Galatians 4

Why Was Jesus Crucified? 

Why Was Jesus Crucified? 

Dave Riddle - 3/26/2023

Key Passage: John 19:17-27

The Place

  • Golgotha (19:17)

    • An intimidating location

    • “If you cross us, we cross you”

The Proclamation

  • “The King of The Jews” (19:19)

    • Pilate was trying to be antagonistic, but he inadvertently stumbled on the truth.

      • See also Caiaphus in John 11:50

The Prophecy 

  • Dividing his clothes, casting lots. (19:23-24)

    • Fulfillment of Psalm 22

The Provision

  • Providing for his mom (19:25-27)

    • Here is your mother. Here is your son.

  • Providing for the criminal on the cross (Luke 23:39-43)

  • Providing salvation for us

    • John 12:32 - As for Me, if I am  lifted up from the earth I will draw all people to Myself.

The Person

  • No one takes my life from me, I lay it down on my own. John 10:18

    • He willingly laid down his own life.

The Point

  • Redemption and Adoption!

    • Galatians 4:4-5

  • He bears so much love for us. A love that isn’t just spoken, but is demonstrated in the most powerful way.

  • Are you part of those that have been redeemed, or are you not?

  • Are you a child of the King, or are you not?

Upside Down Relationships

Upside Down Relationships

03/27/2021 - Phil Woodman

Key Passages: Matthew 22:35-39, Philemon

Matthew 22:35-39

Jesus invited us to live with God 

  • Galatians 4:7 - no longer slaves

  • John 15:15 - friends of God

  • Do you find yourself trying to earn God’s love?

  • Genesis 1:27- we are created in God’s image

  • 1 Timothy 2:3 - God wants to have a relationship with all of us.

Love Your Enemies

  • Matthew 5:43 - have you heard the law that says ‘loves your neighbor’ but hate your enemy?

    • Leviticus 19:18 - what’s missing?

  • Matthew 5:43-47

    • Called to something new and different.

    • We shouldn’t have enemies.

Rethinking the way we see others

  • Philemon 8-10

    • What would you do if you were Philemon?

  • Philemon 15-18

    • What’s our attitude towards the people who have wronged us?

What do you need to do?

  • Do you need a heart check?

  • Do something

    • How have you made the opportunity to point people to Jesus?

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Spiritual Formation Pt. 2

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Vitals - Spiritual Formation Pt. 2
Dave Riddle - 07/14/19
Key Verses: Philippians 3:10, Galatians 4:19

ginōskō (Greek: γινώσκω) - to know by experience, in contract to an intellectual or intuitive type of knowledge.

  • it’s one thing to know what sunburn is, it’s another thing completely to ‘experience’ sunburn.

symmorphizō (Greek: συμμορφίζω) - to receive the same form as; to be conformed to.

  • Luke 6:40 - ...everyone who is fully trained will be like their teacher.

  • We are being transformed, not by our own power, but by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Spiritual Practices & Rhythms

  • Not obligations, but invitations!

Study

  • Philippians 4:8 - “...dwell on these things”

  • Repetition, conversation, reflection

Meditation

  • Psalm 63:6 HCSB): When I think of You as I lie on my bed, I meditate on You during the night watches

  • On scripture, on the works of God, on the things we see happening around us.

Prayer

  • “Prayer catapults us onto the frontier of the spiritual life. Of all the spiritual disciplines, prayer is the most central because it ushers us into perpetual communion with the father.” -R. Foster ‘Celebration of Discipline’

Fasting

  • Luke 4:1-2 - Jesus fasted.

  • “More than any other discipline fasting reveals the things that control us.” - R. Foster ‘Celebration of Discipline’

  • Matthew 6:16 - not a requirement, but it does appear to be an expectation. “when you fast”

Solitude

  • Mark 1:35

  • Solitude =/= loneliness

  • Let him who cannot be alone beware of community... Let him who is not in community beware of being alone... Each by itself has profound perils and pitfalls. One who wants fellowship without solitude plunges into the void of words and feelings, and the one who seeks solitude without fellowship perishes in the abyss of vanity, self-infatuation and despair.” - Bonhoeffer ‘Life Together’

Simplicity 

  • “The central point for the discipline of simplicity is to seek the kingdom of God and righteousness of his kingdom first and then everything necessary will come in it’s proper order.” - R. Foster ‘Celebration of Discipline’

Submission

  • To God, to the cross, to scripture, to our family, our neighbors, to the needs of others, to the body of Christ.

Service

  • John 13:15 - "For I have given you an example that you also should do just as I have done for you. "