a. PRAYER
b. Introduction
a. Today we start a new book, and it is always an exciting thing at Calvary to start a new book. We’ve spent the last year and almost two months more studying the Book of Acts.
b. Before we dive right into the verses, though, whenever we start a new book to study, I like to give you some background to the book, and a brief overview of the book as a whole, just to give us some more perspective on it.
c. Background
a. To start off, I wanted to take us through an overview or an introduction to the book of Galatians before we get into our study. As we open Galatians, I wanted to try to answer a few questions first – Who wrote the book? To whom was it written? When was it written? Where was it written, and what was the purpose for writing the book.
b. The Book of Galatians wasn’t a book at first, but a letter. It is a letter written by an author that we are very familiar with, having just finished up the Book of Acts. In the classic Greek style, he identifies himself at the opening – Chapter 1, verse 1 – Paul, an apostle. The apostle to the gentiles. There’s really not a lot of controversy about who wrote the book in scholarly circles, as is the case with other books, like Hebrews. The evidence for Paul’s authorship is not just here in the Bible either; it is in the writings of the early church, around 100 to 200 A.D.
c. Paul wrote this letter to the churches of Galatia, as we see in verse 2. Now, Galatia was a region and not a city. Colossians was written to the church at Colosse. Philippians was written to the church at Philippi. But Galatia was a region in Asia Minor that now lies within modern day Turkey. Galatia became a Roman province in 25 A.D. There are two theories as to which churches in Galatia Paul wrote to.
d. The first is called the northern Galatian theory. A group of people had migrated to this area from an area now in modern France called Gaul. It was several Celtic tribes that came to the area around 275 B.C., and after beating up on the Macedonians, three tribes settled in this area in Asia Minor.
e. They were called Gauls, because Gaul was the Greek word for Celt, hence the name Galatia. They settled the cities of Bithynia, Ankara, Myra, and all in that northern area there. These people were ethnic Gauls, or ethnic Galatians.
f. This theory isn’t without its problems though. First off, Paul had never established any churches in Northern Galatia. Remember back in Acts chapter 16, he tries to go to Bithynia, and Mysia, but God would only let him go to Troas, and it was there in Troas that Paul got the vision of the man of Macedonia, and sailed across to Philippi. If you hold to this theory, the date of its writing is in the sixties, possibly when he was under house arrest. So, there’s one theory answering to whom, where, and when.
g. Most scholars though, and I personally hold to the southern Galatian theory, the other theory. In this theory, Paul would be writing to churches that he had established in southern Galatia, after his ministry there. These people weren’t ethnic Gauls, but were Greeks that lived in the political region of Galatia.
h. On Paul’s second missionary journey, he went around this area, and planted churches in Iconium, Lystra, Derbe, and Pisidian Antioch. It was here that he met up with Timothy.
i. Timothy was a Galatian, being from Lystra. If you hold to this theory, then Paul probably wrote this letter in as early as 48 A.D., while he was in Antioch or Corinth. That would make it the one of the earliest written books of the New Testament.
j. That brings us to our final question. Why did Paul write the letter? Well, first off, he was led by the Holy Spirit. Whenever people wrote things that are in the Bible, God was the driving force behind it.
k. But, in addition to that, Paul usually wrote the letters to the churches to correct some kind of problem or to address some kind of issue that was brewing in the church.
l. The letter to the churches of Galatia was no exception. These churches had problems. You know why most churches have problems? It’s because people are in them. I always say, the main reason people don’t go to church anymore is because they went to church.
m. But, all kidding aside, we are all sinners. We are all hypocrites at one level or another. We are all just people, and God loves people. That’s all we have tried to do here at Calvary - teach God’s Word, love people.
n. I get so encouraged when I see you guys hanging out together in fellowship. Or, taking meals to one another when somebody’s sick, or praying for one another, because I know that that kind of stuff, just loving one another, being the family, the Body of Christ, I know that that is real ministry. I just get up here every week and teach the Bible - that’s not ministry, that’s teaching. The real ministry happens when you guys leave this place, when you love each other.
o. So, the churches in Galatia had problems. Their problems came from a group of Jewish Christians that came up from Judea into these areas to teach in the churches after Paul had moved on. These guys were the Judaizers.
p. They attacked Paul in three ways. First and foremost, they attacked Paul’s authority. They attacked Paul’s apostleship. Whenever one of these fringe groups moves in, they always seek to attack the guy that just left.
q. Most cult groups, like the Mormons and the JWs don’t go into new uncharted territory when the send our missionaries, they follow the Baptists, or the Catholics, or the Methodists after they have already gone into new areas, to try to seek to discredit them, and lead people astray.
r. This is what the Pharisees did to John the Baptist when he was in the wilderness. They came and asked, “By whose authority are you baptizing Jews?
s. They asked Jesus the same thing when he overturned the tables of the moneychangers in the temple. They asked, by whose authority are you doing this? This is the first thing Paul addresses, as we will see in verse 1.
t. So, they attacked Paul’s authority first; second, they attacked the message that Paul taught. They were adding to the gospel. They taught the people in these churches that they had to become Jews, follow the Jewish customs, get circumcised, eat kosher food, and go to the temple, etc., etc., if they really wanted to be saved. They were adding works to the work of Jesus on the cross.
u. So, second they were adding to justification. Justification means just as if I had never sinned. That is the work that Jesus accomplished on the cross of Calvary.
v. But, more than adding to justification, they were adding to sanctification. That was the third problem that they were introducing in to the church. Sanctification means to be set apart. This happens for the Christian at conversion. There are no works involved with it; you get it when you get saved, when you believe.
w. Hebrews chapter 10, verse 10 tells us that we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. It is done, finished at that point.
x. They wanted to add to that. They came in and got everybody all spun up on a works trip. They came in teaching that in addition to believing in Jesus by grace through faith alone, that you needed to add more to it, to be more spiritual, to assure your salvation.
y. Guys, your salvation is sure. Jesus tells us in John chapter 10, starting in verse 27, this - 27 My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. 28 And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father’s hand. 30 I and My Father are one. So, Jesus tells us that no one is going to snatch us out of His hand, or the Father’s hand.
z. It was this book of Galatians that was the one book of the Bible that inspired Martin Luther to put his 95 theses up on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany. This guy was one of the most scholarly monks of his day.
aa. The story is that Luther was in Rome there, climbing the steps of the Sancta sanctorum on his knees, praying to God, and the Holy Spirit spoke to him, and said, “Martin, the just shall live by faith – That’s Habakkuk chapter 2, verse 4. It is also quoted by Paul in Romans chapter 1.
bb. Not only is this book important to us this morning from a faith standpoint, but it is also important to us from a historical standpoint, in the history of the church.
cc. The book of Galatians itself is divided very neatly into three divisions by most scholars, and if you have a study Bible this morning, you will see that. The first two chapters are mostly an introduction and an autobiographical sketch by the Apostle Paul. They line up with the events we talked about in Acts chapters. It’s very personal as it deals with Grace and the Gospel that Paul was proclaiming.
dd. Chapters three and four deal with grace in respect to doctrine, or the law. Paul, being a Jew and a Pharisee, knew the law, and he did not want the unnecessary burden of the law being placed on the new believers. Remember, he told the other apostles in Acts chapter 15, that the law was a heavy burden that neither we nor our fathers could bear.
ee. Chapters five and six are very practical. They deal with grace as it is played out in the life we live. So, 1 and 2 deal with grace and the gospel, 3 and 4, grace and the law, and 5 and 6, grace and the life we live. Grace is a big concept in Galatians, if you haven’t caught that.
d. Study
a. Intro
i. Let’s get into our text, and I’d like to direct you to Galatians chapter 1, as we begin our study of this letter from our friend the Apostle Paul to the churches of the Galatians.
ii. We’ve divided our study this morning down into three parts, so that we can process the parts individually, so that we will gain a better understanding of the passage, and hopefully, God will speak to our hearts through His Word this morning. That is what we are here for, to hear from God’s Word.
iii. Galatians, chapter 1, verse 1 -
iv. 1 Paul, an apostle (not from men nor through man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised Him from the dead), 2 and all the brethren who are with me, To the churches of Galatia: 3 Grace to you and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ, 4 who gave Himself for our sins, that He might deliver us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, 5 to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
v. 6 I marvel that you are turning away so soon from Him who called you in the grace of Christ, to a different gospel, 7 which is not another; but there are some who trouble you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ. 8 But even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed. 9 As we have said before, so now I say again, if anyone preaches any other gospel to you than what you have received, let him be accursed. 10 For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I still pleased men, I would not be a bondservant of Christ
vi. These are some strong words from Paul. He normally starts out his letters to various churches and people with a greeting that is much longer, not only from him, but also the people that were with him. Salutations from this guy, and this guy, and everyone there, but not here in Galatians.
vii. You can almost sense the urgency as he wrote this letter, to correct the problems that were cropping up there in Galatia. He was pleading with them not to turn away, but to remain strong in the true faith of Jesus Christ.
viii. This morning, we will look at Paul’s ministry, Paul’s message, and Paul’s marveling, as we look at the first ten verses of Galatians chapter 1.
b. Grace in Paul’s Ministry (Galatians 1:1 – 2)
i. In verses 1 and 2 we read - 1 Paul, an apostle (not from men nor through man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised Him from the dead), 2 and all the brethren who are with me, To the churches of Galatia:
ii. Paul starts off the letter with his name. It means small. As we said in the introduction, this was common in Greek writing. He also identifies himself as an apostle.
iii. The Greek word there is apostolos. It literally means, one who is sent, the sent out one, and in a broad sense, all of us as sent. Jesus told us to go and make disciples of all nations. We all have this mandate to proclaim the gospel.
iv. But, notice here where Paul received his apostolic authority – not from man, nor through men, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised Him from the dead.
v. One qualification of an apostle, in the strictest sense of the word, is to have been an eyewitness of the ministry of Jesus Christ. So, did Paul witness, the ministry of Jesus?
vi. Yes, he did. We are told about it in Acts chapter 9, while he was on the road to Damascus, that Jesus appeared to Paul, and the scriptures tell us that as Paul walked, the Jesus appeared, brighter than the noonday sun. That’s pretty bright, walking across the Golan Heights, which is a desert plain.
vii. It was here that Jesus appeared to Paul, and called him into this apostolic ministry. The main idea here is that it was by God’s grace that Paul was called to be an apostle.
viii. Paul wasn’t called to be an apostle because he was such a great guy. It wasn’t because he was the first in his class in the Pharisee school there in Jerusalem. It wasn’t because he was so personable. In fact, we are told that Paul was going to Damascus to persecute the church.
ix. Look down at verse 13 in chapter 1 here. It says that Paul was a persecutor of the church of God beyond measure, and that he tried to destroy it. That’s not a qualification of an apostle.
x. So, it is only by God’s grace that Paul was called to the ministry of an apostle. That gives us hope this morning. Hope that it is God that calls us and moves us. It does not depend on our works. It does not depend on our mental abilities or how long we study the Bible, it all depends on God’s grace, and we will see this theme again and again throughout the book of Galatians.
xi. Why do we fall into this trap sometimes that it is by our qualities or our works that God has picked us? That’s the idea that many of us have in the church. I used to fall into that.
xii. We find throughout scripture though, that this is simply not the case. We are all sinners; we are only saved by grace through faith alone.
xiii. Unfortunately though, in this world, there are a lot of groups and denominations that get together in a room somewhere, and have this big corporate business meeting for the church, to decide who gets to lead this ministry, or that ministry. Who gets to be a pastor, bishop, or whatever.
xiv. These elders, or boards, or committees say, “Well, we need to pick people to do the work.” They vote, and say, “We choose so-and-so over there.”
xv. Then, they put a hat on them, or a robe around them, or pin a badge to them, and now all of a sudden this person is a minister, or a pastor, or whatever.
xvi. Guys, that’s not how we see it working in the Bible. Remember Matthias? He was appointed to be the apostle to replace Judas. They got together and drew lots to decide. Then we never hear from Matthias again.
xvii. Paul, on the other hand, wasn’t picked by man. He was picked by God, by Jesus Himself, just like the other apostles, like Peter and John were picked.
xviii. Guys, it’s not a job. It’s not a name picked out of a hat. It is a calling by God on the life of a person. Pastor Chuck Smith of Calvary Chapel in Coats Mesa, I love how he puts this.
xix. He says – Man appoints, but God anoints. Man appoints, and God anoints. The best that we can do as human beings is to simply affirm, or to ratify the calling in someone’s life.
xx. We just kind of sit back, and let God work. When I was a deacon at Calvary Houston, I started leading Bible Studies at the homeless shelter, and teaching children’s church, and leading worship for the little kids.
xxi. People in the body there began to recognize this calling on my life to come up here, and start this church. Some board out in California didn’t decide to send me here.
xxii. God put it on our hearts to come here, and it has been a sacrifice, it has been hard. But, I wouldn’t trade it. In this past year, God has taught us some valuable lessons, and we have relationships now, that we never would have had, if we stayed in Houston.
xxiii. All Calvary Houston did to ordain me as a pastor; all they were doing was to recognize the work that God was already doing in my life.
xxiv. I have seen God’s grace at work in my life, and in my ministry. Paul saw the grace of God in his ministry, and I think that’s the point that God can really use a person, is when they see that everything that they do really amounts to nothing, but when God’s grace flows through you, lives are changed. So, we’re seen grace in Paul’s Ministry, next let’s look at Paul’s Message -
c. Grace in Paul’s Message (Galatians 1:3 – 5 )
i. 3 Grace to you and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ,
ii. Paul begins with the words grace and Peace to you. This is a combination of a common Greek greeting - peace, or in Greek, charis; and a common Hebrew greeting, which was peace, of in Hebrew - shalom!
iii. If you go over to Israel today, you hear people all the time saying shalom, shalom. Or, if it’s a Friday night, they say Shabbat shalom.
iv. These two things though, grace and peace, are often found together in the writings of Paul, especially in his greetings. He often links the two together. 1st Corinthians 1:3, Philippians 1:2, Philemon, verse 3 and several others. Why does Paul always do this?
v. That’s a good question, and the answer is equally as good. Paul writes this because we will never know real peace until we understand grace.
vi. There are a lot of people out there looking for peace, right? Where do we look for peace? Some people say, if I could just get a better job, I’d have peace. Or, if I could just get a raise, or maybe a new car. I’d have so much peace knowing it would start every morning. Or, if I could just pay off that bill, I’d have peace. The problem with that line of thinking is that true peace only comes from grace. That great grace that only comes from a relationship with God.
vii. Notice that Paul tells us here where peace comes from. It comes from the grace that came into the world came from God, through our Lord Jesus Christ,
viii. 4 who gave Himself for our sins, that He might deliver us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,
ix. There are three things I want us to notice here in verse 4 about Paul’s message. First, is the sacrifice of Jesus. Paul tells us clearly here in verse 4 that Jesus gave Himself for our sins.
x. Guys, the message of grace involves the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. He died for your sins and my sins. His sacrifice was substitutionary for us.
xi. He died in our place, that we wouldn’t have to die. We will die physically, but if you are in Christ this morning, you will not die spiritually, you will not be cut off from God for all eternity, but you will enjoy fellowship with Him for all eternity.
xii. For this, He gave up His life freely, willfully. No one forced Him to do it. No one compelled Him to do it. Jesus said in John chapter 10, verse 18 - 18 No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of Myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again.
xiii. The compelling force that drove Jesus to the cross and held Him to it was His love for you and me. It was His death on the cross that allowed our sins to be forgiven.
xiv. The second thing I want us to notice about Paul’s message is that it involved deliverance from evil. In verse 4 - that He might deliver us from this present evil age.
xv. The message of grace involves deliverance from evil. The original language there implies that Jesus would deliver us from the present evil one. The evil one is Satan.
xvi. When Adam and Eve fell, they turned over the title deed of the earth to Satan through their sin. Satan is the god of this age. That’s why Satan could offer the earth and all its kingdoms to Jesus in Luke chapter 4. Jesus didn’t argue that it wasn’t his. No, in fact Satan told Jesus "All this authority I will give You, and their glory; for this has been delivered to me, and I give it to whomever I wish. 7 Therefore, if You will worship before me, all will be Yours."
xvii. But, Jesus answered, and said, Get behind me, Satan! Satan had no power over Jesus, just an offer of the things of this world, and that’s all Satan offers man today - the things of this world.
xviii. But Jesus said in John chapter 16, verse 33 - These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world."
xix. The gospel is a message of peace and deliverance, because as Jesus said, we will have tribulation. Anybody here have any tribulation in their life? Any trials? I know I do.
xx. We’ve got hope for you if you do. Jesus has overcome the world, by His grace, and in Him, we find peace. Once we become born again, you now have been delivered from this present evil age.
xxi. So, the message of the gospel, or the message of grace involves the sacrifice of Jesus, it involves the deliverance from evil, and third, it involves the sovereignty of God.
xxii. In verse 4, we see that all of this happened according to the Will of God the Father. Guys, God is sovereign. He is in control. Scripture tells us that He knows the end from the beginning. He knows who is going to do what.
xxiii. Ephesians 4, verse 1 tells us that if we are a Christian this morning, that God chose us before the foundation of the world was laid.
xxiv. We are the elect of God. Jesus said in John 15:16 - I chose you. Romans chapter 8, tells us that those He foreknew, he predestined. I don’t want us to go all the way down that road, though. There is a balance. God’s sovereignty does not negate the responsibility of the individual.
xxv. While God is sovereign, man is equally responsible in choosing God. So, if you are a believer, God chose you, and you chose God, too somehow.
xxvi. Many people try to take one extreme or another on this position, and I’m not comfortable at either extreme on that continuum. Both positions are found in the Bible.
xxvii. God know how all of that works out, and I don’t. So, while I can’t comprehend God’s mind on His sovereignty vs. man’s responsibility. But, I can apprehend it. I can grasp it, through because it’s in the Bible, and I believe it.
xxviii. The good news is, you don’t have to figure it out either. Just take the gospel at its face value, that Jesus paid the price for your sins, that he will deliver you from this evil age. He will give you peace, knowing that He is sovereign, and He is in control.
xxix. Isn’t this glorious? We are delivered from and forgiven of our sins, and it is all a free gift, all by the glorious grace that Jesus poured out at Calvary. Even Paul thinks this is great. Look at verse 5 -
xxx. 5 to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
xxxi. Paul’s talking about Jesus Christ in this verse, and not God the Father, as many people assume. The nearest Greek antecedent is at the end of verse 3, our Lord Jesus Christ.
xxxii. We saw grace at work in Paul’s ministry, grace in Paul’s message, and we’ll finish up today looking at grace in Paul’s marveling. Look down to verse 6 -
d. Grace in Paul’s Marveling (Galatians 1: 6 - 10 )
i. 6 I marvel that you are turning away so soon from Him who called you in the grace of Christ, to a different gospel,
ii. These quote-unquote “godly” men came up from Jerusalem to teach them. Their message was that in addition to believing in Jesus, the Galatians needed to get circumcised and become Jews, following the law and the prophets, This was the real key to their salvation, and it was in addition to what Paul taught them.
iii. Paul says, I’m shocked that you guys would so quickly turn from the simple gospel that I taught you. They turned not only from the God of Grace, but the Grace of God.
iv. I can almost hear Paul saying - C’mon guys! You fell for that garbage?!? You fell for that different gospel? The word different there is the Greek word heteros, meaning different of a different kind, a different variety. But look at verse 7, it says -
v. 7 which is not another; but there are some who trouble you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ.
vi. So, is it a different gospel, or just another? It was a different. The word another here is the word allos in the original language, meaning different of the same kind. So, the gospel these Judaizers were teaching was different from the one Paul was teaching.
vii. Paul spells this out clearly. There are some who trouble you and pervert the gospel of Christ. That’s what false teachers do. They trouble people, they stir up the flock, rather than bringing peace and God’s Word, they bring the traditions of men, and a yoke to put on people’s necks.
viii. Jesus said in Matthew 11:30 - My yoke is easy, and my burden is light. The yoke these guys taught was heavy, and it troubled the church there in Galatia. But, Paul encourages them, Paul assures them in verse 8 -
ix. 8 But even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed.
x. Notice what Paul doesn’t say here. He doesn’t say that the Galatians that turned to this different gospel would be accursed, just those who taught it. Here again we see God’s grace. God’s grace extends to people who turn away. Don’t we serve a gracious God?
xi. But, I would like to cover what Paul did say. He said that even if we, or an angel from heaven preach any other gospel, let them be accursed. That word accursed means cut off, forsaken in the original language.
xii. So that angel that the Mormons say came and brought the book of Mormon to Joseph Smith, added to the gospel by saying that if you are to be saved in the Mormon church, you need to be baptized by them. You need to be on their membership rolls, you need to wear their holy underwear - all this to be saved.
xiii. Paul says this - let that angel, and Joseph Smith be accursed. Cut off. Should I say that again? Paul does, in verse 9 -
xiv. 9 As we have said before, so now I say again, if anyone preaches any other gospel to you than what you have received, let him be accursed. 10 For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I still pleased men, I would not be a bondservant of Christ.
xv. In I Kings 13, we are told of a young prophet who found the king, Jereboam standing before an altar he had built to worship idols, and said, `Thus saith the Lord, Upon this altar shall the bones of your prophets be burned. And this shall be a sign: this altar will split in half.’ Upon hearing this, Jereboam stretched out his hand and ordered the prophet seized, but as he did so, his arm became paralyzed. As if that wasn’t enough, at that moment, the altar did indeed crack open; and Jereboam was filled with fear.
xvi. `I repent,’ Jereboam cried. `Please pray for me.’ The prophet prayed; and Jereboam’s hand was immediately restored. `Come to the palace,’ said Jereboam, `and I will give you food and clothing.’
xvii. `I can’t,’ the prophet replied. `God told me that I was only supposed to deliver the Word, and then return to my people.’ So off he went.
xviii. On his way home, he was met by an older prophet, who, having heard what had transpired said to him, `I heard about what happened with Jereboam. Come to my house, have dinner with me, and we’ll talk about prophet stuff.’ `Can’t do it,’ said the young prophet. `God directed me that I’m to go back to my own people.’
xix. `Well,’ the old prophet argued, `I’ve been a prophet longer than you — and an angel came and told me to tell you you’re to come to my house.’
xx. Finally, the young prophet gave in, and accompanied the older prophet to his house. But in the middle of the meal, the old prophet started to cry. `What’s wrong?’ asked the young prophet. `You’re going to die,’ said the old prophet. `Why?’
xxi. `Because you shouldn’t have come here. You should have obeyed God. What were you doing listening to me? The word of the Lord to you, young man, is that when you leave here, a lion will get you. ’And, sure enough, as the young man hurried home, a lion met him, and scarfed him down.
xxii. What’s the point? The point is, we are to listen to God rather than men. Don’t take my word for anything, take God’s Word. That’s the only thing you can count on.
xxiii. I get up here every Sunday and teach straight out of God’s Word, chapter by chapter, verse by verse, line upon line, precept upon precept, because as a pastor, it’s my job to bring to you what God says, rather than what I think.
xxiv. But, don’t take my word for that either. Go check it out for yourself. See if I am telling the truth. Come back next week, and ask questions if you have any.
xxv. Maybe you have questions right now though. You have questions about God’s grace, and how it applies to your life. Maybe you haven’t ever thought about having a relationship with God, and this is the first time you have ever been asked about it.
xxvi. Guys, the plain truth is that Jesus died to take away your sins. He knew up on that cross that you would come to a place in your life where you had no peace. You couldn’t pay the bills, you couldn’t find a job, you’re sick, no matter what is troubling you today, I guarantee you can walk out of this place feeling better, if you just trust him.
xxvii. The Bible tells us that whoever calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved. Also in Romans it tells us 9 that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.
xxviii. Right now, we are going to give you the opportunity to call upon the name of the Lord, to make that confession, just between you and God, as we pray.
e. Let’s Pray.
