• Galatians 5:11-21
• Galatians 5:11- Paul is speaking rhetorically here to emphasize the fact that he was not teaching circumcision.

• Life
  • Genesis 2:7- creation of man and woman
  • I Kings 18:21
  • Acts 17:24-31- God created us all and judgment is coming
  • Psalms 53:1
• Death
  • Psalms 90:10- Our days on earth are soon gone.
  • Ecclesiastes 2:16- The wise and foolish both die.
  • Psalms 49:7-20- No man can ransom another.
  • James 4:14- We are a vapor that quickly vanishes.
  • I Thessalonians 4:17- Those who are alive when Christ returns will meet Him in the air.
• Eternal life or death
  • Eternity is certain - II Peter 3:3-4
  • God will punish His people who go back to sin (Ezekiel 18:24-32.
  • Judgment is based upon works (John 5:25-29.

• Mark 9:1.
• Acts 2:47.
• I Corinthians 3:11- Christ is the foundation of the church.
• Joel 2:28-32.
• Daniel 2- The Lord would set up His kingdom in the days of the Roman Empire.
• This local congregation is not the same as the kingdom of God. The kingdom is not made up of congregations - it is made up of Christians. This congregation is not THE church of Christ.
• John 1:6-7- Once we obey Christ, we don’t just have it made. We have to continue to walk in the light.
• I Corinthians 15:58- We must continue to be stedfast in the work of the Lord.
• Philippians 3:13-14- We must continue to press on.
• Any religious relationship that started at a time other than at Acts 2is not the one prophecied in the Bible.
• Establishment of the church:
  • 750 BC - Isaiah 2:2-4
  • 700 BC - Micah 4:1-2
  • 603 BC - Daniel 2:44
  • 519 BC - Zechariah 1:16
  • 32 AD - Matthew 16:18
  • 33 AD - Acts 1:6-8
  • 33 AD - Acts 2:47
  • 52 AD - I Thessalonians 1:1
  • 60 AD - Romans 14:17
  • 64 AD - Colossians 1:13
  • 64 AD - Hebrews 12:28
  • 96 AD - Revelation 1:9

[My apologies - the beginning of this recording was lost. Sorry about that.]

• Galatians 4:21-5:10
• Two women representing two covenants:
  • Hagar: Old Covenant
  • Sarah: New Covenant
• Two sons representing two nations:
  • Ishmael: fleshly Israel
  • Isaac: spiritual Israel
• The final verdict: “Cast out the bond woman (Old Covenant) and her son (fleshly Israel). The son of the free woman (New Covenant) shall be the Heir.”
• Galatians 4:27 as opposed to Sarah, who was barren.
• Galatians 4:31.
• Galatians 5:3- Anyone who tries to keep any bit of the old law in combinations with the new law is bound to keep the entirety of the old law to be acceptable to God. Of course, it is now impossible to completely follow the old law, so trying to keep any part of it is folly.
• Galatians 5:9- If they added a little bit of the old law back into their practices, they would wholly fall from grace as far as God was concerned.

• Galatians 3:24-4:11
• Galatians 3:25.