The gospel was announced in advance to Abraham, known as the father of our faith. Abraham was justified before God not based on anything he himself did or did not do, but rather because of his faith. He believed and it was accounted to him as righteousness. Jesus was revealed to Abraham centuries before Jesus walked this earth; Abraham believed and put his hope in Him. Faith is the activating agent for us to accept the good news, believe upon the Son of God, be justified from our sins, and receive the promise of the Holy Spirit in our lives. Faith is revealed in Jesus Christ. Before faith comes, we are locked up; held prisoners to the law, our sin, and our efforts.

All through scripture we see God's heart for those who are poor in this world's possessions.  It seems to be also at the heart of Jesus' ministry, His incarnation, and something by which we will be judged.  Are we eager to remember the poor?

In this passage in Galatians we read Paul discussing the ongoing challenge of the Christian Jews who were insisting that circumcision was required to be a believer.  The object of the discussion is Titus, a Gentile who have converted to Christianity and was a companion of Paul's and a servant in the ministry.  Titus was not 'compelled' to be circumcised because it was not required for salvation.  Salvation is a matter of the heart, not the flesh.  In this message we will examine what it means to be changed from within and address hypocrisy that so quickly creeps into the church today.

There are many believers that quickly desert the true gospel message of Scripture for another one that seems pleasing to them; one that as Paul points out is no gospel (or good news) at all. Paul confronted this very thing at the church in Galatia. Here the church started to believe they must do works in order to be right with God. In our day, that message and many others are prevalent. We will look at what the true gospel is and how it far out ways the counterfeits!