"...so that the truth of the gospel might be preserved for you" (Galatians 2:5)
This Sunday will be our first week meeting in the gym. As I write this, half the chairs are set up for the start of DNow. I am so proud of our staff who have worked diligently to make sure we are able to worship without hindrance in this new space. Because this is the start of a new adventure in the life of our church, I spent alot of time praying and trying to decide what we need to hear this week. But I realized that we are a people who need to hear from God so it doesn’t matter what I think we need to hear. Therefore, this Sunday we are returning to Galatians and picking up at the beginning of chapter 2. And once again, God has shown Himself faithful to speak exactly what we need to hear in this moment. In Galatians 2:1-10, Paul’s is continuing the testimony of his early ministry in order to show that he is preaching the true gospel which he received from Jesus Himself. At chapter 2 begins, he chronicles how he finally went to Jerusalem and set his gospel before the Jerusalem apostles, and he demonstrates that they affirmed his preaching and his mission to the Gentiles. They were all preaching the same gospel for there is only one true gospel. But as Paul makes his case, the truths we at FBC need to hear echo out from the text. The gospel is worth fighting for (v. 3-5), the gospel mission has been entrusted to us (6-9), and the gospel is what unifies us together (9-10).
As I prayed and prepared this text, the Lord has made it more abundantly clear that what we are building here is worth fighting for. It isn’t just a building - It is a culture of gospel saturated discipleship standing upon the inerrent word of God, and we must strive "so that the truth of the gospel might be preserved for you" [i.e. those who come after us].
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