Set Free Live Free, Part 1

The gospel–the good news about Jesus–is the most important story the world has ever known. Something so powerful must be preserved and protected at all costs. Because if you change the message, you lose the very thing that makes the good news so great.

Ain’t No Grave
Bethel Music

Holding Nothing Back
Jesus Culture

Christ is Enough
Hillsong Worship

Jesus is Better
Austin Stone Worship

Glory to God Forever
North Point Worship

The book or letter cannot mean something to us that it did not mean to the original audience.

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Questions to Ask When Reading
1. Who wrote this?
2. Who were they writing to?
3. Why were they writing?
4. What did they say?

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N.T Wright
“From daily acknowledgment of the divinities assumed to lie behind the carved statues, to weekly, monthly, or annual processions, festivals and sacrifices, everyone joined in, and any who suddenly opted out would be noticed and remarked upon. It was assumed throughout the ancient world that if anything bad happened to a city, such as famine, fire, flood, plague, or hostile attack, the gods were angry. What would most enrage them was neglect. Anyone who failed to perform the regular duties, and to take part in the regular festivals, was therefore assumed to be a danger to the city and the community.”

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Galatians 1:6-7
I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel not that there is another one, but there are some who trouble you and want to distort the gospel of Christ.

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Galatians 1:8-10
But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed. As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, let him be accursed. For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a servant of Christ.

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Galatians 1:1
Paul, an apostle—not from men nor through man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead.

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Galatians 1:11,12
For I would have you know, brothers, that the gospel that was preached by me is not man’s gospel. For I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ.

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The Seven Marks
A disciple is one who knows their identity in Jesus, pursues the lifestyle of Jesus, responds to the Holy Spirit, engages in biblical community, serves others, proclaims Jesus, and makes disciples.

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Galatians 1:15,16
But when he who had set me apart before I was born, and who called me by his grace, was pleased to reveal his Son to me, in order that I might preach him among the Gentiles…

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Galatians 2:5
To them we did not yield in submission even for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel might be preserved for you.

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Galatians 1:3-5
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, who gave himself for our sins to deliver us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

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The Gospel in Four Phases
1. Jesus, who gave himself for our sins.
2. To rescue us from the present evil age.
3. According to the will of God our father.
4. To whom be glory to the ages of ages.

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Luke 24:25-27
“Then He said to them, ‘You foolish men! So slow to believe all that the prophets have said! Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer before entering into his glory? Then starting with Moses and going through all the prophets, He explained to them the passages throughout the scriptures that were about Himself.”

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1. How are you going to respond to the gospel?
2. How are you going to present the gospel?
3. What are we going to do with the gospel?