1. Life through the Spirit Studies in Galatians

2. Goal of this lecture: To understand that we live in a living and loving relationship with our heavenly Father. We don’t live like servants with rules and laws! Key verses: Gal.4:5-7

3. If it is not the law to live by, what has If it is not the law to live by, what has God given us than to live a holy life? God given us than to live a holy life?

4. For a Holy life we need a Holy Spirit! Gal.3:3 +14 Gal.4:6-7 Rom 5:5

5. Hebr.10:15 But the Holy Spirit also witnesses to us; for after He had said before,16 "This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, says the LORD: I will put My laws into their hearts, and in their minds I will write them,"

7. 2) The Holy Spirit and the Father: Gal.4:6 “Because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, "Abba, Father." 7 So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and since you are a son, God has made you also an heir.” Read Rom.8:5-10

8. Gal.1:1 Paul, an apostle—sent not from men nor by man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead— 2 and all the brothers with me, To the churches in Galatia: 3 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, 4 who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,

9. Eph 2:18 “For through him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.”

12. Rom.8:15 For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship/ you received the Spirit of sonship/adoption. And by him we cry, "Abba, Father." also Gal.4:6

13. Welcome home

14. Article “Daddy where are you?” 1) Identity / personality problems 2) Negative male image 3) Relationship problems Father/husband

15. Are you my dady? Conclusion: Men are not functioning right, when they do not have the right picture of their father and of themselves

16. “ Oh God! Save me from my dad!!”

17. Why could Jesus do the things He did? What was His secret? What was His secret?

18. The word Jesus used the most: FATHER 190 x John 5:19 I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing Father by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father Father because whatever the Father does the Son also does. Joh 5:26 Father “For as the Father has life in himself, so he Has granted the Son to have life in himself.“

19. Father Joh 10:15 “just as the Father knows me and I know Father the Father—and I lay down my life for the sheep.“ Father Joh 15:9 "As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love.“ Father Joh 20:21 Again Jesus said, "Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you." + 2John 1:4 As the Father

20. Jesus lived a dependent life John 5:19; John 6:57 Jesus lived a love life John3:35; John 5:20 Jesus lived a humbled life John 10:17-18+12:27 The life Jesus lived:

21. Desire of Jesus: John17:3 + 17:20-24 Desire of Paul: Col.2:2-3 and Phil. 3:10-11 Desire of Peter: 2 Peter 2:18 Desire of the Spirit: Rom. 8:15-17 and Gal. 4:6 Godly desires:

22. Eph 3:14 “For this reason I kneel before the Father,15 from whom his whole family in heaven and on earth derives its name. the Father,15 from whom his whole family in heaven and on earth derives its name.”

27. It is God’s desire to get to know Him It is God’s desire to get to know Him personally. personally. Listen to Jesus’ prayer in Joh 17:20-26!

28. Joh.17:20-21 21 that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me..

29. Matt.11:27 27 "All things have been committed to me by my Father. No-one knows the Son except the Father, and no-one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him. „ 27 "All things have been committed to me by my Father. No-one knows the Son except the Father, and no-one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him. 28 "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

30. What will be the secret for a healthy Spiritual life? Knowing God as Father Answ. Knowing God as Father !

31. How do I get a right picture of my heavenly Father? Jesus’ answer to Phillip in John 14:9 “Anyone who has seen me, has seen the Father! “

32. Joh 8:19 Then they asked him, "Where is your father?" "You do not know me or my Father," Jesus replied. "If you knew me, you would know my Father also...”

33. 2Cor 4:6 For God, who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.