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Galatians 2: The Jerusalem Crowd 6.7.26 11 am
This sermon explores Paul's passionate defense of grace in his letter to the Galatians, emphasizing that salvation through Jesus Christ requires no additional qualifications or conditions. Drawing from Paul's confrontation with Peter in Antioch, the message highlights how both apostles experienced God's grace—Paul discovering grace has no minimum requirement, and Peter learning grace has no boundaries. The sermon warns against the "Jerusalem crowd" mentality that pressures believers to add requirements to the gospel, transforming the freeway of grace into a tollway. It calls Christians to resist fear-based compromise and live authentically in the freedom Christ offers, remembering that grace binds us together as one unified body, not separated into first and second-class citizens of faith.