Henry Williams

Hi Five Oakers, Here's last weekend's sermon in 10 tweets, "I’m Dead. I’m Indwelt. I’m Surrendering," Galatians 2:11-21

1// Here's the link to the Planet Money show:" Inside The Credit Card Black Market." 'I'm a criminal but you can trust me.'

2// Lessons from Peter's Pattern: God uses all kinds of personalities.

3// ...Sinful patterns are not easily overcome.

4// ...Discipleship is a lifelong process.

5// ...God overcomes our worst traits to accomplish his purposes.

6// It matters that we're mess-ups. Peter not acting in line with the truth of the gospel. There is a line. It's the truth of the gospel.

7// It matters how we live. Sin is destructive, dishonoring to, traitorous, disobeying God.

8// Matt 28:19-20, disciples are people who are LEARNING to do everything that Jesus commanded.

9// Sin is serious. The irony is the more we understand that, the more we're prone to abandon the gospel. "We need some rules around here."

10// I'm dead (to the law as a way of life). I'm indwell (the glove). I'm surrendering (I can trust a God who loves me like that).

Caesar Kalinowski: "...discipleship can simply be understood as the 'evangelizing' of our hearts."

Elyse Fitzpatrick on parenting: "...Instead of transmitting the gloriously liberating and life-changing truths of the Gospel, we have taught our children that what God wants from them is morality."

Here's Tim Bubar's sermon from the weekend in 10 Tweets, Galatians 2:1-10 (Inside Out Galatians series): 1// This passage can be confusing and hard to read. Remember: Paul is writing a letter, not an essay.

2// Paul is making a statement about the authority and accuracy of his message. Trusting what he wrote is as important for us today as it was then.

3// Unity is vitally important. The gospel is at stake.

4// Jesus: "By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another." John 13:35

5// Unity is not ultimate. The gospel is at stake.

6// Adding to the gospel not only meant slavery for the Gentiles in Galatia, but for Paul, the Jewish believers, and us today.

7// The last word from the "pillars" was to remember the poor. The gospel should always lead us there. It doesn't end with theological correctness or celebrating our freedom - we've been blessed to be a blessing.

8// Where do you add to the gospel? Where do you do that to others? Where do you do that to yourself?

9// "The Law is the diagnostic. Jesus is the cure." - Matt Chandler

10// We need to be reminded to turn directly to Jesus when we sin, not to our own power to keep the law. He gave us communion to remind us.