Dr. Jim Thomforde gives an overview of the message of Galatians: Christ Is Enough!
Quotations:
Faith is the eye that looks to Christ, the hand that receives His free gift, the mouth that drinks the living water.
– John Stott
The Holy Ghost is given, not through our own merits, but by grace, and received by faith alone. It is not the law, but the promise, that brings the Spirit.
– Martin Luther
The gift of the Spirit is not earned. It is received in the same way salvation is: by trusting in Christ crucified and risen.
– J.I. Packer
The Spirit is not given as a reward for merit, but is freely bestowed on those who believe. To mix the law with grace is to pervert the gospel.
– John Calvin
It is grace at the beginning, and grace at the end. So that when you and I come to lie upon our deathbeds, the one thing that should comfort and help and strengthen us is the thing that helped us in the beginning—not what we have been, not what we have done, but the grace of God in Jesus Christ.
– Martyn Lloyd-Jones
Scripture Text: Galatians 3:1-5
O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? It was before your eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified. 2 Let me ask you only this: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law or by hearing with faith? 3 Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh? 4 Did you suffer so many things in vain—if indeed it was in vain? 5 Does he who supplies the Spirit to you and works miracles among you do so by works of the law, or by hearing with faith
“Christ Is Enough” preached by Dr. Jim Thomforde, Sunday, August 3, 2025 at 10:00AM at New Life Presbyterian Church in Ithaca, NY. Come see the beautiful Finger Lakes region, and worship God with us. www.newlifeithaca.org.
Sermon music is from “We Will Feast in the House of Zion” provided by Sandra McCracken and with her permission. www.sandramccracken.com.