I. Problem with the Law
II. Principle of the Law
III. Promise of the Gospel
Galatians 3:1-143:1 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—6 just as Abraham “believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness”?
7 Know then that it is those of faith who are the sons of Abraham. 8 And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, “In you shall all the nations be blessed.” 9 So then, those who are of faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.
10 For all who rely on works of the law are under a curse; for it is written, “Cursed be everyone who does not abide by all things written in the Book of the Law, and do them.” 11 Now it is evident that no one is justified before God by the law, for “The righteous shall live by faith.” 12 But the law is not of faith, rather “The one who does them shall live by them.” 13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree”—14 so that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles, so that we might receive the promised Spirit through faith.
(ESV)Evening Worship Service
April 12, 2026
Pastor Brad Lenzner
*Call to Worship – Psalm 32:1-2, 10-11
*Invocation
*God’s Greeting – Galatians 1:3-5
*Songs of Praise
– What Blessedness Belongs to Him 32A
– Teach Me, O LORD, Your Way of Truth 119E
Pastoral Prayer
Heidelberg Catechism – Lord’s Day 15
Prayer for Illumination
Scripture Reading – Galatians 3:1-14
Prayer of Application
Sermon – He Shouldered the Curse
* Song – Not All the Blood of Beasts 354
*Benediction
Morning Worship Service
April 12, 2026
Pastor Brad Lenzner
*Call to Worship – Psalm 117
*Invocation
*God’s Greeting – Titus 1:3
*Song of Praise
– Praise the LORD God, All You Nations 117B
*Confession of Faith – The Apostles’ Creed
Reading of the Law – Romans 13:1-10
Prayer of Confession
Assurance of Pardon – Titus 3:4-7
Offering & Song of Thanks
– I Love the LORD, for He Has Heard My Voice 116A v1-4,8
Old Testament Reading – Genesis 22:1-19
Pastoral Prayer
Heidelberg Catechism – Lord’s Day 15
*Song of Preparation
– Not to Us, LORD, Not to Us 115A
Scripture Reading – John 1:29-34
Sermon – The Lamb
The Lord’s Supper/Song
– Before the Throne of God Above 277
*Doxology – Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow
*Benediction
Evening Worship Service
April 12, 2026
Pastor Brad Lenzner
*Call to Worship – Psalm 32:1-2, 10-11
*Invocation
*God’s Greeting – Galatians 1:3-5
*Songs of Praise
– What Blessedness Belongs to Him 32A
– Teach Me, O LORD, Your Way of Truth 119E
Pastoral Prayer
Heidelberg Catechism – Lord’s Day 15
Prayer for Illumination
Scripture Reading – Galatians 3:1-14
Prayer of Application
Sermon – He Shouldered the Curse
* Song – Not All the Blood of Beasts 354
*Benediction