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**Luke 12:13–21**
**13** Someone in the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the _family_ inheritance with me.”
**14** But He said to him, “Man, who appointed Me a judge or arbitrator over you?”
**15** Then He said to them, “Beware, and be on your guard against every form of greed; for not _even_ when one has an abundance does his life consist of his possessions.”
**16** And He told them a parable, saying, “The land of a rich man was very productive.
**17** “And he began reasoning to himself, saying, ‘What shall I do, since I have no place to store my crops?’
**18** “Then he said, ‘This is what I will do: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.
**19** ‘And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years _to come;_ take your ease, eat, drink _and_ be merry.” ’
**20** “But God said to him, ‘You fool! This _very_ night your soul is required of you; and _now_ who will own what you have prepared?’
**21** “So is the man who stores up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.”
Bible Chapel of Shawnee
October 1st, 2017
Part of Life of Christ series
**Outline**
1. Question and Response (13-15)
1. Question from man in the crowd (v13)
2. Jesus cannot answer (v14)
3. Jesus warns against greed (v15)
1. Warning: be on your guard against greed
2. Reason: our lives never consist of our possessions
2. A Parable (16-20)
1. A rich man's land was productive (v16)
2. The rich man reasoned with himself what to do with the extra produce (v17)
3. The rich man decides to build bigger barns (v18)
4. The rich man comforts himself (v19)
5. God requires the rich man's soul that night (v20)
3. Summary (21)

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Bible Chapel of Shawnee
February 4th, 2018
Galatians series
Lesson 2: Understand the situation
**Rhetorical theme**: Understand the situation.
**Full theme**: As a father with children, Paul wants the Galatians to understand their situation to prepare their hearts to return to living in the gospel of justification by faith.
1. Introduction
1. Come to the application part of Paul's teaching
1. Defended the gospel source
2. Defended the gospel truth
3. Now he's reinforcing how they can walk
2. Mostly struck a forceful, even harsh tone so far, but Paul is like a father
3. As a father myself:
1. I find myself being forceful to make sure Ethan understands
2. But, always wanting to show tenderness afterwards
1. I want him to succeed
2. I want a good relationship for the future
4. First lesson in 5:1-6
1. Understand the stakes
2. It's all freedom or all slavery
5. Now, the second lesson in 5:7-12
1. Understand the situation
2. It's serious, but definitely recoverable 3. How you got here (vv7-9)
1. Racing analogy - they started off well
1. Mixing analogies?
1. 5:1 - stand firm, things of the mind, doctrine, faith
2. 5:7 - running well, things of action, works
3. Not separate concepts--definitely intertwined
2. Hints in Galatians
1. 3:1-5
1. Hearing with faith
2. Suffer for faith
3. Miracles happening among them
2. 4:14-15
1. Received Paul well
2. Sense of blessing and sacrifice
3. 5:5-6
1. Wait for the hope of righteousness
2. Faith working in love
2. Current state
1. 1:6 - quickly deserting Christ
2. 3:1 - bewitched by someone
3. 5:2-4 - in danger of:
1. Christ of no benefit
2. Enslaved to entire Law
3. Severed from Christ
4. Fallen from grace
3. Active hindrance
1. Encouraging on one hand - if we're running well, we won't suddenly wake up some day and be on the wrong track
2. Warning on the other hand - watch out for deceivers, false teachers
1. Jesus warns of them - Matt. 7:15-16
2. Paul warns of them - 2 Cor. 11:12-15
3. Peter warns of them - 2 Pet. 2:1
4. John warns of them - 1 John 4:1
5. Jude warns of them - Jude 4
4. Foreign persuasion
1. Simply put, not from God
2. How do we know? Paul told us in chapters 3-4_Paul outlined how the Galatians could have known they were believing something not from God. He did so from many different angles:_
1. Experience
2. Historical examples (Abraham)
3. Knowing God's character
4. Culture (heir in a household)
5. Analogy (Sarah and Hagar)
6. Scripture (purpose of Law, promises of God)
3. Galatians were not vigilant enough. Perhaps it sounded spiritual, so they believed it without much discernment.
5. Dangerous doctrine
1. Leaven
1. Several definitions: lump from old dough mixed into new dough
2. Multiples until entire lump of dough is "infected"
2. Law for justification
1. Maybe just started with circumcision?
2. Infected their entire doctrine: Gal. 2:21
3. Other things
1. Mistrust of Paul, Gal. 4:16
2. Hints of relational issues, Gal. 5:15 5. You're not beyond recovering (v10)_You can simply adopt the same view you had, that I still have now. The ones in trouble are the false teachers. They will bear their judgment._
1. Worried Galatians
1. Paul's tone strongly suggests they ARE in trouble
2. Humble hearts would be turned by this point in the letter!
3. Natural to wonder if they're past the point of no return
2. Their task: adopt no other view than what they once had
1. The work of the Lord
2. The grace of the Lord
3. There is trouble for the false teachers: their greater responsibility means judgment. James 3:1 7. You can trust me (v11)_I haven't changed since we first met. I'm still persecuted because I'm still placing the stumbling block in front of the Jews by preaching the cross of Christ._
1. Paul's points from chapter 1
1. 17 years passed but doctrine still lined up with the other apostles
2. Stood firm, even to Peter
2. Since then:
1. His message has been consistent
2. Evidenced by his continued persecution
3. Motivated by the knowledge that doing otherwise would remove the cross of Christ from his teaching 9. I'm not mad at you (v12)_Paul only wishes that the false teachers would go away._
1. Despite his tone, he loves the Galatians
1. Gal. 4:11-12, 19-20
2. The fact that he wrote this letter!
2. His desire is just that the false teachers would leave them alone
10. Conclusion
1. Paul is a loving father speaking encouragement to his children
2. Made two points now
1. Understanding the stakes
2. Understanding their situation
3. Prepared now to return to the right mindset (view)
4. Next: how to live by the Spirit

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Bible Chapel of Shawnee
March 25th, 2018
Galatians series
Lesson 3: Understand that freedom is a tool
**Rhetorical theme**: Understand that freedom is a tool.
**Full theme**: Freedom is a tool which we are called to use according to its purpose, without abusing or neglecting it.
1. Introduction
1. A hammer
1. A tool for what?
2. Can you misuse it?
3. What if you never use it?
2. Lesson 3 of the last section of Galatians: restoring confidence in the freedom of the gospel
1. Paul has so far taught two lessons:
1. The stakes are high: all freedom or all slavery (vv1-6)
2. The situation is serious, but recoverable (vv7-12)
2. Now: freedom is a tool (vv13-15)
2. Christ has called us to use it (v13a)_We have a responsibility to use freedom._
1. "Freedom" - what is it?
1. Of course, opposite of slavery
2. Context of chapter 4: story of Abraham, Sarah and Hagar
1. Following God's purpose by faith brought about His plan
2. Forcing (or, trying to force) God's purpose by the flesh (son through Hagar) brought conflict, anger, frustration and trouble.
3. Summarized form: freedom to accomplish God's purpose through us by faith. It is the opposite of slavery which is trying to work God's purpose through us by the flesh.
4. Specific context of Galatians: freedom from the pursuit of righteousness on our own. The opposite of continually pursuing (and never attaining) righteousness through following the Law.
2. "Calling"
1. Definition:
to urgently invite someone to accept responsibilities for a particular task, implying a new relationship to the one who does the calling—‘to call, to call to a task.’56
_Louw, J. P., & Nida, E. A. (1996). Greek-English lexicon of the New Testament: based on semantic domains (electronic ed. of the 2nd edition., Vol. 1, p. 423). New York: United Bible Societies._
5. By Christ: **Galatians 5:1**
6. Implications
1. Not an optional calling, like a benefit
2. Our freedom comes with responsibility.
3. It can be abused (v13b)_Like any tool, freedom can be abused._
1. Abuse type 1: an excuse for the flesh, "I'm already righteous, now I can do what I want."
2. Abuse type 2: an excuse for self-centered freedom
1. **1 Corinthians 8:4-13** - a great example, eating meat sacrificed to idols
2. **1 Corinthians 10:23-33** - continuing with the example of meat sacrificed to idols
4. It has a specific purpose (v13c)_To be free to lovingly serve one another._
1. Like any tool, freedom has a specific purpose: to serve one another with love.
2. How is this freedom's purpose? When we are concerned with our righteousness, we are enslaved to always wondering if we have achieved it.
1. We can eternally ask questions:
1. Am I righteous?
2. Did I sin today?
3. Did I do that right thing with the wrong motive and lose my righteous standing?
2. In Christ, we _have already_ attained His righteousness by faith. As we continue in this faith, we are free from focusing on ourselves to be able to focus on others.
3. How Jesus used His freedom
1. **Matthew 9:9-13** - Jesus eats with sinners and tax collectors
2. **John 4:7-9** - Jesus meets and speaks with the Samaritan woman
3. Notice how Jesus did not cater to everyone. He used His freedom to meet the needs of the "sick". You might see the Pharisees as one who are "weak in conscience" but Jesus did not see them that way. Rather, He saw through their hypocrisy.
4. How Paul used his freedom
1. **1 Corinthians 9:1-23** - Paul does not sin with his freedom, but he focuses on others 6. Using it fulfills the whole Law (v14)
1. Not a new thought from Paul
1. **Matthew 7:8** - the golden rule
2. **Matthew 22:36-40** - the greatest commandment
2. **Romans 13:8-10** - much (or perhaps all) of the Law is how to treat your neighbor to some degree or another. If we always loved our neighbor, we would always be keeping the Law.
3. Remember: purpose is not to conclude that the Law is evil, but that seeking righteousness through it is working by the flesh and will never achieve righteousness--it is slavery.
1. The Law reveals out sin: **Romans 7:7**
2. The Law is good: **1 Timothy 1:8-9a** 8. It can be neglected (v15)_Finally, we neglect to use our freedom at all and instead seek to enslave each other by our biting and devouring._
1. Unsure I can say for sure why Paul has this here?
2. The consequences of abuse?
1. We use our freedom as a club to, instead of serving each other, we nit-pick each other's strength in freedom
2. The result is not that we spur each other on to greater use of a our freedom, rather we consume (use up) each other. Our freedom is expended.
3. The natural result of neglecting our freedom?
1. Paul could be answering the question of what happens when we don't use our freedom
2. We would do what the Galatians are doing
1. Not trusting in righteousness being done in Christ
2. Turning back to the Law for righteousness
3. We become Pharisees, biting and devouring each other's adherence to the Law until we consume each other
4. Everyone is paralyzed and no one grows or serves--we are again in slavery
9. Conclusion
1. Paul has explained two lessons so far:
1. The stakes involved: all freedom or all slavery--no middle ground
2. The present situation: serious, but recoverable
2. Now: that freedom is a tool which we are called use according to its purpose, without abusing or neglecting it.
1. Christ has called us to use it
2. It can be abused
3. It has a specific purpose
4. Using it fulfills the whole Law
5. It can be neglected
3. The freedom we have in Christ has been given to us for the purpose of serving each other in love.
1. It's not a license to sin
2. It's not a club to crush each other
3. It's the rest we have in Christ that our righteousness is accomplished and secure with Him. This peace of mind allows us to now focus outward toward each other in love.