Forever Marked by the Gospel

Gal 1:10-24

• How marked are you?
1. Are you marked by the marvel of an incomparable message?
• Gal 1:11-12; Gal 1:16-17
• are you convinced by the uniqueness of the Gospel?
• to live the gospel you have to be fully convinced that the gospel you have is completely trustworthy and authoritative
• remember that Paul was once Saul, one of the most ruthless persecutors
• in Acts 9, Paul immediately leaves to start researched the OT and Gospel, comes to present same message as the “super apostles” while being independent from them
• Phil 3 = Paul’s “resume”
2. Are you marked by the true conversion power of the Gospel?
• Rom 1:16
• power of God = specific concrete message, NOT a subjective experience
• salvation leads to radical change, liberating you from the powers and hold of the evil present age
• 4 marks/changes to demonstrate that you’re fully converted
1. Motivated by Christ’s approval alone/most
• Gal 1:10
• you stop trying to please people
• are you more conscious of your peers rather than to God?
• there remains the possibility that you are more conscious of your peer’s expected social/traditional customs than the Holy Spirit
2. A big switch on all the price tags of your life
• Gal 1:14-17
• Phil 3:7
3. Your lifestyle testifies to conversion
• Gal 1:13,23
• not just a watered-down, plain “Oh, God is love!” life
• true conversion measured NOT by how freely you live for yourself, but freed from pressure of living in present age to live for the fullness of Christ!
4. You are in total devotion
• Gal 1:15-16
• commitment to Christ must be total and exclusive
• if you need a pep rally from your pastor in order to be excited for Christ, it is questionable whether you really have devotion
• Based on your call to Christ, your gifts and complete commitment, are you on a mission that is worthy of the lofty price that was paid for you?
• what exactly did God save you to do?
• Are you doing it?
• Have you kept doing it?

Kerygma

• Luke 10:25-37
• robbers: what’s yours is mine and I’ll take it
• priest: what’s mine is mine and I’ll keep it
• Samaritan: what’s mine is yours and I’ll share it
• lawyer had head knowledge of mercy, but not heart knowledge
• how to have inheritance? someone must die.