Galatians // Grasping God’s Grace // Week 9 // Chapter 6:11-18

Galatians // Grasping God’s Grace // Week 9 // Chapter 6:11-18Galatians 6:11 NIV11 See what large letters I use as I write to you with my own hand!Galatians 6:12 NIV12 Those who want to impress people by means of the flesh are trying to compel you to be circumcised. The only reason they do this is to avoid being persecuted for the cross of Christ.1. Which direction is your change?Galatians 6:12a NIV12 Those who want to impress people by means of the flesh…Romans 8:30 NLT30 And having chosen them, he called them to come to him. And having called them, he gave them right standing with himself. And having given them right standing, he gave them his glory.Galatians 6:12 NIV12 Those who want to impress people by means of the flesh are trying to compel you to be circumcised. The only reason they do this is to avoid being persecuted for the cross of Christ.Galatians 6:13-14 NIV13 Not even those who are circumcised keep the law, yet they want you to be circumcised that they may boast about your circumcision in the flesh. 14 May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.2. What direction are you boasting?Galatians 6:15 NIV15 Neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything; what counts is the new creation.3. What do you send in their direction?Galatians 6:16-17 NIV16 Peace and mercy to all who follow this rule—to the Israel of God. 17 From now on, let no one cause me trouble, for I bear on my body the marks of Jesus.Galatians 6:16-18 NIV16 Peace and mercy to all who follow this rule—to the Israel of God. 17 From now on, let no one cause me trouble, for I bear on my body the marks of Jesus. 18 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brothers and sisters. Amen.