Every year, my oldest son (now 15) attends Christians In Training at Bair Lake Bible Camp. And ever year, he asks if he can write a post about what he learned at camp. This is the third installment of that “series.”
4 Topics to Take Out of Galatians
This year at CIT, our main focus book was Galatians. Some of the many seminars were Galatians, The Gospel, Justification by Faith, Biblical Generosity, Servanthood, Idols of the Heart, Evangelism and Worship. The four seminars that stuck out for me were Galatians, The Gospel, Justification by Faith, and Biblical Generosity. These four seminars helped me come up with four topics to take out of Galatians.
- The Gospel (Galatians 1:3-5)
- Don’t add anything to the Gospel (Galatians 1:6-9)
- The Gospel came from God (Galatians 1:11-12)
- The Gospel is about Jesus
- Freedom (Galatians 3:22-25)
In the Galatians’ seminar, the teacher (Rick Larmen) said that the main word to take out of Galatians is “freedom.”
- Christ has freed us from the curse (law) (Galatians 3:13-14)
- Before Christ we were slaves to the law, after Christ were are freed from the law (Galatians 3:23-25)
- Justification by faith (Galatians 3:6-9)
- Justification is an act of God the Father (Galatians 3:7)
- We are declared righteous (Galatians 3:11-14)
- We become children of God (Galatians 3:26-29)
- Biblical generosity (Galatians 6:6-10)
- Support your supporters (Galatians 6:6)
- A man reaps what he sows (Galatians 6:7)
- If you are not generous, it will come back to bite you (Galatians 6:8)
- Never give up (Galatians 6:9)
- Invest in everyone especially Christians (Galatians 6:10)
- Be generous when you get the opportunity (Galatians 6:10)
Thanks to these seminars, I learned that Galatians is more than a letter. It can teach you many things like how to be biblically generous or what the gospel is.
Check out Jonathan’s other posts from his first two years at CIT:
cycleguy
Thanks for the update jonathan. Looks like you learned a lot. Hope you never forget the message of freedom from Galatians. Grace beats Law hands down.
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Kari Scare
I should have noted at the beginning or end of the post that Jonathan is counseling at this same Bible camp this week and will respond to comments when we gets home.
Caleb
Kari, it's awesome that you're son is attending this camp and writing posts about it! Jonathan, those are great lessons from Galations! Our church is currently doing a series on Galations and those are some of the things we've been discussing!
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Mark Allman
Jonathan,
All great things to learn and to spend time thinking about. Thanks for sharing.
Mary
Very good Jonathan. If we could all apply what you have shared our world would be a better place. There is indeed great wisdom for us today in the old letters of Paul. I am thankful you have a mom who allows you to share with us what you are learning. God Bless you!
@dbonleadership
Fantastic lessons here! I love the book of Galatians, especially about the principle about reaping what you sow. The seed we plant, either good or bad, will bear fruit.
mark
Very good Jonathan. If we could all apply what you have shared our world would be a better place. There is indeed great wisdom for us today in the old letters of Paul. I am thankful you have a mom who allows you to share with us what you are learning. God Bless you!
Kari Scare
Thank you for encouraging my son, Mark!