United in the Gospel
February 9, 2025 Morning Service
Immanuel Baptist Church, Wagoner, OK
Rick Boyne
Message Point: The message of the Gospel unites the church
Focus Passage: Galatians 2:1-10
Supplemental Passage: make my joy complete by being of the same mind, maintaining the same love, united in spirit, intent on one purpose. (Philippians 2:2 NASB)
Introduction: Has it ever occurred to you that one hundred pianos all tuned to the same fork are automatically tuned to each other? They are of one accord by being tuned, not to each other, but to another standard to which each one must individually bow. So one hundred worshipers [meeting] together, each one looking away to Christ, are in heart nearer to each other than they could possibly be, were they to become 'unity' conscious and turn their eyes away from God to strive for closer fellowship. [A.W. Tozer, The Pursuit of God.]
I. United in Message (vs 1-5)
a. Paul met with the Apostles in Jerusalem
b. In private, they compared the Gospel they were preaching
c. Paul was very concerned about false Christians who were stirring up problems about the Law
II. United in Purpose (vs 6-9)
a. Paul wasn’t impressed with their titles or their personal histories
b. The Apostles affirmed it was the same Gospel
c. The Apostles recognized God’s call on Paul to the gentiles
III. United in Service (vs 10)
a. The only suggestion the Apostles made of Paul was to “remember” the poor
b. Paul was already of a mind to do it
c. When God is involved, we’ll often find we are on the same page
Application/Call to Obedience: that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation. (Romans 10:9-10 NASB)
