Video devotionals · Pastor Mark Groen

Dwell in the WordGalatians

Paul wrote Galatians with urgency. False teachers were telling Gentile believers that faith in Christ was not enough, that they also had to be circumcised and keep the law. Paul’s answer is the gospel of grace: we are justified by faith in Christ, adopted as God’s children, and set free to love and serve. These thirteen short video devotionals walk through the whole letter, one passage at a time.

13Devotionals

6Chapters

Start with episode 1 All Dwell in the Word
Dwell in the Word cover art: an open Bible with the series title. Galatians

One passage at a time

The devotionals

  1. No Other Gospel

    Galatians 1:1–10

    Paul is astonished: the Galatians are deserting the gospel of grace for a gospel of grace plus works.

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  2. From Persecutor to Preacher

    Galatians 1:11–24

    Paul’s gospel came by revelation from Jesus Christ, and the man who tried to destroy the faith now preaches it.

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  3. Opposed to His Face

    Galatians 2:1–14

    When Peter withdrew from Gentile believers out of fear, Paul confronted his hypocrisy.

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  4. Crucified with Christ

    Galatians 2:15–21

    Justified by faith, not by works of the law: it is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me.

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  5. Who Has Bewitched You?

    Galatians 3:1–9

    You received the Spirit by hearing with faith, just as Abraham believed God and it was counted to him as righteousness.

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  6. Redeemed from the Curse

    Galatians 3:10–14

    No one can keep the whole law, so Christ became a curse for us, that the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles.

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  7. Heirs According to Promise

    Galatians 3:15–29

    The law was our guardian until Christ came. Now we are all one in Christ Jesus, Abraham’s offspring by faith.

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  8. Abba! Father!

    Galatians 4:1–7

    In the fullness of time God sent his Son, so that we might be adopted as sons and cry, “Abba! Father!”

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  9. Known by God

    Galatians 4:8–20

    Why climb back up the ladder of rites and rituals when God has already come to you?

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  10. Children of the Free Woman

    Galatians 4:21–31

    Hagar and Sarah, Ishmael and Isaac: those who trust the promise are children of the free woman.

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  11. Set Free to Serve

    Galatians 5:1–15

    For freedom Christ has set us free: not a license for the flesh, but freedom to love our neighbor.

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  12. Keep in Step with the Spirit

    Galatians 5:16–26

    The works of the flesh and the fruit of the Spirit: if we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with him.

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  13. A New Creation

    Galatians 6:1–18

    Restore gently, bear one another’s burdens, don’t grow weary, and boast only in the cross.

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The heart of Galatians

Justified by faith

A person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ (Galatians 2:16). That truth stood at the center of the Reformation, and it stands at the center of our hope today: we are declared righteous because of what Christ has done, not because of anything we do.

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“It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me.”

Galatians 2:20

Keep dwelling in the Word

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