{"id":1015,"date":"2018-09-05T14:30:40","date_gmt":"2018-09-05T18:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.faithlafayette.org\/4twelve\/?p=1015"},"modified":"2018-09-05T14:30:40","modified_gmt":"2018-09-05T18:30:40","slug":"i-am-crucified-with-christ","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.faithlafayette.org\/4twelve\/i-am-crucified-with-christ\/","title":{"rendered":"I Am Crucified with Christ"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0This school year in 4:TWELVE Student Ministries we are working our way through the books of Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, and Colossians. We have titled this series, In Christ. All of these books will teach some deep lessons about the application of the Gospel in our lives.<\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We want our parents to be able to track along with our lessons and be able to discuss the topics we are covering with your teens. We will include the follow-up discussion questions that were discussed in small groups so you can hear your teen discuss these questions. Please use this tool as we seek to assist parents in raising their teens in the way of the Lord.<\/em><\/p>\n

This week we turned to Galatians 2 where we discussed what it means that we are crucified with Christ.<\/p>\n

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  1. The True Gospel Unites Believers (1-10)<\/strong>\n
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    1. Paul took a trip to Jerusalem. (1-2)\n
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      1. Paul was not concerned that his message was wrong, but needed the other Apostles and teachers in Jerusalem to verify his message.\n
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        1. Remember his Gospel came from God (1:12)<\/li>\n
        2. Paul returned after 14 years of preaching this same Gospel, so he is pretty confident in the authenticity of his message.<\/li>\n
        3. Paul had already stated that if his preaching did not match Scripture they should get rid of him. (1:18)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
        4. He needed to be able to silence his critics.\n
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          1. There were people teaching that Paul was merely preaching easy believism.<\/li>\n
          2. There were no works needed to prove your spirituality so it must be false.<\/li>\n
          3. In other words, it wasn\u2019t Jewish enough.<\/li>\n
          4. \u201cOn the one side of this dispute, we have Paul, who is saying: The Gospel of faith in Christ is for people of all cultures. On the other hand, we have his opponents, claiming: Not all Jewish people are Christians, but all Christians must become Jewish.\u201d – Tim Keller<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
          5. The Apostles in Jerusalem had not worked through the extent of the Gospel for Gentiles\n
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            1. The other apostles had stayed in Jerusalem and had not taken the Gospel to the Gentiles.<\/li>\n
            2. Paul needed to confront this teaching of Judaism is required for the Gospel.\n
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              1. The freedom in Christ was under attack (4)<\/li>\n
              2. The truth of the Gospel was being threatened (5)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
              3. Paul\u2019s argument\n
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                1. He took Titus with him. (1)\n
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                  1. Titus was a Greek (3)<\/li>\n
                  2. Titus was uncircumcised<\/li>\n
                  3. There were false teachers who said circumcision was a requirement (4)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
                  4. The response from the apostles at Jerusalem (6-10)\n
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                    1. They added nothing to Paul\u2019s message (6)\n
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                      1. They agreed that the Gospel hinges on faith in Christ, not on any other acts.<\/li>\n
                      2. The law\n
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                        1. It was given to show us that we cannot achieve the perfection required of God.<\/li>\n
                        2. The law was to point us to a need for Christ.<\/li>\n
                        3. The false teachers were trying to add the law to the Gospel.<\/li>\n
                        4. The false teachers missed the point entirely.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
                        5. The mistake of adding to the requirements of the Gospel is a common one.\n
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                          1. The New Testament refers to it a lot.<\/li>\n
                          2. \u201cThe acceptance of Titus by Jewish believers was a vivid illustration of this principle, that an individual becomes spiritually clean and acceptable through Christ, and not through deeds or rituals.\u201d \u2013 Tim Keller<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
                          3. Our works do not give us the Gospel, the Gospel gives the freedom to pursue the holiness of God.\n
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                            1. It isn\u2019t do this to please God and earn salvation.<\/li>\n
                            2. It is be more like God because he has freed you.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n