What Changes When We Get Saved?
Galatians 3:26-29 · June 8, 2022
This message explores what it means to be born again through faith in Christ. Believers are forgiven, given Christ’s righteousness, indwelt by the Holy Spirit, and welcomed as God’s children and heirs. It also explains the distinction between salvation and water baptism, and the unity believers share in Christ.
Timestamps
00:00 Introduction
00:48 Galatians 3:3 - Are you now being made perfect by the flesh?
01:03 Galatians 3:7 - Only those who are of faith are sons of Abraham
01:20 Galatians 3:11 - The just shall live by faith
01:38 Galatians 3:13 - Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law
02:51 Galatians 3:24-25 - The law was our tutor to bring us to Christ
03:40 Galatians 3:26-29 - Sons and Heirs
05:50 John 1:12 - As many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God
06:11 You become a child of God
07:09 Your sins are forgiven (1 John 1:9)
08:19 God’s Spirit indwells you (1 Corinthians 12:13)
10:42 You are given Christ’s righteousness (2 Corinthians 5:21)
12:18 Sin shall not rule over you (Romans 6:14)
14:05 You want to please Christ (1 John 2:4-5)
17:14 You need the Word of God (1 Peter 2:2)
18:58 Galatians 3:27 - This is not a statement that you are saved when you are baptized
20:18 Baptism is not the Gospel (1 Corinthians 1:14-17; Romans 1:16-17)
22:59 Verse used by people who believe baptism is necessary for salvation (Acts 2:38)
25:47 Galatians 3:27 - As many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ
26:20 John said Jesus will baptize you with the Holy Spirit
26:38 There are three baptisms for the Christian - #1 Baptized into the body of Christ
27:43 #2 Water Baptism
27:57 #3 Baptized by the Holy Spirit (John 1:5)
29:00 Acts 8:14-17 - They had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus
32:40 Galatians 3:28 - You are all one in Christ Jesus
33:24 This is the unity of all believers (John 13:34-35; Ephesians 4:32)
33:54 We all stand equal before God (Romans 2:10-11)
35:34 Galatians 3:29 - We are heirs according to the promise
37:07 You have put on Christ - It is no longer you that lives but Christ that lives in you
37:40 Closing prayer