God’s Gospel Transforms Lives

Galatians 1:10-12 (NASB)
¹⁰  For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a bond-servant of Christ.
¹¹  For I would have you know, brethren, that the gospel which was preached by me is not according to man.
¹²  For I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ.

1.     Rectify Take Responsibility For Your Former Life

Galatians 1:13-14 (NASB)
¹³  For you have heard of my former manner of life in Judaism, how I used to persecute the church of God beyond measure and tried to destroy it;
¹⁴  and I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries among my countrymen, being more extremely zealous for my ancestral traditions.

2.     Testify About The Saving Power Of The Gospel

Galatians 1:15-16 (NASB)
¹⁵  But when God, who had set me apart even from my mother's womb and called me through His grace, was pleased
¹⁶  to reveal His Son in me so that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with flesh and blood,

3.     Glorify God By Living Differently Because Of The Gospel

Galatians 1:16-24 (NASB)
¹⁶  to reveal His Son in me so that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with flesh and blood,
¹⁷  nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me; but I went away to Arabia, and returned once more to Damascus.
¹⁸  Then three years later I went up to Jerusalem to become acquainted with Cephas, and stayed with him fifteen days.
¹⁹  But I did not see any other of the apostles except James, the Lord's brother.
²⁰  (Now in what I am writing to you, I assure you before God that I am not lying.)
²¹  Then I went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia.
²²  I was still unknown by sight to the churches of Judea which were in Christ;
²³  but only, they kept hearing, "He who once persecuted us is now preaching the faith which he once tried to destroy."
²⁴  And they were glorifying God because of me.

Remembering With Reverence: The Lord’s Supper

1 Corinthians 11:23-28 (NASB)
²³  For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus in the night in which He was betrayed took bread;
²⁴  and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, "This is My body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of Me."
²⁵  In the same way He took the cup also after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in My blood; do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me."
²⁶  For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until He comes.
²⁷  Therefore whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner, shall be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord.
²⁸  But a man must examine himself, and in so doing he is to eat of the bread and drink of the cup.