Why would someone who has been set free ever choose to return to bondage?

In Session 4 of The Book of Galatians: The War Within, Pastor Adam Aziz walks through Galatians 4 and unpacks Paul’s passionate warning to believers who were being tempted to return to the very system Christ had already delivered them from.

Paul reminds the Galatians that they are no longer slaves, but sons and daughters. Through Christ, they have been adopted into the family of God, given the Spirit, and made heirs according to His promise. Yet somehow, they were beginning to turn back to empty religious systems, rules, and patterns that could never give them life.

In this session, we explore:

• The difference between living as a slave and living as a son

• What it means to receive the Spirit of adoption

• Why Paul says, “Abba, Father”

• The danger of returning to old systems after experiencing freedom

• How religious performance can become another form of bondage

• Why knowing God is greater than simply knowing about God

• Paul’s concern that the Galatians were turning back to “weak and beggarly elements”

• The contrast between promise and bondage

• What Hagar and Sarah reveal about law, grace, slavery, and freedom

• Why believers must refuse to return to what Christ has already delivered them from

The tragedy of Galatians 4 is not that the Galatians had never experienced freedom. It is that they had experienced freedom and were considering going back.

You are no longer a slave. You are a son. And once Christ has brought you into freedom, there is nothing worth going back to.

Study notes and additional resources are available at www.adamandolivia.com/deeper.

If we are saved by faith, then why did God give the law?

In Session 3 of The Book of Galatians: The War Within, Pastor Adam Aziz walks through Galatians 3 and unpacks Paul’s powerful explanation of the relationship between faith, the law, the promise, and the finished work of Jesus Christ.

Paul challenges the Galatians for beginning by faith but then trying to continue through human effort. He points back to Abraham to show that righteousness has always come through faith, not religious performance.

In this session, we explore: Why Paul confronts the Galatians so strongly. The difference between faith and works of the law. Why Abraham is central to Paul’s argument. The curse of trying to be justified by the law. How Christ redeemed us from the curse. The promise God gave before the law was introduced. Why the law was given in the first place. How the law functions as a guardian leading us to Christ. What it means to become sons and daughters of God through faith Our new identity and unity in Christ.

The law was never intended to save us. It reveals our need for a Savior and points us toward Jesus.

The Christian life begins by faith, continues by faith, and rests completely in what Christ has accomplished.

Study notes and additional resources are available at www.adamandolivia.com/deeper.

What does it really mean to be crucified with Christ?

In Session 2 of The Book of Galatians: The War Within, Pastor Adam Aziz walks through Galatians 2:15–21 and unpacks one of the most powerful passages in the New Testament.

Paul makes it clear that we are not made right with God by keeping the law, religious performance, or trying harder. We are justified by faith in Jesus Christ.

In this session, we explore:

• What it means to be justified by faith
• Why the law can reveal sin but cannot save us
• The difference between religion and grace
• What Paul means when he says, “I have been crucified with Christ”
• How the old life dies and Christ becomes the source of our new life
• What it means to live by faith in the Son of God
• Why returning to performance undermines the grace of God

Galatians 2:20 is more than a verse to quote. It is a description of the Christian life:

“I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me.”

The Gospel does not simply make the old you better. In Christ, the old life is crucified, and a new life begins.

Study notes and additional resources are available at www.adamandolivia.com/deeper.