 00:22:31.920 --> 00:22:32.200 What. 00:22:32.200 --> 00:22:33.259 Did the self. 00:22:33.880 --> 00:22:34.360 Sacrificial. 00:22:34.700 --> 00:22:35.120 Christ. 00:22:35.259 --> 00:22:35.660 Like. 00:22:36.000 --> 00:22:36.380 Spirit. 00:22:36.539 --> 00:22:36.840 Born. 00:22:37.120 --> 00:22:37.340 Love. 00:22:37.440 --> 00:22:37.660 Go. 00:22:38.620 --> 00:22:39.140 That's. 00:22:40.019 --> 00:22:40.940 That's what is meant. 00:22:41.019 --> 00:22:41.980 By blessedness. 00:22:43.140 --> 00:22:44.680 That they had been changed. 00:22:44.680 --> 00:22:45.279 By God. 00:22:45.460 --> 00:22:46.100 And now. 00:22:46.240 --> 00:22:46.600 They were. 00:22:47.160 --> 00:22:48.220 Loving their neighbor. 00:22:48.220 --> 00:22:49.240 As themselves. 00:22:49.480 --> 00:22:51.160 And that is a blessed state. 00:22:51.880 --> 00:22:52.740 What happened. 00:22:53.740 --> 00:22:54.420 Paul's asking. 00:22:55.539 --> 00:22:56.500 It's confrontational. 00:22:57.000 --> 00:22:57.079 And. 00:22:57.339 --> 00:22:58.200 And then he goes further. 00:22:58.299 --> 00:22:59.059 In verse 16. 00:22:59.160 --> 00:22:59.599 He says. 00:22:59.920 --> 00:23:01.079 Have I then become your enemy. 00:23:01.140 --> 00:23:02.180 By telling you the truth. 00:23:03.160 --> 00:23:04.640 It's not just the absence. 00:23:04.640 --> 00:23:05.460 Of love. 00:23:05.740 --> 00:23:06.180 Now. 00:23:06.460 --> 00:23:07.480 He's sensing. 00:23:07.480 --> 00:23:08.539 Some hostility. 00:23:08.539 --> 00:23:09.099 From them. 00:23:12.339 --> 00:23:13.279 And the truth. 00:23:13.480 --> 00:23:14.180 That he references. 00:23:14.460 --> 00:23:15.839 In verse 16. 00:23:15.980 --> 00:23:16.940 Have I become your enemy. 00:23:17.039 --> 00:23:18.039 By telling you the truth. 00:23:19.180 --> 00:23:20.400 It's the same truth. 00:23:20.519 --> 00:23:21.640 That Paul's been describing. 00:23:21.640 --> 00:23:22.400 As the truth. 00:23:22.460 --> 00:23:23.840 All throughout the book of Galatians. 00:23:23.880 --> 00:23:24.640 It's the gospel. 00:23:25.580 --> 00:23:26.660 The truth of the gospel. 00:23:27.140 --> 00:23:27.520 Paul. 00:23:27.660 --> 00:23:28.600 Is confronting. 00:23:29.020 --> 00:23:29.980 These Galatians. 00:23:30.180 --> 00:23:31.720 For a very similar reason. 00:23:31.840 --> 00:23:32.400 He confronted. 00:23:32.759 --> 00:23:33.660 The apostle Peter. 00:23:34.040 --> 00:23:34.520 Back. 00:23:34.780 --> 00:23:35.060 In. 00:23:35.440 --> 00:23:36.340 Galatians 2. 00:23:36.440 --> 00:23:36.720 Remember. 00:23:36.800 --> 00:23:37.620 He confronted Peter. 00:23:37.900 --> 00:23:38.960 Because Peter's conduct. 00:23:38.960 --> 00:23:40.220 Was not in step. 00:23:40.360 --> 00:23:41.120 With the truth. 00:23:41.280 --> 00:23:42.040 Of the gospel. 00:23:42.440 --> 00:23:43.460 Their conduct. 00:23:43.580 --> 00:23:44.420 These Galatians. 00:23:44.900 --> 00:23:45.980 Their lack of love. 00:23:46.640 --> 00:23:48.240 Was not in step. 00:23:48.240 --> 00:23:50.000 With the truth. 00:23:50.160 --> 00:23:50.859 Of the gospel. 00:23:51.359 --> 00:23:51.660 And so. 00:23:51.859 --> 00:23:52.380 Paul keeps. 00:23:52.599 --> 00:23:53.380 Preaching the gospel. 00:23:53.380 --> 00:23:53.880 To them. 00:23:57.859 --> 00:23:58.599 And so. 00:23:59.000 --> 00:23:59.359 Paul's. 00:23:59.740 --> 00:24:00.079 Like. 00:24:00.240 --> 00:24:00.500 Hey. 00:24:00.920 --> 00:24:02.160 I first came to you. 00:24:03.319 --> 00:24:04.519 Preaching the gospel. 00:24:05.240 --> 00:24:06.359 You received it. 00:24:06.920 --> 00:24:07.440 And now. 00:24:07.559 --> 00:24:07.680 You're. 00:24:08.059 --> 00:24:08.319 Sacrificing. 00:24:08.319 --> 00:24:08.599 You were. 00:24:08.900 --> 00:24:09.740 Sacrificing yourself. 00:24:09.859 --> 00:24:10.180 For me. 00:24:10.240 --> 00:24:10.460 You were. 00:24:10.940 --> 00:24:12.120 Plucked your eyeballs out. 00:24:12.180 --> 00:24:12.880 And given them to me. 00:24:12.880 --> 00:24:14.860 But now. 00:24:16.060 --> 00:24:16.980 Because of this. 00:24:17.440 --> 00:24:18.260 Same gospel. 00:24:18.480 --> 00:24:19.320 I'm preaching to you. 00:24:19.440 --> 00:24:19.680 You're. 00:24:20.160 --> 00:24:21.200 You think I'm your enemy. 00:24:25.940 --> 00:24:27.400 Paul is giving this. 00:24:27.920 --> 00:24:28.880 Kind of gospel. 00:24:29.240 --> 00:24:29.760 Recounting. 00:24:30.300 --> 00:24:31.720 It's a loving. 00:24:32.600 --> 00:24:33.280 Confrontation. 00:24:33.940 --> 00:24:34.960 Paul is simply. 00:24:35.580 --> 00:24:36.080 Showing. 00:24:36.500 --> 00:24:37.160 These people. 00:24:37.320 --> 00:24:38.600 He loves so much. 00:24:38.980 --> 00:24:40.100 That their posture. 00:24:40.580 --> 00:24:41.320 Towards him. 00:24:41.600 --> 00:24:42.360 Has dramatically. 00:24:42.359 --> 00:24:43.000 Changed. 00:24:43.059 --> 00:24:43.879 From when it started. 00:24:44.219 --> 00:24:45.179 To where it is at. 00:24:45.419 --> 00:24:46.359 Right now. 00:24:47.539 --> 00:24:49.099 It's a very effective way. 00:24:49.199 --> 00:24:50.099 To confront somebody. 00:24:51.759 --> 00:24:53.079 It's a very helpful way. 00:24:53.139 --> 00:24:54.319 To show somebody. 00:24:54.459 --> 00:24:55.319 Something has actually. 00:24:55.559 --> 00:24:55.959 Changed. 00:24:56.879 --> 00:24:58.199 And what Paul is showing. 00:24:58.359 --> 00:24:58.839 Them is. 00:24:59.179 --> 00:24:59.659 You've moved from. 00:24:59.839 --> 00:25:00.759 Being warm to cold. 00:25:00.879 --> 00:25:01.519 From being loving. 00:25:01.639 --> 00:25:02.099 To hostile. 00:25:02.279 --> 00:25:02.779 From blessing. 00:25:02.919 --> 00:25:03.459 To curse. 00:25:06.779 --> 00:25:07.719 The enemy. 00:25:07.839 --> 00:25:08.319 By the way. 00:25:08.419 --> 00:25:09.299 Maybe you think of that. 00:25:09.579 --> 00:25:10.419 As being in quotes. 00:25:10.679 --> 00:25:11.399 Have I then become. 00:25:11.479 --> 00:25:12.139 Your quote unquote. 00:25:12.140 --> 00:25:12.640 Enemy. 00:25:12.640 --> 00:25:12.759 Enemy. 00:25:12.759 --> 00:25:13.780 By telling you the truth. 00:25:14.100 --> 00:25:14.840 Because certainly. 00:25:15.060 --> 00:25:16.820 It wasn't the Galatian Christians. 00:25:17.100 --> 00:25:18.540 That came up with this idea. 00:25:18.540 --> 00:25:19.640 That he was their enemy. 00:25:20.200 --> 00:25:20.560 That. 00:25:20.759 --> 00:25:22.259 Came from a group of people. 00:25:22.360 --> 00:25:23.200 These false teachers. 00:25:23.200 --> 00:25:23.980 That had come in. 00:25:24.300 --> 00:25:25.120 After Paul. 00:25:25.380 --> 00:25:25.780 Left. 00:25:25.900 --> 00:25:27.180 And I will circle back to that. 00:25:27.580 --> 00:25:28.460 In just a second. 00:25:29.300 --> 00:25:30.380 But let's ask the question. 00:25:30.940 --> 00:25:32.020 How do we apply. 00:25:32.160 --> 00:25:33.080 Something like this. 00:25:33.079 --> 00:25:34.819 A loving confrontation. 00:25:34.819 --> 00:25:35.379 A loving confrontation. 00:25:35.379 --> 00:25:36.720 That we see in the scripture. 00:25:36.919 --> 00:25:37.899 Of Paul confronting. 00:25:38.419 --> 00:25:38.619 This. 00:25:39.299 --> 00:25:40.059 These Christians. 00:25:40.519 --> 00:25:41.859 Almost 2,000 years ago. 00:25:41.919 --> 00:25:42.879 How do we apply that. 00:25:42.960 --> 00:25:43.799 To our life today. 00:25:44.419 --> 00:25:45.619 First one is this. 00:25:46.819 --> 00:25:47.919 Brothers and sisters. 00:25:49.199 --> 00:25:50.279 Expect conflict. 00:25:51.399 --> 00:25:52.319 Expect conflict. 00:25:53.000 --> 00:25:54.079 There will be conflict among us. 00:25:54.460 --> 00:25:55.359 Don't be surprised. 00:25:55.359 --> 00:25:56.179 When a relationship. 00:25:56.379 --> 00:25:57.220 Suddenly sours. 00:25:57.659 --> 00:25:58.659 Don't be surprised. 00:25:58.660 --> 00:26:00.200 When there's all of a sudden. 00:26:00.360 --> 00:26:01.040 A chill. 00:26:01.340 --> 00:26:02.279 In your relationships. 00:26:02.279 --> 00:26:03.279 With somebody else. 00:26:03.519 --> 00:26:04.980 Don't be surprised by that. 00:26:06.600 --> 00:26:06.940 But. 00:26:07.640 --> 00:26:08.000 Two. 00:26:09.019 --> 00:26:10.480 How we respond. 00:26:10.700 --> 00:26:11.160 To that. 00:26:11.759 --> 00:26:12.640 Coolness. 00:26:13.420 --> 00:26:14.140 Matters. 00:26:16.200 --> 00:26:17.400 And we do. 00:26:17.600 --> 00:26:18.620 What Paul does. 00:26:18.940 --> 00:26:19.460 We take. 00:26:19.860 --> 00:26:20.580 Our cues. 00:26:20.580 --> 00:26:22.080 From the gospel apostle. 00:26:22.720 --> 00:26:23.560 And we act. 00:26:23.759 --> 00:26:24.820 In gospel love. 00:26:26.100 --> 00:26:27.160 We move. 00:26:27.560 --> 00:26:27.960 To. 00:26:28.660 --> 00:26:30.019 The coolness. 00:26:30.920 --> 00:26:31.920 We move. 00:26:32.140 --> 00:26:32.740 Towards. 00:26:33.380 --> 00:26:34.160 The hostility. 00:26:35.300 --> 00:26:36.400 We move. 00:26:36.740 --> 00:26:37.100 Towards. 00:26:37.200 --> 00:26:37.660 The tension. 00:26:40.300 --> 00:26:41.680 If you're sensing. 00:26:42.140 --> 00:26:42.500 Tension. 00:26:42.660 --> 00:26:43.279 In a relationship. 00:26:43.480 --> 00:26:44.420 With a brother and sister. 00:26:44.580 --> 00:26:45.259 In Christ. 00:26:46.000 --> 00:26:47.019 You go to them. 00:26:49.000 --> 00:26:49.720 Take your cues. 00:26:49.720 --> 00:26:50.279 From Paul. 00:26:50.740 --> 00:26:51.519 Say something. 00:26:51.680 --> 00:26:51.820 Like. 00:26:51.980 --> 00:26:52.160 Okay. 00:26:52.300 --> 00:26:53.120 Let me just recount. 00:26:53.279 --> 00:26:54.220 Gospel history together. 00:26:55.460 --> 00:26:55.779 You say. 00:26:55.880 --> 00:26:56.300 You know what. 00:26:56.440 --> 00:26:57.060 Three months ago. 00:26:57.080 --> 00:26:58.060 I thought we were doing great. 00:26:58.660 --> 00:27:00.160 But when we were hanging out. 00:27:00.460 --> 00:27:01.019 Last week. 00:27:01.080 --> 00:27:01.960 You wouldn't even talk to me. 00:27:02.000 --> 00:27:02.900 You wouldn't even look at me. 00:27:04.040 --> 00:27:04.380 What. 00:27:04.620 --> 00:27:05.360 Did something happen? 00:27:05.420 --> 00:27:06.140 Did I offend you? 00:27:06.140 --> 00:27:12.020 We don't wait. 00:27:12.020 --> 00:27:14.380 When we sense tension. 00:27:15.080 --> 00:27:16.780 A lack of unity and peace. 00:27:17.160 --> 00:27:18.400 We move towards it. 00:27:18.720 --> 00:27:18.820 But. 00:27:19.560 --> 00:27:21.520 But it's not just on those people. 00:27:21.660 --> 00:27:22.560 Who sense. 00:27:23.120 --> 00:27:24.680 Something's off in a relationship. 00:27:25.040 --> 00:27:25.300 Like. 00:27:25.480 --> 00:27:26.300 If I become aware. 00:27:26.480 --> 00:27:28.259 That I may have offended someone. 00:27:28.920 --> 00:27:30.440 I'm going to go to that person. 00:27:30.440 --> 00:27:31.440 I'm going to go to that person. 00:27:31.440 --> 00:27:31.740 But. 00:27:31.740 --> 00:27:31.759 But. 00:27:32.400 --> 00:27:33.840 Certainly this doesn't mean. 00:27:34.279 --> 00:27:36.960 It's only those people who sense that. 00:27:37.779 --> 00:27:37.960 For. 00:27:38.360 --> 00:27:39.200 In Matthew 18. 00:27:39.820 --> 00:27:41.400 If you're a Christian in the room. 00:27:41.740 --> 00:27:43.960 And you have been offended by someone. 00:27:44.620 --> 00:27:46.039 If you've been offended by. 00:27:46.420 --> 00:27:47.920 By a brother or a sister. 00:27:48.360 --> 00:27:49.380 Jesus is very clear. 00:27:49.539 --> 00:27:50.360 You go. 00:27:50.880 --> 00:27:52.360 To the one that has offended you. 00:27:52.600 --> 00:27:53.980 And show them their fault. 00:27:53.980 --> 00:27:57.620 Whatever the case may be. 00:27:58.420 --> 00:27:59.980 We move. 00:28:00.420 --> 00:28:01.539 Towards one another. 00:28:01.779 --> 00:28:02.740 When there's tension. 00:28:02.920 --> 00:28:04.220 Just like Paul. 00:28:04.700 --> 00:28:05.140 Moves. 00:28:05.400 --> 00:28:06.620 Towards the Galatians here. 00:28:09.220 --> 00:28:10.759 And he confronts them in love. 00:28:13.400 --> 00:28:14.720 There's one more piece to this. 00:28:14.799 --> 00:28:16.039 That I want to apply. 00:28:17.480 --> 00:28:19.660 You might be sitting in your pew right now. 00:28:19.740 --> 00:28:19.940 And you're like. 00:28:20.000 --> 00:28:20.120 Yeah. 00:28:20.160 --> 00:28:20.960 That sounds great. 00:28:20.960 --> 00:28:23.840 On paper. 00:28:24.000 --> 00:28:24.160 That. 00:28:24.799 --> 00:28:25.860 Sounds wonderful. 00:28:27.860 --> 00:28:29.180 And then you're in it. 00:28:31.640 --> 00:28:33.120 Then you're experiencing. 00:28:33.440 --> 00:28:33.960 Tension. 00:28:34.200 --> 00:28:35.000 And coolness. 00:28:35.519 --> 00:28:36.360 Little hostility. 00:28:36.519 --> 00:28:36.940 From something. 00:28:37.059 --> 00:28:37.720 Somebody else. 00:28:39.600 --> 00:28:41.279 And it goes from theory. 00:28:41.720 --> 00:28:42.779 To practice. 00:28:43.500 --> 00:28:44.600 And you start getting. 00:28:44.980 --> 00:28:46.200 Lumps in your throat. 00:28:49.200 --> 00:28:50.819 Do you know what Paul was doing. 00:28:50.819 --> 00:28:51.659 In this passage. 00:28:53.779 --> 00:28:55.279 He was risking. 00:28:55.279 --> 00:28:55.919 Risking something. 00:28:58.679 --> 00:29:00.279 He was risking. 00:29:00.279 --> 00:29:01.339 His relationship. 00:29:01.339 --> 00:29:02.619 With the Galatians. 00:29:02.759 --> 00:29:03.859 By confronting them. 00:29:04.859 --> 00:29:06.139 There are no promises. 00:29:09.259 --> 00:29:10.659 Paul doesn't change. 00:29:10.799 --> 00:29:11.240 The gospel. 00:29:11.419 --> 00:29:12.460 He doesn't apologize. 00:29:12.460 --> 00:29:13.279 For the gospel. 00:29:13.559 --> 00:29:15.159 He moves right towards them. 00:29:16.460 --> 00:29:17.240 Say what's happened. 00:29:17.240 --> 00:29:20.339 And he knows. 00:29:20.339 --> 00:29:21.319 That he's risking it. 00:29:23.620 --> 00:29:24.559 The risk. 00:29:24.779 --> 00:29:25.660 We will encounter. 00:29:25.660 --> 00:29:26.180 Together. 00:29:26.180 --> 00:29:27.460 When we appeal. 00:29:27.460 --> 00:29:28.099 To one another. 00:29:28.099 --> 00:29:28.960 Or confront. 00:29:28.960 --> 00:29:29.579 One another. 00:29:30.099 --> 00:29:30.200 To. 00:29:30.700 --> 00:29:31.900 For Christ's sake. 00:29:32.700 --> 00:29:33.359 The risk. 00:29:33.359 --> 00:29:33.819 Is that. 00:29:34.000 --> 00:29:34.900 We will offend. 00:29:35.440 --> 00:29:36.599 Someone else more. 00:29:39.180 --> 00:29:40.059 And the greatest. 00:29:40.059 --> 00:29:40.819 Of all risks. 00:29:41.019 --> 00:29:42.099 Is what we don't like. 00:29:42.099 --> 00:29:42.640 To acknowledge. 00:29:42.839 --> 00:29:43.420 Is that. 00:29:44.200 --> 00:29:45.000 We may lose. 00:29:45.079 --> 00:29:45.460 A friendship. 00:29:45.460 --> 00:29:46.120 Over it. 00:29:53.259 --> 00:29:53.740 Confronting. 00:29:53.740 --> 00:29:54.640 People in love. 00:29:54.900 --> 00:29:55.880 Whether it's an appeal. 00:29:56.180 --> 00:29:57.340 Or giving some. 00:29:57.340 --> 00:29:58.299 Gospel history. 00:29:58.759 --> 00:29:59.519 A recounting. 00:29:59.740 --> 00:30:00.799 It's hard. 00:30:01.759 --> 00:30:03.059 Because it's risky. 00:30:04.740 --> 00:30:05.660 You're risking. 00:30:05.660 --> 00:30:06.579 The relationship. 00:30:07.880 --> 00:30:08.180 But. 00:30:10.039 --> 00:30:10.680 But. 00:30:10.680 --> 00:30:13.259 Paul's love. 00:30:13.380 --> 00:30:14.259 For the Galatians. 00:30:16.019 --> 00:30:18.340 It was more important. 00:30:20.460 --> 00:30:22.259 Than fearing that risk. 00:30:24.560 --> 00:30:25.200 Paul. 00:30:25.620 --> 00:30:26.720 His love. 00:30:26.940 --> 00:30:28.279 For these people. 00:30:29.400 --> 00:30:31.000 It was greater. 00:30:31.460 --> 00:30:32.620 Than any fear. 00:30:32.620 --> 00:30:33.360 Of risk. 00:30:33.360 --> 00:30:34.140 Of losing them. 00:30:34.200 --> 00:30:34.539 Because. 00:30:34.539 --> 00:30:35.880 What he wanted. 00:30:36.200 --> 00:30:36.620 Most. 00:30:36.860 --> 00:30:37.320 For them. 00:30:37.319 --> 00:30:39.460 Was for them. 00:30:39.579 --> 00:30:40.039 To find. 00:30:40.159 --> 00:30:40.879 Their all. 00:30:40.879 --> 00:30:41.759 Consuming. 00:30:42.240 --> 00:30:42.679 Passion. 00:30:43.799 --> 00:30:44.980 In Christ. 00:30:45.179 --> 00:30:45.659 Alone. 00:30:45.919 --> 00:30:46.839 So he was willing. 00:30:46.839 --> 00:30:48.339 To risk it. 00:30:49.240 --> 00:30:50.439 In confronting them. 00:30:51.740 --> 00:30:53.039 And so must we. 00:30:54.480 --> 00:30:55.859 When we realize. 00:30:56.720 --> 00:30:57.819 What's at stake. 00:30:58.379 --> 00:30:59.379 Is a brother. 00:30:59.519 --> 00:31:00.339 Or sister's. 00:31:00.339 --> 00:31:01.179 All consuming. 00:31:01.179 --> 00:31:01.740 Passion. 00:31:02.099 --> 00:31:03.179 In the risen Christ. 00:31:03.539 --> 00:31:04.439 We must. 00:31:04.819 --> 00:31:05.299 Risk. 00:31:05.899 --> 00:31:06.500 The appeals. 00:31:06.500 --> 00:31:08.559 Risk. 00:31:09.000 --> 00:31:09.839 The confrontation. 00:31:11.660 --> 00:31:12.880 So we persist. 00:31:13.019 --> 00:31:13.960 In loving people. 00:31:13.960 --> 00:31:15.099 Unto Christ. 00:31:16.480 --> 00:31:17.680 Even when they think. 00:31:17.839 --> 00:31:18.740 We may be an enemy. 00:31:21.000 --> 00:31:22.599 We must love each other. 00:31:23.339 --> 00:31:24.220 Unto Christ. 00:31:25.619 --> 00:31:26.400 We've looked at. 00:31:26.500 --> 00:31:27.380 A loving appeal. 00:31:28.900 --> 00:31:29.720 We've looked at. 00:31:29.799 --> 00:31:30.819 The loving confrontation. 00:31:31.940 --> 00:31:32.920 And now let's look at this. 00:31:33.319 --> 00:31:33.599 Loving. 00:31:34.039 --> 00:31:34.920 Mode of check. 00:31:35.019 --> 00:31:36.460 In verses 17 through 20. 00:31:36.920 --> 00:31:38.039 We just got done. 00:31:38.099 --> 00:31:38.640 In a section. 00:31:38.779 --> 00:31:39.460 In which Paul. 00:31:39.460 --> 00:31:41.599 Is contrasting. 00:31:41.980 --> 00:31:43.180 The Galatians posture. 00:31:43.599 --> 00:31:44.519 Towards him. 00:31:45.079 --> 00:31:46.180 Back then. 00:31:46.599 --> 00:31:47.079 And then. 00:31:47.559 --> 00:31:48.859 At the time he wrote. 00:31:50.019 --> 00:31:50.839 And Paul now. 00:31:50.960 --> 00:31:51.720 In verse 17. 00:31:51.720 --> 00:31:52.740 He moves into. 00:31:52.980 --> 00:31:54.359 A different contrast. 00:31:55.240 --> 00:31:56.160 A contrast. 00:31:56.160 --> 00:31:57.039 Of motive. 00:31:58.599 --> 00:32:00.359 And he's going to contrast. 00:32:00.839 --> 00:32:01.480 The motives. 00:32:02.059 --> 00:32:02.140 Of. 00:32:02.779 --> 00:32:03.460 Of a group of people. 00:32:03.460 --> 00:32:03.840 They're calling. 00:32:03.840 --> 00:32:04.380 He's calling. 00:32:04.640 --> 00:32:04.920 They. 00:32:04.920 --> 00:32:05.000 They. 00:32:05.000 --> 00:32:05.059 They. 00:32:05.059 --> 00:32:05.100 They. 00:32:05.100 --> 00:32:06.140 They. 00:32:06.140 --> 00:32:06.400 Them. 00:32:06.400 --> 00:32:08.120 And. 00:32:08.120 --> 00:32:10.000 His own motive. 00:32:11.000 --> 00:32:11.740 Why. 00:32:12.140 --> 00:32:13.640 They're pursuing. 00:32:13.640 --> 00:32:14.700 These Galatians. 00:32:15.259 --> 00:32:16.420 And they're very. 00:32:16.740 --> 00:32:18.240 They're two very different reasons. 00:32:18.240 --> 00:32:23.339 So let's look at verse 17. 00:32:24.339 --> 00:32:24.980 Why. 00:32:25.500 --> 00:32:26.079 These. 00:32:26.339 --> 00:32:26.799 False. 00:32:27.160 --> 00:32:27.640 Teachers. 00:32:28.039 --> 00:32:28.460 Are. 00:32:28.660 --> 00:32:29.420 Pursuing. 00:32:29.420 --> 00:32:30.660 The Galatians. 00:32:32.100 --> 00:32:33.380 They make much of you. 00:32:34.320 --> 00:32:34.600 They. 00:32:34.759 --> 00:32:35.080 Being. 00:32:35.420 --> 00:32:36.200 The false teachers. 00:32:36.200 --> 00:32:36.880 That have come. 00:32:37.000 --> 00:32:37.779 Into Galatia. 00:32:37.860 --> 00:32:38.960 After Paul has left. 00:32:39.340 --> 00:32:40.279 They are telling. 00:32:40.600 --> 00:32:40.980 These. 00:32:41.060 --> 00:32:41.820 New Christians. 00:32:42.320 --> 00:32:42.519 That. 00:32:42.960 --> 00:32:43.380 Hey. 00:32:43.500 --> 00:32:43.640 I'm. 00:32:43.800 --> 00:32:45.200 We're glad that you believe in Jesus. 00:32:45.200 --> 00:32:45.860 That's good. 00:32:46.019 --> 00:32:47.120 But that's not enough. 00:32:47.360 --> 00:32:48.759 Not only do you have to believe in Jesus. 00:32:48.940 --> 00:32:49.700 You need to start. 00:32:49.880 --> 00:32:50.320 Obeying. 00:32:50.420 --> 00:32:51.380 The Mosaic law. 00:32:51.519 --> 00:32:52.900 Which means you need to be circumcised. 00:32:53.019 --> 00:32:53.460 Guys. 00:32:53.840 --> 00:32:54.920 And what it also means is. 00:32:54.960 --> 00:32:55.500 You got to start. 00:32:55.860 --> 00:32:56.300 Shopping. 00:32:56.620 --> 00:32:57.300 In Woodman's. 00:32:57.300 --> 00:32:58.140 Kosher aisle. 00:32:58.140 --> 00:32:59.620 In the kosher aisle alone. 00:33:00.040 --> 00:33:01.259 And then you need to pick up. 00:33:01.740 --> 00:33:02.400 A Jewish. 00:33:02.820 --> 00:33:03.259 Calendar. 00:33:03.740 --> 00:33:06.080 And start living according to the Jewish calendar. 00:33:06.360 --> 00:33:07.860 And when you get all those in place. 00:33:08.020 --> 00:33:08.500 You're good. 00:33:09.700 --> 00:33:11.520 And so what the Judaizers are saying. 00:33:11.680 --> 00:33:12.540 These false teachers. 00:33:12.940 --> 00:33:14.640 They're saying these Gentile Christians. 00:33:14.960 --> 00:33:16.640 Gentiles need to be Jews. 00:33:16.780 --> 00:33:17.759 In order to be Christians. 00:33:18.140 --> 00:33:18.720 And Paul's like. 00:33:18.820 --> 00:33:19.340 No way. 00:33:20.560 --> 00:33:21.660 That's not the gospel. 00:33:22.980 --> 00:33:24.020 Because the gospel. 00:33:24.480 --> 00:33:26.000 Is faith alone. 00:33:26.360 --> 00:33:27.240 Grace alone. 00:33:27.240 --> 00:33:28.559 Christ alone. 00:33:31.359 --> 00:33:32.599 And so when he says. 00:33:32.920 --> 00:33:33.259 They. 00:33:34.299 --> 00:33:36.500 He's referring to these false teachers. 00:33:37.019 --> 00:33:38.079 These false teachers. 00:33:38.079 --> 00:33:38.960 Make much of you. 00:33:39.059 --> 00:33:39.539 Galatians. 00:33:40.140 --> 00:33:41.900 But for no good purpose. 00:33:42.359 --> 00:33:43.559 The word make much of. 00:33:43.680 --> 00:33:44.640 Is a word we get the word. 00:33:44.839 --> 00:33:45.920 Zeal from. 00:33:46.480 --> 00:33:47.720 They're zealous for you. 00:33:49.620 --> 00:33:51.039 They're pursuing you. 00:33:51.140 --> 00:33:51.920 They're wooing you. 00:33:52.019 --> 00:33:53.460 They want you to be. 00:33:53.579 --> 00:33:54.579 Part of their. 00:33:54.579 --> 00:33:55.419 People. 00:33:55.419 --> 00:33:57.519 They want you in their orbit. 00:33:59.079 --> 00:34:00.659 And on a side note. 00:34:00.919 --> 00:34:02.460 This is why this stuff is so dangerous. 00:34:04.139 --> 00:34:06.559 It always feels good to be wanted. 00:34:07.759 --> 00:34:09.360 All of us want to be wanted. 00:34:10.980 --> 00:34:12.400 And these false teachers. 00:34:12.779 --> 00:34:14.440 Are making a very emotional. 00:34:14.860 --> 00:34:15.840 Hey come be with us. 00:34:16.099 --> 00:34:16.639 You're wanted. 00:34:16.639 --> 00:34:16.699 You're wanted. 00:34:16.699 --> 00:34:21.919 Paul says. 00:34:22.119 --> 00:34:22.980 These false teachers. 00:34:23.119 --> 00:34:24.139 They're pursuing you. 00:34:24.339 --> 00:34:25.480 They're zealously. 00:34:25.480 --> 00:34:26.480 Wanting you. 00:34:27.259 --> 00:34:28.059 And I know. 00:34:28.139 --> 00:34:29.099 It feels good to be wanted. 00:34:31.099 --> 00:34:32.639 But they're pursuing you. 00:34:32.779 --> 00:34:33.460 For quote. 00:34:34.319 --> 00:34:35.399 No good purpose. 00:34:35.659 --> 00:34:36.099 End quote. 00:34:36.219 --> 00:34:37.299 And then he elaborates. 00:34:38.079 --> 00:34:38.980 He says. 00:34:39.679 --> 00:34:40.599 They want. 00:34:40.819 --> 00:34:42.119 To shut you out. 00:34:43.000 --> 00:34:44.079 These false teachers. 00:34:44.339 --> 00:34:45.039 Want to. 00:34:45.440 --> 00:34:46.420 Shut you out. 00:34:46.619 --> 00:34:47.659 Shut them out of what? 00:34:47.739 --> 00:34:48.359 They want. 00:34:48.519 --> 00:34:49.279 To shut. 00:34:49.480 --> 00:34:50.239 Them out. 00:34:50.380 --> 00:34:51.679 To separate them. 00:34:52.059 --> 00:34:53.339 From Paul's. 00:34:53.679 --> 00:34:54.139 Gospel. 00:34:54.619 --> 00:34:55.219 Influence. 00:34:55.559 --> 00:34:56.299 The true. 00:34:56.679 --> 00:34:57.159 Gospel. 00:34:57.519 --> 00:34:58.839 The life giving message. 00:34:58.839 --> 00:34:59.779 Of Jesus Christ. 00:35:00.099 --> 00:35:00.460 They. 00:35:00.900 --> 00:35:01.179 Want. 00:35:01.480 --> 00:35:01.679 To. 00:35:02.279 --> 00:35:03.000 Separate. 00:35:03.000 --> 00:35:03.739 The Galatians. 00:35:03.920 --> 00:35:04.579 From Paul. 00:35:04.839 --> 00:35:05.500 Like sheep. 00:35:05.880 --> 00:35:06.539 From a shepherd. 00:35:06.539 --> 00:35:12.460 They don't want. 00:35:12.460 --> 00:35:13.059 Paul preaching. 00:35:13.059 --> 00:35:13.539 To them. 00:35:16.019 --> 00:35:17.079 Because what Paul. 00:35:17.079 --> 00:35:17.739 Is preaching. 00:35:18.300 --> 00:35:19.659 Sounds crazy. 00:35:19.779 --> 00:35:20.119 To them. 00:35:22.019 --> 00:35:23.440 Paul's going to keep on. 00:35:23.619 --> 00:35:24.460 Hammering on the fact. 00:35:24.599 --> 00:35:24.739 That. 00:35:25.259 --> 00:35:25.980 It's faith alone. 00:35:26.019 --> 00:35:26.679 In Christ alone. 00:35:26.739 --> 00:35:28.099 It's all by God's grace alone. 00:35:30.900 --> 00:35:31.800 They're trying to. 00:35:31.900 --> 00:35:32.519 They're trying to. 00:35:33.059 --> 00:35:34.099 Shut them. 00:35:34.259 --> 00:35:34.559 Out. 00:35:34.639 --> 00:35:35.340 Of Paul's. 00:35:35.619 --> 00:35:36.099 Influence. 00:35:36.099 --> 00:35:37.559 But we haven't. 00:35:37.579 --> 00:35:38.440 Gotten to the real reason. 00:35:38.539 --> 00:35:38.699 Yet. 00:35:41.219 --> 00:35:42.059 It's the last. 00:35:42.059 --> 00:35:42.500 Clause. 00:35:42.579 --> 00:35:43.279 Of verse 17. 00:35:43.480 --> 00:35:43.940 They want. 00:35:44.000 --> 00:35:44.799 To shut you out. 00:35:45.139 --> 00:35:45.579 That. 00:35:46.380 --> 00:35:46.779 You. 00:35:47.739 --> 00:35:48.179 May. 00:35:48.839 --> 00:35:49.119 Make. 00:35:49.119 --> 00:35:49.139 Make. 00:35:49.239 --> 00:35:49.619 Much. 00:35:49.920 --> 00:35:50.440 Of them. 00:35:52.480 --> 00:35:53.639 It's the same word. 00:35:54.559 --> 00:35:55.339 From zeal. 00:35:56.119 --> 00:35:56.259 Hey. 00:35:56.339 --> 00:35:56.839 They're zealous. 00:35:56.839 --> 00:35:57.360 For you. 00:35:58.000 --> 00:35:58.900 So that you. 00:35:59.259 --> 00:36:00.400 Would be zealous. 00:36:00.900 --> 00:36:01.420 For them. 00:36:04.480 --> 00:36:05.179 What Paul. 00:36:05.179 --> 00:36:06.159 Is exposing here. 00:36:06.159 --> 00:36:07.579 Is the motive. 00:36:09.000 --> 00:36:09.879 They're doing it. 00:36:09.879 --> 00:36:10.699 For themselves. 00:36:10.699 --> 00:36:11.659 If you flip over. 00:36:11.659 --> 00:36:13.139 To chapter 6. 00:36:13.139 --> 00:36:14.139 Verse 12. 00:36:14.339 --> 00:36:15.139 And 13. 00:36:15.659 --> 00:36:16.199 It is. 00:36:16.519 --> 00:36:16.960 Again. 00:36:17.059 --> 00:36:17.619 The reference. 00:36:17.619 --> 00:36:18.319 To those. 00:36:18.319 --> 00:36:19.239 Are the false teachers. 00:36:19.239 --> 00:36:20.279 We're talking about here. 00:36:20.440 --> 00:36:21.539 It is those. 00:36:21.539 --> 00:36:22.259 Who want to make. 00:36:22.259 --> 00:36:23.019 A good showing. 00:36:23.019 --> 00:36:23.739 In the flesh. 00:36:24.460 --> 00:36:25.359 Who would force you. 00:36:25.419 --> 00:36:26.319 To be circumcised. 00:36:26.399 --> 00:36:27.119 And only in order. 00:36:27.119 --> 00:36:27.879 That they may not. 00:36:27.960 --> 00:36:28.559 Be persecuted. 00:36:28.559 --> 00:36:29.639 For the cross of Christ. 00:36:30.339 --> 00:36:30.980 They want. 00:36:31.019 --> 00:36:31.699 A good showing. 00:36:32.279 --> 00:36:32.839 They don't want. 00:36:32.919 --> 00:36:34.179 Their name drug through the mud. 00:36:34.259 --> 00:36:34.960 Being associated. 00:36:34.960 --> 00:36:36.179 With the crucified Messiah. 00:36:36.439 --> 00:36:37.239 But not just that. 00:36:37.299 --> 00:36:37.980 Verse 13. 00:36:38.719 --> 00:36:39.399 For even those. 00:36:39.480 --> 00:36:40.219 Who are circumcised. 00:36:40.299 --> 00:36:40.939 Do not themselves. 00:36:41.059 --> 00:36:41.500 Keep the law. 00:36:41.739 --> 00:36:42.480 But they desire. 00:36:42.579 --> 00:36:43.799 To have you circumcised. 00:36:43.939 --> 00:36:44.699 That they. 00:36:44.799 --> 00:36:45.299 May boast. 00:36:49.719 --> 00:36:50.119 These. 00:36:51.399 --> 00:36:51.799 People. 00:36:53.319 --> 00:36:54.219 False teachers. 00:36:54.739 --> 00:36:55.759 They do not. 00:36:55.939 --> 00:36:56.839 Have the Galatians. 00:36:57.000 --> 00:36:58.079 Best interest in mind. 00:36:58.719 --> 00:37:00.079 They are self-serving. 00:37:00.079 --> 00:37:02.400 When it comes. 00:37:02.400 --> 00:37:03.340 Right down to it. 00:37:03.539 --> 00:37:04.360 They are just trying. 00:37:04.400 --> 00:37:05.059 To get a crowd. 00:37:07.619 --> 00:37:08.279 Let me try. 00:37:08.340 --> 00:37:09.099 To illustrate this. 00:37:11.099 --> 00:37:11.539 Imagine. 00:37:11.699 --> 00:37:12.059 You have got. 00:37:12.139 --> 00:37:13.079 A sister in Christ. 00:37:14.360 --> 00:37:14.779 And. 00:37:16.279 --> 00:37:17.299 She is really lonely. 00:37:19.119 --> 00:37:19.480 And. 00:37:20.440 --> 00:37:21.579 She meets a guy. 00:37:23.019 --> 00:37:23.739 And this guy. 00:37:23.840 --> 00:37:24.599 Starts just kind of. 00:37:24.659 --> 00:37:25.340 Talking her sweet. 00:37:27.460 --> 00:37:28.739 You bump into this guy. 00:37:28.739 --> 00:37:30.459 You run into. 00:37:30.559 --> 00:37:31.159 In a context. 00:37:31.159 --> 00:37:32.339 Outside of the normal. 00:37:34.199 --> 00:37:35.139 Normal kind of. 00:37:35.279 --> 00:37:36.179 Paths of life. 00:37:36.379 --> 00:37:36.939 And you see. 00:37:37.000 --> 00:37:38.119 A side to him. 00:37:38.459 --> 00:37:39.259 That she is. 00:37:39.319 --> 00:37:40.539 Completely unaware of. 00:37:41.679 --> 00:37:42.159 And so. 00:37:42.259 --> 00:37:43.059 You become aware. 00:37:43.419 --> 00:37:43.599 Hey. 00:37:44.079 --> 00:37:44.979 She is getting wooed. 00:37:45.019 --> 00:37:45.779 By this guy. 00:37:46.000 --> 00:37:46.939 But this guy. 00:37:47.199 --> 00:37:48.299 Is up to no good. 00:37:49.899 --> 00:37:51.059 That's what's happening here. 00:37:52.500 --> 00:37:52.959 Baby. 00:37:53.059 --> 00:37:53.579 Come back. 00:37:56.019 --> 00:37:56.739 Come back. 00:37:56.819 --> 00:37:57.479 To your king. 00:37:57.480 --> 00:37:57.579 King. 00:37:58.900 --> 00:37:59.420 These. 00:37:59.800 --> 00:38:00.119 Men. 00:38:00.340 --> 00:38:01.280 Are leading you down. 00:38:01.340 --> 00:38:01.880 A path. 00:38:02.099 --> 00:38:03.780 That is of no good purpose. 00:38:05.539 --> 00:38:06.340 They are doing it. 00:38:06.579 --> 00:38:07.280 For themselves. 00:38:08.500 --> 00:38:08.820 Now. 00:38:09.159 --> 00:38:10.199 This kind of. 00:38:10.300 --> 00:38:11.000 Self-serving. 00:38:11.800 --> 00:38:12.199 Ministry. 00:38:12.420 --> 00:38:13.119 Was going on. 00:38:13.199 --> 00:38:13.980 In the first century. 00:38:14.199 --> 00:38:15.159 And it absolutely. 00:38:15.519 --> 00:38:16.119 Is going on. 00:38:16.159 --> 00:38:17.179 In the 21st century. 00:38:18.400 --> 00:38:19.139 Men and women. 00:38:19.260 --> 00:38:19.860 Seeking to gather. 00:38:20.000 --> 00:38:20.460 A following. 00:38:20.639 --> 00:38:21.820 In the name of Christ. 00:38:22.260 --> 00:38:23.219 Only to build. 00:38:23.340 --> 00:38:24.199 Their own kingdoms. 00:38:24.400 --> 00:38:25.400 I need a Learjet. 00:38:25.400 --> 00:38:25.440 I need a Learjet. 00:38:25.440 --> 00:38:29.200 But before we start. 00:38:29.200 --> 00:38:30.059 Pointing the fingers. 00:38:30.059 --> 00:38:31.139 All around. 00:38:31.679 --> 00:38:32.659 The health and wealth. 00:38:32.760 --> 00:38:33.579 Gospel folks. 00:38:35.820 --> 00:38:36.900 It shows up here. 00:38:38.740 --> 00:38:39.260 I mean. 00:38:39.340 --> 00:38:39.940 We want our church. 00:38:39.940 --> 00:38:40.500 To succeed. 00:38:40.599 --> 00:38:40.760 Right? 00:38:42.119 --> 00:38:43.519 We want our church. 00:38:43.760 --> 00:38:44.920 To grow in maturity. 00:38:45.139 --> 00:38:45.720 We want our church. 00:38:45.720 --> 00:38:46.720 To grow in numbers. 00:38:47.079 --> 00:38:48.539 And with those desires. 00:38:48.539 --> 00:38:49.260 Can come this. 00:38:49.659 --> 00:38:50.659 Subtle temptation. 00:38:50.659 --> 00:38:52.679 On a motivational level. 00:38:53.420 --> 00:38:53.699 That. 00:38:54.139 --> 00:38:55.539 That what we do. 00:38:55.539 --> 00:38:56.539 Is ultimately. 00:38:56.899 --> 00:38:57.920 For ourselves. 00:39:00.500 --> 00:39:01.759 That's why this is such a good. 00:39:01.759 --> 00:39:02.440 Motive check. 00:39:05.779 --> 00:39:06.659 Brothers and sisters. 00:39:06.659 --> 00:39:07.119 In Christ. 00:39:07.219 --> 00:39:08.099 Why did we do this? 00:39:09.379 --> 00:39:10.359 Why are we showing up. 00:39:10.420 --> 00:39:11.239 Sunday after Sunday? 00:39:13.839 --> 00:39:15.299 Why are you going to life groups? 00:39:16.019 --> 00:39:17.199 Why are you giving your time. 00:39:17.279 --> 00:39:17.699 And talent. 00:39:17.799 --> 00:39:18.299 And your treasure? 00:39:18.300 --> 00:39:21.480 Why are many of you serving on multiple ministry teams? 00:39:22.660 --> 00:39:23.880 Why are we doing this? 00:39:24.280 --> 00:39:25.680 Is it to make a good showing. 00:39:25.880 --> 00:39:26.560 In the eyes. 00:39:26.760 --> 00:39:28.140 Of Christendom. 00:39:28.300 --> 00:39:29.720 In Wisconsin. 00:39:32.000 --> 00:39:33.740 Is it to boast in ourselves? 00:39:35.740 --> 00:39:36.780 Do you know why. 00:39:36.920 --> 00:39:38.539 It cannot be about us. 00:39:40.160 --> 00:39:42.120 Because we are nobody's savior. 00:39:42.119 --> 00:39:49.339 There is no life transforming power. 00:39:49.699 --> 00:39:50.940 Coming from me. 00:39:51.839 --> 00:39:52.960 Coming from you. 00:39:55.079 --> 00:39:56.339 We are just branches. 00:39:58.339 --> 00:39:59.319 Jesus is the vine. 00:40:01.099 --> 00:40:02.599 We are not in this. 00:40:02.799 --> 00:40:04.759 To make much of ourselves. 00:40:05.159 --> 00:40:06.219 We are in this. 00:40:06.359 --> 00:40:07.299 To make much. 00:40:07.579 --> 00:40:08.440 Of Christ. 00:40:08.440 --> 00:40:10.720 And it is a very different motive. 00:40:10.920 --> 00:40:12.280 Than what these false teachers. 00:40:12.760 --> 00:40:14.220 Were pursuing. 00:40:14.220 --> 00:40:15.460 The Galatians for. 00:40:16.260 --> 00:40:17.420 That is where Paul goes. 00:40:17.500 --> 00:40:18.240 In verse 18. 00:40:22.000 --> 00:40:22.659 He says. 00:40:22.740 --> 00:40:23.519 It is always good. 00:40:23.559 --> 00:40:24.460 To be made much of. 00:40:24.539 --> 00:40:25.460 For a good purpose. 00:40:25.860 --> 00:40:26.099 That now. 00:40:26.159 --> 00:40:27.300 This is Paul talking. 00:40:27.300 --> 00:40:28.700 About his pursuit. 00:40:28.900 --> 00:40:29.720 His zeal. 00:40:29.820 --> 00:40:30.440 For the Galatians. 00:40:30.659 --> 00:40:31.880 I am pursuing you. 00:40:32.000 --> 00:40:33.159 For a good purpose. 00:40:33.280 --> 00:40:33.840 And what is that? 00:40:33.920 --> 00:40:34.500 Verse 19. 00:40:34.599 --> 00:40:34.900 He says. 00:40:35.280 --> 00:40:36.679 My little children. 00:40:36.679 --> 00:40:38.739 My little children. 00:40:39.579 --> 00:40:40.139 Again. 00:40:40.239 --> 00:40:41.319 This is familial. 00:40:41.460 --> 00:40:42.359 Loving terms. 00:40:42.619 --> 00:40:44.539 With a dash of authority. 00:40:44.759 --> 00:40:44.960 In it. 00:40:46.839 --> 00:40:48.019 It is my little children. 00:40:48.019 --> 00:40:49.419 For whom I am again. 00:40:49.519 --> 00:40:50.319 In the anguish. 00:40:50.319 --> 00:40:51.239 Of childbirth. 00:40:51.719 --> 00:40:52.940 My little kids. 00:40:53.379 --> 00:40:54.199 Brothers and sisters. 00:40:54.199 --> 00:40:54.779 In Galatia. 00:40:54.879 --> 00:40:56.659 Who I am suffering for. 00:40:57.719 --> 00:40:58.759 Paul is comparing. 00:40:58.980 --> 00:41:00.179 His ongoing ministry. 00:41:00.359 --> 00:41:01.299 To the Gentiles. 00:41:01.659 --> 00:41:03.019 To the anguish. 00:41:03.159 --> 00:41:04.119 Of giving birth. 00:41:04.399 --> 00:41:05.039 To a baby. 00:41:05.039 --> 00:41:07.320 Which helps me. 00:41:07.599 --> 00:41:08.980 Because I can use that illustration. 00:41:09.360 --> 00:41:10.500 If the apostle Paul. 00:41:10.679 --> 00:41:11.619 Uses the illustration. 00:41:11.820 --> 00:41:12.440 And he is a guy. 00:41:12.539 --> 00:41:13.380 It never had a baby. 00:41:13.500 --> 00:41:14.400 I can use it too. 00:41:18.199 --> 00:41:18.800 I have never. 00:41:19.279 --> 00:41:20.619 I have never given birth. 00:41:22.619 --> 00:41:24.139 But I have seen. 00:41:24.860 --> 00:41:25.900 Three births. 00:41:26.900 --> 00:41:28.279 And with each birth. 00:41:28.460 --> 00:41:29.659 That I have witnessed. 00:41:30.019 --> 00:41:31.119 I have come back. 00:41:31.320 --> 00:41:32.400 So relieved. 00:41:32.400 --> 00:41:34.059 That I am not the one. 00:41:34.240 --> 00:41:35.099 Giving birth. 00:41:36.780 --> 00:41:37.680 I don't want to have. 00:41:37.740 --> 00:41:38.340 Any other thing. 00:41:38.380 --> 00:41:39.119 To do with that pain. 00:41:39.180 --> 00:41:39.619 And suffering. 00:41:43.300 --> 00:41:44.760 But gospel ministry. 00:41:44.760 --> 00:41:46.320 Is being likened. 00:41:46.380 --> 00:41:47.320 To childbirth. 00:41:52.360 --> 00:41:52.880 Making. 00:41:53.340 --> 00:41:54.240 Loving appeals. 00:41:56.240 --> 00:41:58.059 Loving confrontations. 00:41:59.280 --> 00:42:00.360 Being accused. 00:42:00.360 --> 00:42:01.260 Being an enemy. 00:42:02.780 --> 00:42:04.240 It can get very painful. 00:42:06.559 --> 00:42:08.200 But what makes childbirth. 00:42:08.680 --> 00:42:09.360 Worth it. 00:42:11.280 --> 00:42:13.019 Is bringing another human being. 00:42:13.180 --> 00:42:13.680 Into the world. 00:42:14.860 --> 00:42:15.940 And when that baby. 00:42:16.099 --> 00:42:17.220 Is given to you. 00:42:17.880 --> 00:42:18.960 It's all worth it. 00:42:21.980 --> 00:42:23.059 At least it's worth it. 00:42:23.099 --> 00:42:23.620 For my wife. 00:42:23.800 --> 00:42:24.039 You know. 00:42:25.579 --> 00:42:26.720 It's worth it for me too. 00:42:26.719 --> 00:42:27.719 It's worth it for me. 00:42:27.719 --> 00:42:28.039 It's worth it for me. 00:42:28.039 --> 00:42:28.599 It's worth it for me. 00:42:28.599 --> 00:42:30.559 But what makes the childbirth. 00:42:30.699 --> 00:42:31.779 Of gospel ministry. 00:42:32.039 --> 00:42:32.819 All of the appeals. 00:42:33.419 --> 00:42:35.000 All of the confrontations. 00:42:35.199 --> 00:42:35.959 All of the prayers. 00:42:36.459 --> 00:42:37.500 All of the sweat and tears. 00:42:37.759 --> 00:42:38.859 All the phone conversations. 00:42:39.379 --> 00:42:40.599 All of the pursuit of people. 00:42:40.739 --> 00:42:41.819 Who don't want to be pursued. 00:42:42.439 --> 00:42:44.739 What makes it all worth it. 00:42:45.000 --> 00:42:46.899 Is in the line. 00:42:48.699 --> 00:42:49.919 Until Christ. 00:42:50.179 --> 00:42:51.039 Is formed. 00:42:51.500 --> 00:42:52.000 In you. 00:42:53.659 --> 00:42:55.139 It's all about Christ. 00:42:55.139 --> 00:42:55.219 Christ. 00:42:56.139 --> 00:42:58.239 What makes it worth it. 00:42:59.759 --> 00:43:00.819 Is Christ. 00:43:01.359 --> 00:43:01.859 Formed. 00:43:02.019 --> 00:43:02.400 In you. 00:43:02.619 --> 00:43:04.440 What makes it worth it. 00:43:04.619 --> 00:43:06.299 Is when you get to witness. 00:43:06.759 --> 00:43:08.779 Someone you have been laboring over. 00:43:09.219 --> 00:43:11.079 You see God at work in them. 00:43:11.379 --> 00:43:12.460 And you see. 00:43:12.779 --> 00:43:13.400 That they're. 00:43:13.659 --> 00:43:14.619 For the first time. 00:43:14.739 --> 00:43:16.480 Their all consuming passion. 00:43:16.480 --> 00:43:17.500 Is Jesus. 00:43:19.019 --> 00:43:20.759 When that gets formed in somebody. 00:43:21.139 --> 00:43:22.239 It's all worth it. 00:43:22.239 --> 00:43:22.279 It's all worth it. 00:43:25.139 --> 00:43:31.239 The contrast here is. 00:43:31.759 --> 00:43:33.039 Who you're doing it for. 00:43:35.299 --> 00:43:37.379 The false teachers were in it for themselves. 00:43:38.699 --> 00:43:39.859 The apostle Paul. 00:43:40.119 --> 00:43:41.279 Was not in it for himself. 00:43:41.839 --> 00:43:43.199 I've been crucified with Christ. 00:43:43.619 --> 00:43:44.699 It's no longer I who live. 00:43:45.359 --> 00:43:46.239 But Christ lives in me. 00:43:46.299 --> 00:43:47.639 In the life I now live in the flesh. 00:43:47.799 --> 00:43:48.679 I live by faith. 00:43:49.000 --> 00:43:50.500 I live for the son of God. 00:43:50.500 --> 00:43:55.880 What we have here is. 00:43:56.199 --> 00:43:57.000 A motive check. 00:43:57.119 --> 00:43:59.679 Of why we do what we do. 00:44:00.579 --> 00:44:02.400 It's that Christ would become. 00:44:02.559 --> 00:44:03.960 The all consuming passion. 00:44:04.780 --> 00:44:06.820 Of anyone we engage. 00:44:08.079 --> 00:44:10.199 And if that's Paul's one great aim. 00:44:10.519 --> 00:44:12.440 It certainly must be ours. 00:44:12.440 --> 00:44:14.139 So. 00:44:16.300 --> 00:44:18.039 If you're a pastor or elder. 00:44:19.039 --> 00:44:20.440 Of Christ the King Church. 00:44:21.659 --> 00:44:22.659 Make appeals. 00:44:23.820 --> 00:44:24.300 Confront. 00:44:24.960 --> 00:44:25.679 Check motives. 00:44:26.599 --> 00:44:28.240 Love this church. 00:44:28.659 --> 00:44:29.400 Unto Christ. 00:44:29.480 --> 00:44:30.659 If you're a life group leader. 00:44:30.940 --> 00:44:32.200 Or in a life group. 00:44:32.599 --> 00:44:33.440 Make appeals. 00:44:33.639 --> 00:44:34.320 Loving appeals. 00:44:34.480 --> 00:44:35.880 Do loving confrontation. 00:44:36.960 --> 00:44:38.119 Check motives. 00:44:39.400 --> 00:44:40.440 To love people. 00:44:40.539 --> 00:44:41.220 Unto Christ. 00:44:41.219 --> 00:44:43.199 King's kids. 00:44:43.379 --> 00:44:44.099 King's place. 00:44:44.359 --> 00:44:44.679 Worship. 00:44:45.179 --> 00:44:45.799 Slides. 00:44:46.039 --> 00:44:46.739 Sound text. 00:44:46.859 --> 00:44:47.619 Musicians. 00:44:47.959 --> 00:44:48.819 Running wires. 00:44:49.199 --> 00:44:50.379 If you're on the connect team. 00:44:50.659 --> 00:44:52.459 If you're a husband or a wife. 00:44:52.579 --> 00:44:54.819 Or soon to be a husband or wife. 00:44:55.839 --> 00:44:57.319 Make loving appeals. 00:44:58.639 --> 00:45:00.219 Make loving confrontations. 00:45:01.299 --> 00:45:02.599 Lovingly check motives. 00:45:02.859 --> 00:45:05.959 As we love one another to Christ. 00:45:05.959 --> 00:45:08.219 If you're a parent or a grandparent. 00:45:09.359 --> 00:45:10.859 Appeal to your children. 00:45:11.219 --> 00:45:13.919 Appeal to them. 00:45:14.399 --> 00:45:16.339 Confront them in love with the gospel. 00:45:17.599 --> 00:45:18.659 Check motives. 00:45:20.599 --> 00:45:21.480 Now you might be saying. 00:45:21.599 --> 00:45:21.719 Okay. 00:45:21.859 --> 00:45:22.039 Okay. 00:45:22.199 --> 00:45:23.079 I get it. 00:45:25.480 --> 00:45:26.500 I get it. 00:45:29.139 --> 00:45:30.379 But where do I start? 00:45:30.379 --> 00:45:30.439 I start. 00:45:30.440 --> 00:45:38.099 Why do you think Paul loved the Galatians. 00:45:38.280 --> 00:45:39.539 With the kind of love he did? 00:45:42.760 --> 00:45:44.360 I have been crucified with Christ. 00:45:45.320 --> 00:45:46.619 It's no longer I who live. 00:45:46.659 --> 00:45:47.639 But Christ lives in me. 00:45:48.420 --> 00:45:49.119 In the life. 00:45:49.179 --> 00:45:50.000 I now live in the flesh. 00:45:50.079 --> 00:45:51.539 I live by faith in the son of God. 00:45:53.460 --> 00:45:54.500 Who loved me. 00:45:55.599 --> 00:45:57.139 And gave himself up for me. 00:45:57.139 --> 00:45:59.099 That's where we start. 00:46:00.920 --> 00:46:03.879 We start with Christ's love for us. 00:46:04.400 --> 00:46:06.159 Christ's love for Paul. 00:46:06.519 --> 00:46:10.299 Compelled Paul to love others unto Christ. 00:46:11.000 --> 00:46:12.039 And that's where we start. 00:46:13.420 --> 00:46:16.039 Christ was crucified for me. 00:46:16.039 --> 00:46:16.340 He loved me. 00:46:17.340 --> 00:46:18.400 He loved me. 00:46:18.960 --> 00:46:20.639 He gave himself up for me. 00:46:21.739 --> 00:46:22.940 And when that hits home. 00:46:24.059 --> 00:46:26.559 You'll be well positioned to love others. 00:46:27.639 --> 00:46:29.599 Even when it's costly and risky. 00:46:30.380 --> 00:46:31.320 Unto Christ. 00:46:33.059 --> 00:46:34.579 We've seen a loving appeal. 00:46:34.699 --> 00:46:35.699 A loving confrontation. 00:46:35.940 --> 00:46:37.139 And a loving motive check. 00:46:37.139 --> 00:46:40.900 Christ's love for us. 00:46:41.000 --> 00:46:42.960 Compels us to love others to Christ. 00:46:45.199 --> 00:46:47.559 So we must persevere in this risky business. 00:46:47.559 --> 00:46:49.139 Of loving each other unto Christ. 00:46:50.179 --> 00:46:50.839 And when we do. 00:46:51.859 --> 00:46:53.379 Let's just see what God does. 00:46:54.519 --> 00:46:55.199 Let's pray. 00:46:57.339 --> 00:46:59.099 God thank you so much for your word. 00:47:00.659 --> 00:47:02.219 God would you make us a people. 00:47:02.779 --> 00:47:04.440 Who love one another. 00:47:04.440 --> 00:47:07.539 As you in Christ have loved us. 00:47:08.400 --> 00:47:09.880 And God we ask for you to do. 00:47:09.960 --> 00:47:10.820 What only you can do. 00:47:11.700 --> 00:47:13.039 Would you pour out your spirit. 00:47:13.119 --> 00:47:13.679 In such a way. 00:47:13.800 --> 00:47:15.760 That not only would you grow us. 00:47:16.000 --> 00:47:17.800 In the grace of Christ Jesus. 00:47:18.539 --> 00:47:20.240 But you would cause the gospel. 00:47:20.240 --> 00:47:22.059 To go out in Holy Spirit power. 00:47:22.760 --> 00:47:24.000 And there would be many. 00:47:24.000 --> 00:47:25.500 Who would come to know you. 00:47:25.500 --> 00:47:27.519 As their savior and king. 00:47:27.659 --> 00:47:28.940 Their all consuming passion. 00:47:29.360 --> 00:47:30.440 And you would add them. 00:47:30.639 --> 00:47:31.820 To our number. 00:47:32.139 --> 00:47:33.059 Or you would add them. 00:47:33.139 --> 00:47:34.220 To churches in town. 00:47:34.219 --> 00:47:35.679 Whatever the case. 00:47:35.799 --> 00:47:36.859 Your name be praised. 00:47:37.939 --> 00:47:38.819 It's your name. 00:47:39.500 --> 00:47:39.799 Amen.